Comcast Offers 50Mbps - Twin Cities Region gets first taste of DOCSIS 3.0
Links: home · search · speed test · login · more ·
Comcast Offers 50Mbps
Twin Cities Region gets first taste of DOCSIS 3.0
(old news - 06:53PM Wednesday Apr 02 2008)
tags: bandwidth · cable · Comcast
Comcast tells us that the cable giant has started offering 50Mbps/5Mbps broadband service for $150 a month in certain parts of the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The faster speeds are thanks to Comcast's first deployment of pre-certification DOCSIS 3.0 gear provided by Cisco. Comcast has been tight-lipped about their deployment of 100Mbps+ capable DOCSIS 3.0 gear, other than to say they'd be deploying it to 20% of their footprint by the end of the year. Industry analyst Dave Burstein recently claimed the company told him they'd be offering 50Mbps to half of their customers by the end of 2009, something the cable operator denied when asked. The tune has changed. Comcast is today for the first time saying they'll offer Wideband (Cisco's name for downstream channel bonded pre-cert DOCSIS 3.0 gear) to 100% of their customers by the middle of 2010. Faster upstream speeds won't be coming along for the ride just yet, given that upstream channel bonding hasn't been perfected yet ahead of DOCSIS 3.0's road toward full specification. "This announcement marks the beginning of the evolution from broadband to wideband," said Mitch Bowling, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comcast High-Speed Internet said in a prepared statement. "Wideband is the future and it’s coming fast. We believe wideband will usher-in a new era of speed and Internet innovation for today’s digital consumers." Technically, DOCSIS 3.0 isn't coming all that fast. Comcast's 20% 2008 deployment plan leads the industry, with most cable providers waiting to see how consumers react to the faster speeds. According to Comcast, they'll offer 100Mbps in time if they see a demand for it. Verizon is currently conducting 100Mbps trials with company employees, but has admitted that such speeds are little more than marketing fodder at the moment. Some good news for customers in the twin-cities who don't want to pay $150 or don't need the extra downstream speed: Comcast says customers on their 6Mbps tier will see upstream speed bumps to 1Mbps at no cost, while 8Mbps downstream customers will see their upstream speeds bumped to 2Mbps. That may actually be the more exciting news for customers eager for more upstream bandwidth. We'd assume additional 50Mbps markets should start popping up on the map shortly. Comcast's South Florida market apparently didn't get a PR coordination memo last month, and announced out of the blue they were in the middle of DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades.
Related:- Comcast Raises Cable Modem Rental Fee
- Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Hits Denver
- Verizon Won't 'Slavishly Satisfy' You With 100 Mbps FiOS
- Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction
- Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still A No Show
- Comcast Slammed For Non-Existent Throttling Changes
- Comcast Website Hackers Indicted
- Vivendi In Way Of Comcast's NBC Desires
|
Links: New Topic
Forums »
page: 1 · 2
Chiyo @ 2nd Apr 07:00PM:
woot
When can I order? but that price seems way to high!
--
My Blog:
»abanzai.animeblogger.net/
reply
dadkins @ 2nd Apr 07:00PM:
$150 per month?
Naw... I'll just stay with my 16/2 thanks.
reply
Chiyo @ 2nd Apr 07:02PM:
Re: $150 per month?
In Minnesota we will NEVER see FiOS this is the best we have :( still the price..... WHAT TO DO!
reply
Leinie @ 2nd Apr 07:03PM:
but
Yup great speed but with their invisible cap & BitTorrent throttling I am sure they will be canceling peoples service due to over using and taking advantage of the new speeds.
reply
dadkins @ 2nd Apr 07:05PM:
Re: $150 per month?
said by Chiyo :
In Minnesota we will NEVER see FiOS this is the best we have :( still the price..... WHAT TO DO!
Hercules, CA(here) has AT&T DSL(not Uverse) as the only other broadband option.
FiOS? Not happening!
Comcast was nice enough to hit me with Blast though. :)
$150 is a bit too steep for my wallet for 50/5.
--
Think outside the Fox... Opera
reply
justbits @ 2nd Apr 07:13PM:
"Wideband"
Wideband download, anemic upload. When are we going to see upload speeds that are significantly more than 10% of the download rate?!
reply
pokesph @ 2nd Apr 07:13PM:
Re: but
said by Leinie :
Yup great speed but with their invisible cap & BitTorrent throttling I am sure they will be canceling peoples service due to over using and taking advantage of the new speeds.
Ditto
What's the point if the inferstructure can't handle it.
reply
kaila @ 2nd Apr 07:19PM:
Re: $150 per month?
Why? You're in a safe zone for Comcast. They'll be able to tinker with DOCSIS 3 speeds without much consequence for high prices and the inevitable kinks in a new system like this since they are really the only provider pushing higher speeds.
reply
espaeth @ 2nd Apr 07:22PM:
Re: "Wideband"
said by justbits :
When are we going to see upload speeds that are significantly more than 10% of the download rate?!
When broadband providers start using different physical plant options than what they use now.
reply
EPS @ 2nd Apr 07:23PM:
Re: "Wideband"
Most of the pre-certification stuff out there only has the upload capability of the older version of DOCSIS, without channel bonding- I assume this is the same
reply
Chiyo @ 2nd Apr 07:26PM:
Ordered
I've ordered the new package, I will have it installed on Sunday. New modem and an installation charge :(
also I asked about the current tiers they are being upgraded to 10 and 12 meg. No time frame on that though.
--
My Blog:
»abanzai.animeblogger.net/
reply
BLUNTED 1 @ 2nd Apr 07:26PM:
Re: woot
Fios offers 50/20 for $90 so in Fios areas with comcast who is going to get comcast ? LOL
reply
espaeth @ 2nd Apr 07:28PM:
Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
I'm game, even though I think the $150 price tag is a bit high.
reply
SKYWARP @ 2nd Apr 07:32PM:
Re: woot
I bet the price won't be 150 in areas that have FiOS in their footprint.
reply
Chiyo @ 2nd Apr 07:36PM:
Re: Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
High Fives espaeth lol I agree I wish they'd just offer like 20 / 5 personally but maybe once it takes off. I'm just wondering why the Twin Cities first?
I really wonder if the Minneapolis WiFi had a lot of play?
reply
Dogfather @ 2nd Apr 07:37PM:
Re: woot
Not everywhere. Here the 30/15Mb FiOS is $140 and that's only with a fat contract. Month-month is $160.
reply
anon @ 2nd Apr 07:39PM:
IF
and I mean IF the Atlanta area is upgraded this year, I hope it is not $150 :mad:!
reply
CatchingSpy @ 2nd Apr 07:40PM:
Re: woot
which means you can only hope to achieve 5/386 for $150 a month...
reply
Dogfather @ 2nd Apr 07:40PM:
Re: but
With full DOCSIS 3 (which this isn't) they may not have to. The supposed reasoning behind BT throttling is seeders saturating the upstream channels and this new development doesn't fix that. DOCSIS 3 would take a lot of that pressure off. Maybe that is why the price point is so high. They could handle the very few who would buy it.
reply
Leinie @ 2nd Apr 07:41PM:
Re: Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
Comcast is introducing the service first in the Twin Cities based on high computer use here, but will be adding it in other, undisclosed cities later this year.
Found it here:
»www.startribune.com/business/17240049.html
reply
Dogfather @ 2nd Apr 07:48PM:
Re: but
The new items mentioned they are upgrading the infrastructure, implementing portions of pre-cert DOCSIS 3.
reply
tmc8080 @ 2nd Apr 07:52PM:
too little upload..
10% upload is really the deal killer for 50/5 at the $150 price-tag. If it's not at least 10-12 megabits upload, they really shouldn't bother. Docsis 3's whole point was to see at least "3" bonded channels, which on an even oversold node is 9 -12 megabits not 5... FYI; even docsis 1.x modems can do 10megabits upload.. if provisioned as such, so that's the starting point.
Verizon for it's part has gotten the message with releasing symmetric tiers... although the pricing is at a premium. 15/ 5-15, 20/20. 30 / 5-20, 50/20. Hopefully, REAL competition and economies of scale (subscriber uptick) will bring down prices.. but don't hold your breath-- it will happen only slowly.. (as in once in a generation..) Another comparable is how long it took to get all you can eat cell phone plans at a headline breaking price point.
reply
Rick @ 2nd Apr 08:04PM:
OMFG...
50,000k speeds!!
Bring it on here in Ct.
(and cut the price in half! :) )
reply
espaeth @ 2nd Apr 08:06PM:
Re: too little upload..
said by tmc8080 :
If it's not at least 10-12 megabits upload, they really shouldn't bother.
I'm glad they bother, because 5mbps is still a far cry better than the 768k I have now.
reply
Rick @ 2nd Apr 08:09PM:
Re: Ordered
said by Chiyo :
I've ordered the new package, I will have it installed on Sunday. New modem and an installation charge :(
also I asked about the current tiers they are being upgraded to 10 and 12 meg. No time frame on that though.
AWESOME man. Please keep us informed in the comcast forum as to how it goes.
150 is steep but 5 bucks a day for those speeds is pretty reasonable I guess. Still..hopefully it will come down to more mainstream prices.
GL with the install. and congrats! :)
--
The Coyote captured the RR! Roadrunner Rick is now Comcastic!
reply
funchords @ 2nd Apr 08:13PM:
Re: Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
said by »www.startribune.com/business/17240049.html : On a less dramatic note, the new service also has an upload speed that is more than five times greater than Comcast previously offered consumers but, at 5 million bits per second, it is only a tenth the download speed.
So it's going to be 50/5 Mpbs -- an upgrade was needed on the uplink side, not many Internet Protocols would work at 50 Mbps/384 Kbps.
--
Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon
FCC Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet - Thursday, April 17th - Stanford Univ., Calif.
reply
funchords @ 2nd Apr 08:14PM:
Re: Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
Congrats, man! Enjoy!!!
reply
espaeth @ 2nd Apr 08:16PM:
Re: Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
said by Chiyo :
I wish they'd just offer like 20 / 5 personally but maybe once it takes off.
I personally would have been happy with 16/2 had it been offered. The 50mbps down doesn't interest me as much as the 5mbps upload. Every time I upload new content to my web site it is painful to watch when the 2mbps powerboost kicks back to 768k upload.
reply
anon @ 2nd Apr 08:36PM:
Just Powercycled
SWEET!
I just checked and my upload was bumped from 384 to 1MB
speakeasy speedtest says 979
reply
ztmike @ 2nd Apr 08:44PM:
Chicago?
Man..Chicago is soo close yet so far..I could use the free upgraded speeds to the 6/384 tier
--
»chris.pirillo.com/live/
reply
AJD84 @ 2nd Apr 08:50PM:
Wahoo!
Just did a power cycle, i live in the Minneapolis area and subscribe to the 6mb tier.
My upload went from 384 to 944
reply
Rick @ 2nd Apr 08:51PM:
Re: Chicago?
I doubt it will be very long before it hits there..and many places.
50,000k speeds..the new standard.
20% coverage this year.100% by 2010.
They're moving very quickly on this.
reply
Rick @ 2nd Apr 08:57PM:
Re: Wahoo!
said by AJD84 :
Just did a power cycle, i live in the Minneapolis area and subscribe to the 6mb tier.
My upload went from 384 to 944
Nice. that upgrade to 8000/2000 for just 10 bucks seems like a great deal too.
Are you considering that?
--
The Coyote captured the RR! Roadrunner Rick is now Comcastic!
reply
Lazlow @ 2nd Apr 08:59PM:
Re: too little upload..
tmc
Do not forget that that 10megabits(upload) is SHARED between all the people on that node. That is where the older Docsis standards bite (and why we are provisioned so low). By the same token the download could be 38meg (?) on the older standards but again that is shared.
reply
AJD84 @ 2nd Apr 09:01PM:
Re: Wahoo!
probably not as the upload isn't really worth it to me.... and i would probably only save a few minutes on downloads
reply
anon @ 2nd Apr 09:11PM:
Re: but
Maybe you should wait and see, I think people will be pleasantly surprised in terms of p2p applications in MN.
reply
EPS @ 2nd Apr 09:20PM:
Re: too little upload..
All DOCSIS systems are shared, even DOCSIS 3.0- it's a limitation of the basic coax medium that isn't likely to change anytime soon. What DOCSIS 3 can do is allow a lot more bandwidth to be shared than the earlier limit of 38mbps.
reply
JamesDax @ 2nd Apr 09:49PM:
Philadelphia will be last again
Philly will get this in 2012. Of course by then it will be to late. lol
--
He who lives the longest will know the most.
reply
mig288 @ 2nd Apr 10:03PM:
comcash
The 50/5 speed is nice. However, the price tag will make people cover their heads under their pillows. :D Comcast will have to do better than that to compete with FIOS in the NJ/NY metro.
reply
CWO333 @ 2nd Apr 10:09PM:
Re: Wahoo!
Remember PowerBoost is also possibly playing there. PowerBoost will make any speed test come out higher than it should because it makes the connection faster for a limited amount of time (which is longer than a normal speed test).
reply
pipdipchip @ 2nd Apr 10:20PM:
Re: Ordered
Yes, you must post something about it on the Comcast forum once you get it installed. Include pictures of the modem please.
reply
ureihcim @ 2nd Apr 10:25PM:
Re: but
That's where 60% of your actual bill will be going too. The rest will be for the bandwidth you used and some profit for them too.
It costs money to offer customers such massive pipes, I not surprised by the prices they offered. I would prefer a 10/10 over a 50/5 though.
reply
ltjordan @ 2nd Apr 10:36PM:
Re: $150/month.
If they're dumb enough to pay it....
reply
AJD84 @ 2nd Apr 10:56PM:
Re: Wahoo!
My modem is 6 years old, it doesn't support power boost.... after playing with my connection for a few hours i am HIGHLY confident that the update has taken place.
The speed test right before i did the power cycle, was at ~360 something...
reply
majortom1029 @ 2nd Apr 10:59PM:
Re: too little upload..
ugh its not the coax medium. ITs been proven by verizon themselves that coax can go up to 270/270.
its the way the docsis specs are set. Just look at narads old stuff 100/100 via coax.
I wish people would stop with this coax is slow crud. its not the medium its thre docsis spec that stinks.
reply
StreetSpirit @ 2nd Apr 11:33PM:
Re: Ordered
I pay $61.95 for Optimum Online BOOST 30/5 service. $150 for 5mbit upload? You HAVE to be kidding.
reply
StreetSpirit @ 2nd Apr 11:36PM:
Re: Wahoo!
said by AJD84 :
My modem is 6 years old, it doesn't support power boost.... after playing with my connection for a few hours i am HIGHLY confident that the update has taken place.
The speed test right before i did the power cycle, was at ~360 something...
I know this is a question that many are begging to answer, so I'll save them the trouble. Nothing personal :)
Uhh.. 360 something of what? Porn images per second? :)
--
Grin!
Dave
reply
Tzale @ 2nd Apr 11:49PM:
Re: $150/month.
said by ltjordan :
If they're dumb enough to pay it....
This service isn't meant for the average person. It is meant for people who need A LOT of bandwidth.. I really can't see a need for that type of bandwidth for myself, and I consider myself a heavy internet user...
So $150 for that type of bandwidth is a great deal...
My FIOS 20/5 connection is more than fast enough for me 99% of the time.
-Tzale
--
Neoconservatives (G.W.B) are not true conservatives. A conservative believes in defending the Constitution. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - RON PAUL 2008 »www.usconstitution.net/const.html
reply
AJD84 @ 2nd Apr 11:50PM:
Re: Wahoo!
~360kbps if you must know.
tests show around 970kbps up... its Comcastic! Now if they would just unencrypt some of their HD channels so i can get them without a cable box, i would changes my opinions about comcast.
CNNHD and Discovery HD - would be nice in clear QAM if anybody from comcast is reading this.
reply
TOPDAWG @ 3rd Apr 12:24AM:
So
So what happens when you bust the soft cap with this speed? I mean damn if you use BT and comcast does unblock it your going to hit that soft cap fast.
reply
AthlGrond @ 3rd Apr 12:45AM:
Re: but
Some additional information on that front:
»seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/···net.html
quote:
The Philadelphia-based company agreed last Thursday to collaborate with BitTorrent Inc. and develop a better system for managing congestion. Comcast has said it must clamp down on heavy users of Internet bandwidth so others won't be slowed down.
Until the new traffic-management system is fully tested and deployed, expected by year's end, Douglas said the faster Comcast service would still be subject to hampering.
"Just because we increase all the roads in Philadelphia to eight-lane highways doesn't mean we can take out all the traffic lights," Douglas said. "It's going to take a little bit of time to get this new system in place."
To which I just have one thing to say:
Philadelphia's highways have traffic lights?
:huh:
--
"You are technically correct. The best kind of correct." -Bureaucrat 1.0
reply
Lorcan8 @ 3rd Apr 01:09AM:
Re: $150 per month?
Well, I'm not so sure about nobody in MN having that option. Though not state-wide or from Verizon, a company here in Rosemount is finishing up a city-wide FTTH service :). We are not in Comcast's service area though, but Charter's. Charter does OK here, IMO, but my sister has had good experiences with HDTV and internet access with the fiber service (she chose the midrange 10mbps/10mbps option) and I think they will absolutely shred Charter to pieces when its all finished this year, especially since the 20Mbps/20Mbps option is only $77/month. I believe they might be offering higher speeds in the future, but I will gladly take 20meg up and down for only $77 :). 50 Meg would be nice, but I definitely wouldn't pay $150/month for it, simply because I would prefer to budget my money differently.
reply
espaeth @ 3rd Apr 05:23AM:
Re: Wahoo!
Wow. Rebooted and got this:
SW Download INIT - Via Config file d11_m_sb5100_stpwboost_c01.cm
Upload now is boosted to 4mbps, and then scaled back to ~1.5mbps for the rest of a test transfer I did.
No noticeable impact on download performance with the new config on the 8/768 tier though.
reply
dvd536 @ 3rd Apr 06:39AM:
Re: "Wideband"
said by justbits :
Wideband download, anemic upload. When are we going to see upload speeds that are significantly more than 10% of the download rate?!
Don't hold your breath!
Anemic upload on rez packages is what is keeping biz on overpriced lucrative biz packages.
--
You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth
reply
dvd536 @ 3rd Apr 06:45AM:
Re: Wahoo!
said by Rick :said by AJD84 :
Just did a power cycle, i live in the Minneapolis area and subscribe to the 6mb tier.
My upload went from 384 to 944
Nice. that upgrade to 8000/2000 for just 10 bucks seems like a great deal too.
Are you considering that?
Is that a config file cap or powerboost on that upload?
--
You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth
reply
dvd536 @ 3rd Apr 06:46AM:
Re: Wahoo!
said by CWO333 :
Remember PowerBoost is also possibly playing there. PowerBoost will make any speed test come out higher than it should because it makes the connection faster for a limited amount of time (which is longer than a normal speed test).
Also known as speedtest poisoning.
--
You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth
reply
dvd536 @ 3rd Apr 06:49AM:
Re: Ordered
said by StreetSpirit :
I pay $61.95 for Optimum Online BOOST 30/5 service. $150 for 5mbit upload? You HAVE to be kidding.
Well this is in NON FIOS areas. do you honestly think cablevision would be even OFFERING 5mbps upload in non fios areas? i dont think so.
--
You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth
reply
tmc8080 @ 3rd Apr 07:28AM:
Re: $150/month.
said by Tzale :said by ltjordan :
If they're dumb enough to pay it....
This service isn't meant for the average person. It is meant for people who need A LOT of bandwidth.. I really can't see a need for that type of bandwidth for myself, and I consider myself a heavy internet user...
So $150 for that type of bandwidth is a great deal...
My FIOS 20/5 connection is more than fast enough for me 99% of the time.
-Tzale
Bingo. That's where this means lower tiers can be competitive, if offered for an even lower price than they are today. Verizon has the capability of making their lower tiers SYMMETRICAL.. 15/15, 20/20, 30/30, and so on, however when they match/beat Comcast price points for asymmetric, is where things get interesting. Right now they're happy hocking digital cameras for triple play plans which have seen their latest price increase, so competition isn't exactly filling a great need right now. $99 all you can eat cellular voice minutes isn't a price point many can afford either.
Keep in mind.. due to the threat of Cablevision.. Verizon has offered 50/5 for as low as $89.95 when bundled with voice service in the NY Metro area. If they were to do that in areas that Overlap outside of NY Metro.. Comcast would really have a problem.
reply
plk @ 3rd Apr 07:29AM:
Qwest area
Isn't this a Qwest area? If so, wow this will be a backhanded slap wake up call. :D
reply
benc @ 3rd Apr 07:39AM:
Re: So
said by TOPDAWG :
So what happens when you bust the soft cap with this speed? I mean damn if you use BT and comcast does unblock it your going to hit that soft cap fast.
That's what I was thinking too.
I seem to remember that Comcast supposedly has a 300GB cap, but it's really different for different markets, so it's not even consistent.
At 50Mbps, you could go through that quickly.
50Mbps = 6.25 MByte/sec
300GB / 6.25 MByte/sec = 13 hours, 39 minutes, 12 seconds.
For a 100GB upload cap and 5Mbps upload speed, it's:
45 hours, 30 minutes, and 40 seconds.
Either way, it's easy to go through that fast. With BT, you really should restrict the upload, to keep some upload for yourself.
Even so, it's still easy to go through that very quickly.
reply
neufuse @ 3rd Apr 07:45AM:
I'm sorry but...
why? If you are going to majorly cap it what does 50Mbit get you? besides kicked off 10x faster? Sure you can download that 10MB file so in 3 seconds... but how many people seriouslu would buy 50Mbit connections for "casual" usage when it costs that much?
reply
EPS @ 3rd Apr 08:07AM:
Re: too little upload..
I never said it was slow because it was coax, but the reason cable systems are shared are definately because of how they built the infrastructure of the network. You could have a shared system using telephone-style cable, or have dedicated coaxial lines to each home, but that's not how the cable network is built.
reply
ptrowski @ 3rd Apr 08:31AM:
$150??
You have got to be kidding me. That's prtetty damned steep.
reply
espaeth @ 3rd Apr 08:57AM:
Re: I'm sorry but...
I don't think the plan was really created for "casual" users. In my case I work from home a few days a month, and it will be really nice to have these speeds for pulling down large Visio diagrams and network traffic captures for analysis.
My current usage is pretty light:
I don't expect that my traffic usage will deviate much with the 50/5 service; I'll just be able to spend less time waiting for things to transfer.
reply
jonnyb @ 3rd Apr 09:06AM:
Re: woot
said by BLUNTED 1 :
Fios offers 50/20 for $90 so in Fios areas with comcast who is going to get comcast ? LOL
yah ok 90$ i highly doubt that, no possible way even if comcast is in that area they still wouldnt offer that...
reply
TechieZero @ 3rd Apr 10:16AM:
Slow-down during peak
And come dinner-time, you will still only get about 9200 baud...
reply
Alphy @ 3rd Apr 11:05AM:
Any takers?
so who here is actually getting the service?
reply
MFfan310 @ 3rd Apr 11:16AM:
Re: Upgrade scheduled for 4/6
My bet is that Fort Wayne will be one of those "other, undisclosed cities" becuase we have FiOS here... and that the prices will be far less due to the FiOS factor.
reply
Corydon @ 3rd Apr 11:36AM:
Re: Qwest area
Yup, Minneapolis-St. Paul is Qwest territory, which gives me hope that we may see these upgrades in Denver too.
Doubt I'd pay $150 a month for 50/5, but the boost to the upstream would be nice.
reply
anon @ 3rd Apr 02:59PM:
Just a faster way to get cut off...
Ok...5Mbps up is great, but 50Mbs down will just get you warned or cut off that much faster due to CC's invisible cap. I'm fine with 16Mbs down...1.5Mbs up needs to be 2Mbps.
reply
FrostyMelon @ 3rd Apr 03:06PM:
Locations?
Is it just within the city, or suburb areas? Is there a list of locations where available?
reply
anon @ 3rd Apr 04:06PM:
Hm.
I've had numerous months where I've been at 300,400, and even 600GB downloaded, in a row, and they've never said anything to me.
All of this comes from my newsgroup account, which maxes my 8Mbps line the entire download.
If I splurged and got the 50Mbps account, I could easily see myself downloading 1TB of a stuff a month, wonder what the CSR would say to me on the phone if I called in to ask why I got suspended :uhh:
reply
anon @ 3rd Apr 05:42PM:
Re: Just a faster way to get cut off...
That cap would more than likely go up with the new tiers. Plus the caps vary month to month, and city to city.
reply
AJD84 @ 3rd Apr 07:21PM:
Re: Wahoo!
its not the power boost.... it is sustained i have already upload several files for a couple of hours around 120kbps....
My modem doesn't even support full duplex or 100mbps.... its that old... Toshiba PCX1100u
reply
AJD84 @ 3rd Apr 07:23PM:
Re: Locations?
I am in the northwest suburb, and i got it!
reply
fonzbear2000 @ 3rd Apr 07:53PM:
Re: Any takers?
said by Alphy :
so who here is actually getting the service?
said by Chiyo :
I've ordered the new package, I will have it installed on Sunday. New modem and an installation charge :(
also I asked about the current tiers they are being upgraded to 10 and 12 meg. No time frame on that though.
We have 1 taker!
--
I wish qwest would die! I want FIOS!
reply
SnazZ @ 3rd Apr 09:10PM:
No speed bump here yet...
I'm in Chaska, MN and have Earthlink cable internet provided by Comcast. I power cycled my modem and haven't gotten the upload speed increase. I'm not sure if it's because I'm on Earthlink over Comcast, or because Chaska hasn't gotten the upgrades yet.
reply
SlyLoK @ 3rd Apr 10:40PM:
/sigh
Yay 50/5.... So Comcast................... When will I get any service?
Booooooooooo.
reply
SlickNetAaro @ 3rd Apr 10:57PM:
Minneapolis UPLOAD is now 1mb and 2mb!!
I called my biz rep today. All standard 6mb tier subs get 1mb upload now (up from 384k!!!).
If you upgrade to 8mb "speed tier" you get 2mb!
My business account, which was 8/1, is now 16/2 for the same price! My upload with PowerBoost is 4mb!
You need up reboot your modem in order to get re-provisioned.
It's Sweet!
Aaron
reply
anon @ 4th Apr 01:59AM:
Re: $150 per month?
I can't believe there will be many takers at that price, perhaps it will come down when the penny drops!
reply
Selenia @ 4th Apr 07:48AM:
Didn't you guys ever think...
That Comcast is charging so much for this tier to account for the audience of such a tier being very heavy bandwidth users? I used to have Rogers(sucky Canadian ISP) and the caps would vary according to which tier you bought(same is true of Shaw). Higher speed tiers include a higher data cap. I am pretty sure that's what Comcast had in mind. Unfortunately, you have to pay for your resource usage on their network, which gets expensive(especially on cable).
reply
espaeth @ 4th Apr 11:55AM:
Re: Didn't you guys ever think...
This is BBR, logic doesn't apply. You have to hold to these universal truths:
1) All companies are trying to screw you.
2) There's infinite bandwidth available, it's "the man" trying to keep you down
3) FiOS > *
4) P2P traffic causing congestion issues is a myth, like global warming. See #2.
5) Companies should invest significant capital to upgrade their networks and reduce pricing at the same time.
reply
mod_wastrel @ 4th Apr 04:07PM:
Headline at TechNewsWorld...
"Comcast Goes Full Throttle With Experimental Wideband Rollout"... something I never thought I'd see: the words "Comcast" and "full throttle" in the same sentence.
Things that make you go, "Hmmm...".
reply
Chainzz @ 4th Apr 05:10PM:
Re: Any takers?
I find the people that complain the most are the ones that lack the knowledge of upstream spectrum bandwidth and the medium being coax to deliver. 50/5 is not unreasonable however untill all digital happens, get rid of the lower end of the forward spectrum and change out the diplex filters to allow more upstream you will not see symmetrical speeds. COAX if maintained properly works just as well as the fiber. I can goto a congested node off of the fiber and see a decrease in speeds just like I could off an end of line tap 4-5 miles away.
plus if the cable thieves would leave the crap alone then maybe things would be more stable as well.
reply
anon @ 5th Apr 01:29AM:
$5 a day? I'd rather skip Starbucks and get Wideband
I ordered it, I am a heavy gamer and stream a lot of video... no home install kit yet, tech coming to install on Monday, apparently its a SA/Cisco Layer 2 Bridge
reply
sapo @ 5th Apr 05:35AM:
Re: $150 per month?
I would pay for it, kind of a lot for Internet but hey, its speed.
--
One bullet can change everything.
reply
Der_Idiot @ 5th Apr 12:43PM:
Upgrade?
I'll have the upgrade next weds. \o/ :D
Definitely helps to have a 4-PC household-- we eat bandwidth for breakfast :
reply
SolarPup @ 6th Apr 02:23PM:
Re: Philadelphia will be last again
You would think this would be in philly first since that's where CC's home offices are..
reply
twEEkerAreUs @ 7th Apr 01:04PM:
Wow
$150 a month for that? Ummmm cut the download speeds in half and up the upload speed to at least 10Mbps...Then I would consider. Some of you must love wasting money though.
$150 for Cable Internet
$60 - $100+ for Cable TV
? Digital Phone
Ouch, no thanks.
reply
trish2 @ 7th Apr 10:28PM:
Re: OMFG...
said by Rick :
50,000k speeds!!
Bring it on here in Ct.
(and cut the price in half! :) )
Make the speeds 50/50 for $75.00 per month and bring these speeds to Upstate South Carolina!! With these internet speeds, I would relish the day we can kick Charter and AT&T out of South Carolina for good!!
reply
Jerm @ 23rd Apr 12:44PM:
Re: Wahoo!
They won't do that. Those are pay channels. The only thing clear QAM will be the locals - ABC,NBC,CBS,FOX,etc
reply
Thank you for using lo-fi dslreports.com - report bugs
© 99-2009 silver matrix LLC
