Steff1993

Newegg posted their prices and ETA on the product (September 8), together with the option to pre-order: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823816022

My favourite part would be the none-total-rape-of-stock-android-UI. Plus it has a higher resolution than my main monitor ( qq)

Well first of all a disclaimer, I know nothing about how Comcast will be deploying this but I have deployed it in several homes and seeing the boxes (or wifi gateways as they call them) it looks like the technology is pretty much similar to ours. My current plan is advertised as 120 mbit down 6 mbit up (of which I get 160 down and 9 up, ) I remember when they first mentioned introducing this and many feared it would eat up their bandwidth and datacaps (which were ridiculous at that time, now they're fair-use which is basically around 650-750 GB for me). But out of the 1 million customers the ISP had, 600.000 (some numbers say 800.000) turned the WiFi sharing on (they're called Homespots). This new thing required a new type of box (which, it looks like, Comcast are deploying now), it's a modem/router/AP combination. The box is required since it separates the connection once it reaches your modem. The modem constantly calls home to the ISP to check which configuration it needs or whether it needs to update some configuration, the downside of this is that all configuration has to be done on the ISP's web interface. Once you enable (yes you have the choice) the WiFi sharing, the modem actually immediately reboots using the new configuration (and I believe it gets assigned more channels on the cable for more bandwidth) and tells the integrated AP to broadcast another SSID (on a different channel, it checks which one is the most optimal). The new box also contained the newly upgraded DOCSIS (which is currently 3.1, the use of a new DOCSIS increases performance substantially since more frequency is left available for internet purposes on the cable). Besides, my ISP (and probably Comcast) has enough bandwidth available on cable (and/or fiber) anyway. This is primarily the reason why this is rarely (or never, I have no idea) done on (A)DSL connections. (TL;DR: New box, new docsis (3.1), more bandwidth on cable, enough for everyone) Now you're probably gonna say oh a new box, another expense or whatnot. My ISP sells a service, which means all infrastructure they provide (cable/fiber to house AND that gateway router) is under their maintenance and if any defect occurs, they replace it within a business day (usually I've seen them replace it the same day, depends where you live I guess). You can maintain your own network beyond that. Both customers and business have the option to use a standalone DOCSIS modem only, and provide their own routing mechanism. Since this has no integrated router or AP, it won't offer the sharing functionality. (The datacenter of my work has the same ISP, they have an excellent fiber connection, and do not demand the use of such a silly thing on business connections) Now what the actual shared connection operates like, is kinda, well, like a hotspot. It sucks. It uses a web portal, like most hotspots, but you can roam around the city since all hotspots will have the same SSID (ISP PREFIX_Homespot). Bandwidth is limited per user, you can buy access to all hotspots/homespots on the ISP website (much like in airports & cafes). As for already subscribed customers to the ISP, it is completely free. You are free to use all hotspots, but you can only use the homespots once you have enabled your own. It uses your own datacaps, so no cheating with downloading torrents on hotspots is possible. It prioritizes the home owners connection, and I believe the homespot/hotspot wifi connection is shaped to some extend as well. Besides the WiFI interference, I really don't see any downside to this, it has saved my butt various times, most of all because 3G/4G in this country just sucks ass. And you still have the choice, you even have the choice to just get/keep the standalone modem (my neighbour still has the old one & they have never bothered him to upgrade). Anyway that's my take and my experience on this. I've seen it get deployed in other European countries as well (and refer to use as an example lol). So before yelling it's a bad thing, I'd look how it gets implemented, it can be a very very useful and powerful thing. Again, I'm not an expert on this nor do I know your particular case, but as far as I can read Comcast will be upgrading to DOCSIS 3.0 together with this roll out (as they did in my country, a year later speeds almost doubled since more bandwidth got available). Edit: And oh yeah, in the end all traffic goes through one pipe, the towers will be connected to the same fiber network (most likely), that's another reason why they do this, to offload traffic from 3G antennas to the WiFi network.

Thank you Jon ! c:

We still use tape backups at our datacenter & in any datacenter I've been invited to, doesn't look like that's going to change very quickly either.

Where's my shoutout for submitting this :c (last wan show). -sad face-

Meanwhile @ NSA: "John look at this website, linustechtips.com, should we take it down." - * eating donut * "Meh whatever" "Ok your call" - presses giant red button - *** linustechtips.com takedown, drone initiated, target: Linus Sebastian ***

If I remember correctly you can travel inside the EU at least in schengen countries without a passport, all you need is an ID card or something for example I don't need any papers if I want to go to Sweden because Scandinavians have a special deal You need to show your passport or ID card if you're asked to Yeah, valid documents for travelling within the Schengen area are for example your ID, birth certificate, ... stating you were born in or citizen of that country within Schengen so your ID would do the trick. However the Schengen area is not equal to the EU area nor the Europe area, there's some countries that are member of Schengen and not of the EU and vice versa. Border checks are also non existing here, there's camera's capturing every license plate on entering the country here. This is only used on trucks for customs etc.

1.5-2.5 mbit that was so around 250-350 kbyte/s effective speed (I add bit and byte behind my speeds since I tend to get confused or confuse others about my capitals but I believe it is 1.5 - 2.5 mb/s and 350 kB/s). Upload was around, 35 kB/s.

I was in the exact same position but I wonder what feature then, because eventually my parents gave in, it was getting too ridiculous. (If you're talking about the blocked ports 1-1024 etc, the business plans on Telenet don't have those blocked)

I remember people ranting about this of how it's impossible to transport that much in 30 trucks. Like: https://twitter.com/kentindell/status/240801926428639232

This was a hoax news item from over a year ago, was it not ?

I'd suggest you move on, that company is as corrupt as it can be. You'll never get what they promise you unless you are located somewhere near a big city, once you live further away they don't really bother. However I'm not saying the other providers are any good either, mine throttles my speed like mad. When you download a file through http yeah you might hit that speed when the source can offer it, but once you start heavily using P2P (no, not torrents) like Skype they will throttle you. They got in trouble for deep packet inspection a few years ago but now everyone seems to accept it. Their 'unlimited data' means 'fair use policy' which they define as 'the average usage of customers for that plan' which for my plan is located between 250-350 GB (early month) and at the end of the month the cap is around 250 GB. But then again the reduced speeds once you hit that 'limit' are faster than the ones I would EVER get at DSL on my location. It's slow and inconvenient, but it's still twice as fast as DSL. A new router will fix your wireless, but I extremely doubt you'll get more speed from DSL, knowing Belgacom and their infrastructure. If you're a heavy user, I wouldn't move on to Telenet as well.

Mmhm was an example don't think anyone of them has it yet, I also have the same bundle as you do. I never hit more than 500mb though since it's so ridiculously slow. Outside I can get a decent hspa+ signal from my house to my college, but speeds seem to be somehow reduced or bad implementation of their technology, I don't know. Same with 3G, 3G technology can hit a lot more than what I get at full reception. But then again it's not that bad, 2 years ago my house was on DSL still, due to the crappy ISP infrastructure I had a good 75-90% signal loss and constant disruptions. My speeds were around 1.5-2.5 mbit down and 0.5 mbit up (on a 25mbit down plan!), my 3G connection was faster at that time. But now I'm on cable and hitting 60-62mbit (on a 60mbit plan) hehe, and paying about the same. c: Mobile Vikings is on Base's network which is now property of KPN, KPN's priority is still the netherlands so we're always gonna fall behind I guess.