CABLE MODEM SPEED UPGRADE

We installed the new router Friday (01/23/04) and increased the speed for the modems on the two new routers to 3 mbps down and 1 mbps up. Unfortunately we had substantially more service calls than we had anticipated which has delayed the speed increase in the final third of the town. Too many of the computers in the upgraded nodes couldn't receive their new IP address after a reboot and had to be manually released and renewed.

We did however cut in half the load on the one remaining router that hasn't had the speed increase, which had the effect of increasing its speed also. Early Monday morning (02/09/04 at 3 AM) I will reconfigure the remaining router and increase the speeds to 3 mbps up and 1 mbps down (they are currently still at 1.5 mbps down and 512 kbps up).

The upgraded nodes are: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,50 (Motorola2 router)

43,21,23,24,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,49,44 (Motorola1 router)

The nodes still remaining to be upgraded: 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,32,33,34,35,47,48,45 (3com router)

You can see a node map at: http://www.sfcn.org/sfcn/avail.htm

I know it’s a little hard to find your node on that map, but it’s the best I have right now. If you find it unusable drop a message in the feedback form and I’ll bump up the priority of getting a better one online. The feedback form can be accessed at: http://www.sfcn.org/sfcn/feedback.htm

A sincere “YOU’RE VERY WELCOME!” to all the people who called or sent thank you email about the speed increase. We are committed to providing the very best value in high speed internet in the state. The next big upgrade should allow us to offer 5 mbps down at the same price! Testing for that upgrade will begin in April.

Please note that my cell phone number has changed. You can reach me at 921-9870

John Bowcut