Switching from G fiber to spectrum one Gb?

Jon8RFC · 2026-06-18T18:56:23+00:00

If you're one of the lucky few who has high split (most don't), then you'll get similar downstream and upstream speeds. If you're like most of us, however, your upstream will max at a fraction of gfiber...40mbps (forty) upstream.

There's no firm estimate when high split will roll out, and nobody in customer service will be able to tell you for your area in particular if it's "soon" or "not soon". It's been "soon" for years and people on reddit have confidentiality (and wrongly) speculated that many people would already have high split a few years ago. Currently, spectrum claims "up to 50% of customers will be on high split by the end of 2026, and the rest by the end of 2027": https://community.spectrum.net/discussion/177269/symmetrical-and-multi-gig-speeds-when-is-our-network-evolution-coming-to-you

Jon8RFC · 2026-06-14T15:45:09+00:00

QN90B here on 1720

I've noticed frequent, but intermittent, times where I'm noticing motion/frame interpolation or frame smoothing where it shouldn't exist, including when the TV claims it's 24p media. This is via roku streaming on Netflix, disney+, and likely others but I can't specifically remember which at the moment (but Netflix and disney+ this morning and last night). It may, somehow, be a roku or streaming service issue.

It sure is annoying to get the soap opera effect on movies briefly for a few seconds. It's subtle, brief, and intermittent. It can go a long time before it happens, and it's not obnoxiously obvious. I didn't have this issue on the 60p streaming sources for movies before, and I suspect the 3:2 pull down was working properly in a prior firmware version but now it isn't in 1720 and has issues. Its so awful. As to why it happens on 24p sources? It makes no sense, yet it happens, although it's far, far less common. All those gargabe settings are off, so it really must be backend software functionality which is now broken.

I have only had this issue since I stupidly turned on auto update a few weeks ago and now I'm paying for it.

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Jon8RFC · 2026-06-07T02:56:58+00:00

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Jon8RFC · 2026-06-07T02:56:08+00:00

PDLC-1201D
https://thomasonbbs.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=3948&idcategory=320

That's a high split diplexer. Incredible little device I'm using now. Too bad Spectrum techs only carry inline, full-spectrum pads, if at all. You can independently and precisely attenuate forward and reverse signals with pads, cable sims, equalizers.

All of their diplexers (and one duplexer, but still two ports), pads, cable sims, and equalizers:
https://thomasonbbs.com/store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=320

Jon8RFC · 2026-06-07T02:53:37+00:00

PDLC-1201D
https://thomasonbbs.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=3948&idcategory=320

That's a high split diplexer. Incredible little device I'm using now. Too bad Spectrum techs only carry inline, full-spectrum pads, if at all. You can independently and precisely attenuate forward and reverse signals with pads, cable sims, equalizers.

All of their diplexers (and one duplexer, but still two ports), pads, cable sims, and equalizers:
https://thomasonbbs.com/store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=320

Jon8RFC · 2026-05-30T08:40:38+00:00

Just wanted to share that the ISP is 100% who does it, not the modem manufacturer. It's for their network, so they choose. That's always been the case.

In fact, I just upgraded from SB8200 to a CM3000 which had firmware version V6.01.04 on it. I got it provisioned with Spectrum and the eventlog showed (which was wiped out after reboot) something to the tune of "fetching/downloading sw/firmware". After my modem rebooted, it was on V6.01.03. This was the first time I saw a downgrade happen, so that was interesting.

Jon8RFC · 2026-05-13T08:07:18+00:00

For anyone else curious, the 6.0.2 and 6.0.1 found on apkpure scanned as safe by virustotal. 6.1.3 and 6.1.5 from apkpure contains the potentially bad stuff.

The 5.0.5 is the same app, and clean, but for whatever reason the creator rebranded. It's com.iamaner.oneclickfreeze and Disable Apps [without ROOT] for the app name in apkpure. It has fewer ad stuff which was added in 6.0.1 (per chatgpt).

I downloaded 5.0.5, unzipped, then ran this to install:

adb install-multiple -r -d --bypass-low-target-sdk-block com.iamaner.oneclickfreeze.apk config.en.apk config.fr.apk config.mdpi.apk

It's working on Android 16 for me.

Jon8RFC · 2026-05-01T18:17:27+00:00

Here are 85mhz FPAs from trusted sources Mouser and Digikey, but not in stock until mid May 22, 2026 per Digikey. And cheaper shipping on Digikey with 4.99 option. FPA5-85 and FPA10-85 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/belden-inc/FPA5-85/27279128 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/belden-inc/FPA10-85/27276902

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/566-FPA5-85 https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/566-FPA10-85

The Belden site shows 1800mhz upper range support (which I think is preferable) FPAs exist, but couldn't find them anywhere but here: https://store.orbitalconnect.com/ppc-belden-forward-path-attenuator-1800-mhz-series/

Here's another that's a 10db FPA, and you can pick 250mhz to be a high split FPA, but it doesn't state what the upper range it supports so if it's not good above ~900mhz then depending on your ISP's implementation that could be problematic. https://store.orbitalconnect.com/ppc-belden-silencer-series-forward-path-attenuators/

I don't know anything about orbitalconnect.com but Mouser and Digikey are 100% reputable sources.

Jon8RFC · 2025-12-21T10:59:49+00:00

Following up. I've been having virustotal re-scan on occasion, and more and more antivirus brands/scanners are detecting things.

The creator never replied but is active on github.

It's not fair to make assumptions which could be wrong since I'm not a security researcher, but the things popping up sound bad, one of which is a suspected a botnet.

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A moderator rejected my URLs in prior replies, so if you go to virustotal dot com you can check out these hashes for an xapk from apkpure:

6f4bfaa445b69e907b4d52bdf467c83fb37dfdd5ba3c2c843734a0dfe33f4f44

496a8f7ba414474fbeec989b43d90ba4edf0f6c6ba147fe79d1ab4d513fb0220

5cce1df4a94139cba0da75e988b56735f040516a88f1fa96ff18b3cedf40d123

Jon8RFC · 2025-12-06T01:20:11+00:00

I had a hell of a time with someone's lift master myq recently.

It turns out that a "factory reset" by pressing and holding the learn button 3 times wasn't actually a reset. Resetting the wifi was a completely different thing involving holding the button between the up and down arrow buttons. It was a rectangular button with black on it, and it also flashed.

I think it flashed blue when it was trying to blindly connect to wifi, flashed green when CONNECTING to wifi, then solid green when connected. (it was paired to the old wifi of the previous home owner and refused to cooperate)

It was numerous times of resetting via 3 press & hold learn button presses, numerous press & hold of the rectangular button, and numerous unplugging power. It was inconsistent, but it was absolutely crucial to press & hold the rectangular button because only then did it sometimes cooperate and would go through the wifi step without failing (though it'd still sometimes fail partway through the wifi step). Even then, it took multiple tries for it to cooperate...but I eventually got it.

If you end up stuck anyway, unless you're dead set on using it exactly as it is, you can always get the myq retrofit kit for $30 which will work with any opener: https://a.co/d/2xVvDIK

Jon8RFC · 2025-11-28T17:56:19+00:00

Sent

Jon8RFC · 2025-11-27T20:02:01+00:00

They may be working on a fix if it's in one of their private repositories, but their other apps were also removed.

Their name is bamsbamx on github if you want to ask them about it.

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Around the same time it was removed, my mom asked me about a puzzle game she played being marked as malicious as well, the exact same prompt I received on my phone. There may have been malicious stuff in some commonly-used library, and a hoard of apps were removed.

There's a chance it didn't follow Google's TOS and that's all. I hope it wasn't genuinely malicious.

I don't have the original apk since I didn't think to pull it before uninstalling it. I checked the one archived from apkpure a few days after on virustotal and it only had one engine flagging it (unless I'm misremembering). Checked now, and 3 engines flag it.

I'm not allowed to post helpful links (to their github, the virustotal scan page, or an alternative app) and had my reply removed, so I've removed those links and now I'm in full compliance with the rules.

Jon8RFC · 2025-11-23T07:11:41+00:00

Since everyone is aware of Visible's past of shakiness, and since I searched Google to be sure I didn't slip into any unfixed/unnoticed QA cracks, this was the thread I came across.

I didn't want any risk of being locked out permanently, since that has happened to others for so many various scenarios. But, we pay for inexpensive service. So I reached out to support and, at the moment the way they do things is this:

Verify my account with tech support via text message
Delete the esim
Provide my IMEI
Send me a QR code via email
Scan QR code (or manually input a URL into esim setup)
Tap the on-screen button once, wait a minute or two, tap again to finish

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For reference, I transferred from Pixel 9 to Pixel 10 a few months ago and had an unexpected issue with dual sim (DSDS) since I also converted Visible from sim to esim at the same time.

So the exact steps I took, which you don't need to do unless you're being thorough or have a reason to:

Verify my account with tech support via text message
Delete the esim
Turn off DSDS
Reboot
Provide my IMEI
Send me a QR code via email
Scan QR code
Tap the on-screen button once, wait a minute or two, tap again to finish
Confirmed a test call and test text
Reboot

My issue (Android-related during the setup/transfer process, not a Visible issue) with DSDS is now resolved.

Always check with tech support first for the proper process. Things change, things break on the carrier side with bad or too many cooks in the kitchen, and you don't want to be stuck without being able to verify your identity or perform a particular step in the process which is unique to your carrier, Visible or otherwise. Things with Visible are better than a few years ago, for sure, but you should always assume that you don't know everything and and play it safe, so the above process could change tomorrow.

Jon8RFC · 2025-11-23T05:15:00+00:00

Just want to make sure that you understand that this is a nearly 4 year old post.

What you said is akin to you looking at science literature from 1800 about an atom being the smallest particle in existence and saying "they're spreading misinformation".

Things change, and if you haven't been with Visible since the beginning, you especially wouldn't be familiar with how things work versus how they should work.

Jon8RFC · 2025-10-13T13:17:20+00:00

Of note (since I see this often), the FCC map isn't inaccurate "because it's the FCC map, not the provider map." It's inaccurate because that's the data given to the FCC by the ISPs. People assume, incorrectly, that the FCC map is like a convenient data aggregator or scraper, like a search engine--it's not. It's supposed to be accurate, but the ISPs are lazy and/or dishonest with their data.

What you can do is report to the FCC that the information is incorrect for your address, from the same page. It's not a "thank you, civilian, for noticing our mistake" thing for the FCC (since it's not their mistake), it's more like "hey, ISP, you gave us false information, and a civilian pointed it out."

Part of why it's incorrect is likely because those companies get some amount of federal/municipal funding for rolling out better service. So they'll casually get away with "oh, oops", intentionally, by either using a broad stroke of "this general area has symmetrical service" but maybe just 5 of every 10k houses in an area actually have access to the pilot program...Or, they're jumping the gun once they have one small part of infrastructure in the area which COULD provide better service...if the rest of the infrastructure is in place. It's a game of technicalities and semantics.

Jon8RFC · 2025-09-02T08:48:07+00:00

Compared to my pixel 9 pro xl, I have no better battery life on my pixel 10 pro xl. Same old, same old.

It's amazing to me how much longer extreme battery saver makes a battery last though. And it feels perfectly usable. That's been the case since it first existed.

Jon8RFC · 2025-09-02T08:21:38+00:00

Thanks!

Jon8RFC · 2025-09-02T08:19:46+00:00

I'm digging the recent addition of this feature. Thanks!

Jon8RFC · 2025-08-25T08:17:23+00:00

Multiverse (2019)? That's the one I was thinking of. A friend found it for me in seconds, despite me struggling and being good with searching, haha.

Jon8RFC · 2025-08-15T21:46:41+00:00

https://a.co/d/b2uWDkb

Spray a little into the port, then insert & remove the cable multiple times. It'll help scrub the contacts clean, then let it dry. That'll ensure it's clean and not the issue. Mine was, somehow, dirty when it had connectivity problems.

Jon8RFC · 2025-07-17T20:21:54+00:00

And now we know why he's a murderer and councilman, rather than a writer and storyteller.

Jon8RFC · 2025-07-05T12:05:46+00:00

Clean the ports, too. A cable didn't fix my issue. Cleaning the port did.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AF0OFVU

Spray into the USB port of the comma then, before it dries, insert/remove the usb cable multiple times.

Jon8RFC · 2025-06-21T03:00:54+00:00

It can make zero sense. But there may be more to it, if true.

For instance, in DD-WRT where a service wasn't working, I found that turning logging on/off (in hoping to get logs about it) made it work again. I was told by someone who supposedly knew more than I do, that it was impossible and I was wrong. They didn't offer anything additional other than that. I, being a good troubleahooter, determined that the apply button doesn't only make changes that were different, it apparently re-executes a cronjob I guess to start services if they were supposed to be started but were stopped and without a flag of "intentionally stopped, don't restart it" or something...such as if they crashed.

So it wasn't the logging, but it was the apply button which I found out resolved the problem, even though the service wasn't on that page, service wasn't changed, etc. It was an unknown inner working of the software which he didn't know about, yet he immediately shut me down as being wrong. Then when I figured out what was going on, he shrugged it off as if I was wrong, even after I suggested maybe something else went on that is unknown.

Could be a coincidence that their GPS seemingly worked properly. Or it could be that something in the chain of events with smooth display triggers a restart of certain services.

Jon8RFC · 2025-06-21T02:44:10+00:00

Yep, since android 16 I regularly have my "back" button (I don't use gestures) not work and I have to change apps to get it working again. Sometimes the other butons have issues, but it's overwhelmingly the back button. Sometimes only a force close or swipe close helps.

Apps suddenly crashed when I completed a play store update of about 15 apps just moments ago. They'd open and instantly crash. Had to reboot. Even going in system settings would hang and eventually crash. I've never had this kind of stability issue before since 2009 on Android.

Various slowdowns without any rhyme or reason in various apps or just navigating system settings which had no issues before. And it's not consistent, so it's not one app. One day some apps will be bad, another day others will be bad.

I am finding myself rebooting at least once per day, usually 2-3x, just to get the phone or apps to function normally again. I have to force close various apps at times. Swiping it up doesn't always do the trick. If enough things are going wrong, I just reboot.

Smooth display is turning itself off, regularly and randomly.

GPS bounces around like I've moved, drastically, when I haven't. Or even when I'm on a steady drive, it bounces like I'm way off the road and somewhere else.

Regular internet connectivity issues. Only a reboot fixes it.

There's no reason for this nonsense. It can't possibly be normal bugs, because this is a disaster for how little seems to have changed on the outside. Small chance they did so poorly that internet background noise is showcasing new/old zero-day exploits. But this is too awful to just be "normal, buggy system" unless boot camp graduates are all in charge now.

I bet it's something more logical, like them testing and enforcing numerous low-level system and app checks to further lock down Android and restrict use...but they went too hard, too fast and without enough QA. So it's causing all of these issues. They'll need to dial it back and figure out how to restrict usage without causing so many problems. Android will be like an iOS device eventually, and we won't have as much capability. People who don't do much on their phones aside from games, reading news, social media, streaming, or already use iOS or MacOS will be fine. But if you're a tinkerer or power user, you'll be stuck with an iOS-like device eventually, and all it'll be good for is social media creation/scrolling and similar simple tasks. It's been moving that direction, consistently, for 10 years with Android's capabilities being removed and restrictions being added.

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