Is Rogers Increasing Upstream Speeds For Ignite Internet Users? [UPDATE: YES]
Frequent readers of this blog know that I’ve been very critical of Rogers rather pathetic Internet offering. While Bell is way ahead of them offering speeds as fast as 3 Gbps, the majority of Rogers customers are stuck on 1 Gbps downstream, 30 Mbps upstream. Which in 2022 is simply not competitive.
That may be changing though. Both DSL Reports and Reddit are getting reports of people receiving upstream speed increases of up to 180 Mbps for some Rogers customers. Here’s an image that was supplied to Reddit:
As far as I can tell, Rogers hasn’t admitted to anything. And not everyone has this increase. For example, yours truly doesn’t have this increase after doing a reboot of the modem. So that implies that this might be a phased rollout of some sort. It also implies that Rogers DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade which has been a gong show for years might be happening. If I had to take a guess, it’s likely due to some help from Shaw which Rogers is trying to buy at the moment. Though the feds may have something to say about that. In any case, I say that because Shaw has had upstream speeds of 100 Mbps for years, thus they know how to do this.
Regardless, if this is Rogers increasing their upstream speeds, it will be welcomed by many. But to be clear, it still lags behind Bell and what their Internet offerings serve up to customers. And Rogers will have to do some work to close that gap before they become an afterthought when it comes to Internet access in Canada.
UPDATE: On Friday iPhoneInCanada.ca confirmed with Rogers that this speed update is actually happening.
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Is Rogers Increasing Upstream Speeds For Ignite Internet Users? [UPDATE: YES]
Frequent readers of this blog know that I’ve been very critical of Rogers rather pathetic Internet offering. While Bell is way ahead of them offering speeds as fast as 3 Gbps, the majority of Rogers customers are stuck on 1 Gbps downstream, 30 Mbps upstream. Which in 2022 is simply not competitive.
That may be changing though. Both DSL Reports and Reddit are getting reports of people receiving upstream speed increases of up to 180 Mbps for some Rogers customers. Here’s an image that was supplied to Reddit:
As far as I can tell, Rogers hasn’t admitted to anything. And not everyone has this increase. For example, yours truly doesn’t have this increase after doing a reboot of the modem. So that implies that this might be a phased rollout of some sort. It also implies that Rogers DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade which has been a gong show for years might be happening. If I had to take a guess, it’s likely due to some help from Shaw which Rogers is trying to buy at the moment. Though the feds may have something to say about that. In any case, I say that because Shaw has had upstream speeds of 100 Mbps for years, thus they know how to do this.
Regardless, if this is Rogers increasing their upstream speeds, it will be welcomed by many. But to be clear, it still lags behind Bell and what their Internet offerings serve up to customers. And Rogers will have to do some work to close that gap before they become an afterthought when it comes to Internet access in Canada.
UPDATE: On Friday iPhoneInCanada.ca confirmed with Rogers that this speed update is actually happening.
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This entry was posted on June 8, 2022 at 4:11 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Rogers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.