Comcast Launches Wireless Broadband In Philly - Mobile WiMax 'High Speed 2 Go' hits third market
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Comcast Launches Wireless Broadband In Philly
Mobile WiMax 'High Speed 2 Go' hits third market
06:59PM Wednesday Nov 04 2009 by Karl Bode
tags: business · wireless · alternatives · bandwidth · cable
Right on the heels of last week's Clearwire Philadelphia launch, Comcast says they too have now launched their re-branded Mobile WiMax "High Speed 2 Go" service in the company's hometown of Philadelphia. Philly is Comcast's third launch market for the services, which have previously been launched in Atlanta and Portland. As is the case in all Comcast Mobile WiMax markets, they're actually offering some fairly decent pricing packages. The two flavors:

• Comcast High-Speed 2go Metro service costs $49.99 for twelve months ($72.95 thereafter) and comes with 12Mbps Comcast home broadband service and a Wi-Fi router. The service uses a Mobile WiMax data card that will obviously only work in areas where there's Comcast/Clearwire Mobile WiMax.

• Comcast High-Speed 2go Nationwide service costs $69.99 ($92.95 thereafter) and also comes with Comcast 12Mbps home broadband service and a home Wi-Fi router. The service uses a dual-mode data card that allows users to float between Clearwire's Mobile WiMax network and Sprint's 3G EVDO network.

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hayabusa3303 @ 4th Nov 07:16PM:
Humm

Me thinks comcast is getting too big now.

Back to topic: wow at those prices.
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Lazlow @ 4th Nov 07:31PM:
capped

"Includes 5 GB of 3G wireless data usage. Additional usage at $0.10/MB. "

That is listed on the national plan. I did not see anything on the metro plan.

Edit: From TOS

"If you exceed your allotted Monthly Data Amount, Comcast may
automatically charge you, and you agree to pay, an additional service usage fee
("Overage Charge")."

Still did not see how much one is "allotted".
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Mattie_B @ 4th Nov 07:50PM:
Glad to hear it!

Come on roll some more out in heavily populated area's that already have how many different options for broadband? God forbid you use the technology to bring some decent internet out to the less populated area's where it's dial up, evdo or satellite.

I know, we country folk don't need dat darr fast internets.
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BF69 @ 4th Nov 07:58PM:
Re: capped

said by Lazlow :

"Includes 5 GB of 3G wireless data usage. Additional usage at $0.10/MB. "
Gee only $102.40 per GB overage. What a deal.

Despite that I'm not sure why they are offering these in large metro areas where people obviously actually have choices for broadband and said choices are better. It seems the type of customers that would go for this type of product are those that live in areas without broadband. That being said, come on Comcast you have 250 GB cap for your cable internet service then you have this 5 GB cap for this? That's a fucking joke.
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TooFastFlash @ 4th Nov 09:27PM:
Almost

Almost got through the first 3 posts without someone crying caps
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iansltx @ 4th Nov 09:28PM:
Re: capped

This is an ancillary service with no cap on 4G but the industry-standard cap on 3G. The service is bundled with your cable internet bill.

If Clear has WiMAX service here in Denver, I'd already be on this plan. Even with a 15% discount the AT&T Mobile Broadband card I got on the 15th is running me around $60 per month. With the $20 discount Comcast is giving by rolling mobile and fixed broadband into one package, I'd only be paying $50 per month for both 3G and 4G service, with no cap on 4G transfers and the high probability that 4G will show up back in Fredericksburg, TX since San Antonio and Austin are just down the road.
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iansltx @ 4th Nov 09:31PM:
Re: Glad to hear it!

2500MHz spectrum isn't terribly great for covering rural areas, though it'll cover places where line-bonded reach-extended DSL should but don't.

In all fairness, cheap fat bandwidth pipes are easier to come by where the cable networks already have a fair amount of fiber. I suspect that Clear has some deal where Comcast runs fiber to their towers in Comcast areas at a reduced price, in return for Clear offering a low wholesale internet rate for Comcast customers. Comcast wins because they can offer a more attractive fixed + mobile data option than Verizon or AT&T with those companies' 3G networks, and Clear wins because they aren't raped on bandwidth loop charges.

All that said, I wish that Clear WiMAX didn't operate off of Clear's backbone when rebranded as Cocmast. Maybe then the WiMAX service wouldn't be upload-capped (see Sprint-branded WiMAX). Me likey 15/5 over wireless.
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kryptonian @ 5th Nov 01:00PM:
No USB modem?

Anyone think they will over a USB modem for laptops?
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kryptonian @ 5th Nov 02:11PM:
$30 a month for an already comcast customer

I'm from Philly and called CS to ask for for specifics. CS told me that since I was already a Comcast customer (already have wired broadband with them) I could get the service for $30 a month. I asked him if it was a teaser rate and he said no. He did say that if I agreed to a one year contract, they would waive the one time $99 "activation fee". Either way he said it would still be $30 a month and average speeds would be between 3 and 6 Megs down. Unfortunatelly, they arent offering a USB modem at this time, just card.
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tim_k @ 6th Nov 01:18AM:
yet another choice

Yeah, so what. One more choice for urbanites. Just once I'd like to see a new option for rural areas.
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anon @ 16th Nov 12:03AM:
wireless motem

:mad: :mad:they must have lied to yall im in jersey,its 12;00 and i just saw a commercial for a wireless 3g usb,not a wireless motorolla motem for buisness class cause who in the hell would carry a motorolla motem on a train?
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