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Kraken's avatar
Kraken
New Contributor
7 years ago

Gigablast: Poor Download Speeds, Not DOCSIS 3.1?

I have recently upgraded to the COX Gigablast plan. I have a brand new Netgear CM1100 modem. My upload speeds are great (36Mpbs), but my download speeds average 450mbps. I noticed that my modem is connected to 32 channels at QAM256. Should gigablast be using DOCSIS 3.1 and QAM4096??

I have tried modem reboots and factory resets. Nothing seems to get the speeds up. The modem is connected directly to the main cable drop, no splitters. 

Any help would be great. Thank you in advance. 

Status: 

Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR / MER Unerrored Codewords Correctable Codewords Uncorrectable Codewords
1 Locked QAM256 30 957000000 Hz 6.3 dBmV 38.9 dB 58902437 0 0
2 Locked QAM256 1 783000000 Hz 6.5 dBmV 39.1 dB 57995712 0 0
3 Locked QAM256 2 789000000 Hz 6.7 dBmV 39.0 dB 57998809 0 0
4 Locked QAM256 3 795000000 Hz 6.5 dBmV 39.1 dB 58002625 0 0
5 Locked QAM256 4 801000000 Hz 6.5 dBmV 38.9 dB 58005568 0 0
6 Locked QAM256 9 831000000 Hz 6.2 dBmV 38.8 dB 58010173 0 0
7 Locked QAM256 10 837000000 Hz 6.0 dBmV 38.7 dB 58013575 0 0
8 Locked QAM256 11 843000000 Hz 6.5 dBmV 38.9 dB 58016634 0 0
9 Locked QAM256 12 849000000 Hz 6.4 dBmV 38.3 dB 58020095 0 0
10 Locked QAM256 17 879000000 Hz 6.6 dBmV 39.0 dB 58023698 0 0
11 Locked QAM256 18 885000000 Hz 6.5 dBmV 38.8 dB 58027331 0 0
12 Locked QAM256 19 891000000 Hz 6.4 dBmV 38.7 dB 58030769 0 0
13 Locked QAM256 20 897000000 Hz 6.3 dBmV 38.6 dB 58035028 0 0
14 Locked QAM256 21 903000000 Hz 6.5 dBmV 38.9 dB 58038145 0 0
15 Locked QAM256 22 909000000 Hz 6.2 dBmV 38.7 dB 58042408 0 0
16 Locked QAM256 25 927000000 Hz 6.8 dBmV 39.1 dB 58046503 0 0
17 Locked QAM256 26 933000000 Hz 6.8 dBmV 39.2 dB 58050113 0 0
18 Locked QAM256 27 939000000 Hz 6.7 dBmV 39.1 dB 58053684 0 0
19 Locked QAM256 28 945000000 Hz 6.6 dBmV 39.0 dB 58057415 0 0
20 Locked QAM256 29 951000000 Hz 6.4 dBmV 39.0 dB 58061028 0 0
21 Locked QAM256 33 357000000 Hz 8.1 dBmV 40.8 dB 58064543 0 0
22 Locked QAM256 34 363000000 Hz 7.7 dBmV 41.1 dB 58068665 0 0
23 Locked QAM256 35 369000000 Hz 7.7 dBmV 41.3 dB 58072177 0 0
24 Locked QAM256 36 375000000 Hz 8.1 dBmV 41.5 dB 58075590 0 0
25 Locked QAM256 37 381000000 Hz 7.5 dBmV 41.0 dB 58078870 0 0
26 Locked QAM256 38 387000000 Hz 7.3 dBmV 40.7 dB 58082631 0 0
27 Locked QAM256 41 405000000 Hz 7.1 dBmV 40.5 dB 58086441 0 0
28 Locked QAM256 42 411000000 Hz 6.9 dBmV 40.3 dB 58089855 0 0
29 Locked QAM256 43 417000000 Hz 7.0 dBmV 40.5 dB 58093576 0 0
30 Locked QAM256 44 423000000 Hz 7.2 dBmV 40.5 dB 58097393 0 0
31 Locked QAM256 45 429000000 Hz 7.1 dBmV 40.6 dB 58098634 0 0
32 Locked QAM256 46 435000000 Hz 7.3 dBmV 40.6 dB 58099212 0 0
  • Andrew_Wees's avatar
    Andrew_Wees
    Contributor III

    what area are you in?  does your area have fiber for gigablast and not docsis 3.1

    • Kraken's avatar
      Kraken
      New Contributor

      Thank you for your reply! The gigablast here in North County San Diego is over copper/coax. 

      • KevinM2's avatar
        KevinM2
        Former Moderator

        Hi Kraken, I'm including a link with additional information on how to achieve Gigablast speeds, https://bit.ly/2tKTySR. We hope this information helps. If you are continuing to have issues, please feel free to send us an email at cox.help@cox.com, with a link to this forum thread. -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator