▲ 289 ▼ Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion (www.xfinity.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (5 children) I used docsis 3.0 and it worked just fine. So why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) Because docsis 3.0 standard is nearly 20 years old at this point and 3.1 is significantly faster. Docsis 3.1 is only 15, but 4 (which is still 8 years old) probably isn't supported by your ISP yet. But the speed difference is quite noticeable. 3.0 will theoretically do 1gbps down, and 100-200 up, but 3.1 could do 10 down and 1gbps up. In the age of symmetrical fiber internet those upload speeds are dire. 3.1 realistically gets you a symmetrical gig connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zorque@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ah, so 3.0 is fine if your internet still sucks. Got it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. So it's great for xfinity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago Xfinity likely wouldn't allow you to use it at this point. They've been pushing people toward 3.1 for a while now, and won't register a new 3.0 modem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayaya@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago I have a 3.1 modem but my ISP only has 3.0 speeds as far as I can tell. 1000/100 is their highest plan so the extra doesn't really do anything. My modem is 32x8 and I can see in the UI that only 4 of the 8 upload channels are actually bonded to reach that 100, which is half of the 200 that 3.0 can theoretically do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) Because docsis 3.0 standard is nearly 20 years old at this point and 3.1 is significantly faster. Docsis 3.1 is only 15, but 4 (which is still 8 years old) probably isn't supported by your ISP yet. But the speed difference is quite noticeable. 3.0 will theoretically do 1gbps down, and 100-200 up, but 3.1 could do 10 down and 1gbps up. In the age of symmetrical fiber internet those upload speeds are dire. 3.1 realistically gets you a symmetrical gig connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zorque@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ah, so 3.0 is fine if your internet still sucks. Got it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. So it's great for xfinity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago Xfinity likely wouldn't allow you to use it at this point. They've been pushing people toward 3.1 for a while now, and won't register a new 3.0 modem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayaya@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago I have a 3.1 modem but my ISP only has 3.0 speeds as far as I can tell. 1000/100 is their highest plan so the extra doesn't really do anything. My modem is 32x8 and I can see in the UI that only 4 of the 8 upload channels are actually bonded to reach that 100, which is half of the 200 that 3.0 can theoretically do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ah, so 3.0 is fine if your internet still sucks. Got it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. So it's great for xfinity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago Xfinity likely wouldn't allow you to use it at this point. They've been pushing people toward 3.1 for a while now, and won't register a new 3.0 modem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. So it's great for xfinity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago Xfinity likely wouldn't allow you to use it at this point. They've been pushing people toward 3.1 for a while now, and won't register a new 3.0 modem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago Xfinity likely wouldn't allow you to use it at this point. They've been pushing people toward 3.1 for a while now, and won't register a new 3.0 modem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago I have a 3.1 modem but my ISP only has 3.0 speeds as far as I can tell. 1000/100 is their highest plan so the extra doesn't really do anything. My modem is 32x8 and I can see in the UI that only 4 of the 8 upload channels are actually bonded to reach that 100, which is half of the 200 that 3.0 can theoretically do. permalink fedilink source parent