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Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion (www.xfinity.com)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (13 children)

It looks like DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 are for coax which should be avoid anyway . VodafoneZiggo is already starting with DOCSIS 4.0.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    In my neighborhood you get a choice between coax or nothing.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    5G modems are probably an option.

    Edit: never said it was a good option, just that it was an option.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    While that may be "an option", 5G sucks compared to coax service.

    Both are inferior to fiber by a long shot, but wired will always be better than cellular, which is limited spectrum and inconsistent.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    As others have said, highly location dependent.

    I switched from Xfinity to T-Mobile 4 years ago because tmobiles speed (raw speed) blew Xfinity out of the water...especially for upload. Latency and jitter suffered a bit but not enough to greatly effect voice calls. It didn't help my online gaming skills, but likely would've if I were a higher-caliber gamer. For me, the latency between chair and gamepad was much more impactful.

    However Xfinity did some upgrades in my area and the roles have reversed so I'm back to Xfinity. Tmo is still absolutely usable, but Xfinity now offering 250mbps upload makes my mouth water.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    It depends a bit on where you are and what you need, the speed of my 5G modem was a lot quicker than the coax options for the same money, and it was decently stable. My only issue was that I had like no upload speed.

    I was also point out it was an option and it has it's use cases

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We have a choice between T-Mobile 5G, 3M ADSL, coax docsis and Starlink.

    Of those, the most reliable is the DSL, then Starlink, and it's a tossup whether the T-Mobile or the Mediacom DOCSIS is the least reliable

    I worked for Mediacom for 5 years. It wasn't reliable then either, but at least then, I didn't have to play the "first we have to send out a tech that may not actually show up the first time because it's working at the exact moment he checks before he cancels the call" game.

    When I left them, we switched to DSL, which was ... painful, but we managed for a couple of years. Then the pandemic happened, and the kiddo went to remote schooling, and the DSL just couldn't handle it. So we used the "reduced cost" internet plan for going back to Mediacom.

    Except after months of fighting to actually get the reduced price plan we were supposed to be getting, we were told the T-Mobile now serviced our area, and switched with glee.

    And for almost 3 years it was GREAT. But in the past year or so, we began having horrendous service issues. Speeds were no better, and sometimes even worse than the DSL we had previously.

    Finally, I had enough, and bit the bullet and switched to Starlink.

    Now, our service is great. The bill isn't, because let's face it, $120 a month for 200ish Mbps down and 50ish up is nuts, but at least we have fast, reliable service now.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Geez that prices I insane!, but I feel you. I my new house the internet providers fucked up. One only did DOCSIS (VodafoneZiggo) cause it still beliefs it is surperior, the other way was to lazy to get us fiber or coax (I can get coax from them now, but it is gonna cost me 1300 euro to get the connection) and then all the other fiber parties use the same cable which was not put in the buiding due to them sending the invoice to the wrong mail adres ....

    So now they are trying to get everything up and ready for the connection, but it is taking months already.

    So I am stick with the fuckers from VodafoneZiggo (or a 5G modem) which scam you by delivering coax and telling you it is a "fiber-cable" to make it seem faster than it is. Absolute bullcrap.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Can confirm, I live out in the countryside with only coax available, and a measly 1Gbit down 150Mbit up and 9 - 11ms ping. No caps.

    Wait, that’s awesome and steady and reliable. Expensive sure but with heavy multiperson usage and no noticeable issues, I am wondering WTF you’re on about unless it’s some weird edge case?

    Maybe you are referring to predatory business practices like oversubscribed lines? That’s not a technical problem.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Coax is generally a terrible and more expensive option, lower speeds all around and a worse ping. Especially now with fibre being so standard you shouldn't go for Coax if you have the choice.

    Currently I do not have the choice so I have to pay 40 euro a month for 100mbps down and 25mbps up, with fibre I get symetrical gigabit for 45 euro a month or 400mbps symetrical for 40 euro. That's 16 times the upload speed for the same money. And the first party with their coax (VodafoneZiggo) sells their coax as a fiber-cable. Which is just misleading bullshit.

    Heck the 5G modem I had was unstable at times, but the download was 100-200mbs and I paid 25 euro a month for that.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I still use coax because I buy internet from a reseller third party and this is what they have. I have 400/50 for 35$, which is a lot cheaper yhan the competitors. No reason for me to change.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Like I responded in the other comment, I can get fibre with 4 times the download speed and 16 times the upload speed for the same amount of money. And that is pretty standard since it is apparently a way cheaper thing to offer for companies.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I can't get anything cheaper than that because it's a price I got when the reseller started business and as long as I don't switch, I get that price.

    Good for you that you can get better, but coax still has its place until internet providers up their game, but I won't hold my breath.

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