Review by tigernike23 
Posted: 39 days ago
member for 2.4 years, 39 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Decatur,Macon,IL
 Contract price not specified.
 "It's high speed, what else is there to say...."
 "Speeds are just about half of Insight's, Powerboost is TEMPORARY people! Slick advertising"
 "Price is too high, its reliable, for the most part."
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I was grandfathered into Comcast from Insight, so some things I can't say, like the installation, or pre sales info, but here's my review.
I write with sarcasm. Really, I'd like to hang with the Slowsky's for a while, those turtles in the Comcast commercial obviously got to the airport quicker than I can download some of my college assignments. On Insight, I was getting anywhere around 10 to 12 Mbps, while now I'm at 5 to 7 Mbps. But wait!!! With PowerBoost, I'll get 12 to 14!, BUT only for about 2 minutes. They seem to always know when I'm running a speed test, because it'll say I'm getting 22 or 24. Very slick advertising on the part of the media conglomerate, how come they don't mention that in the commercial? I wasn't dumb when I read the transition letters (Insight to Comcast) in the mail, I know what Powerboost is, but the average Joe doesn't. For about 3 months, they ran ads without the prices, smart.
The tech support, I haven't really needed it, but if we're connected to the same service department, it's all good.
There are 4 options here in town: Comcast, AT&T DSL (Uverse is coming), Xanadoo wireless, and satellite ISPs. This ISP, Comcast, I'll give it 3.75/5.00
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| Four Options? meh... Your options might be slimmer than you think, and maybe there's an option you're leaving out:
1) I don't call satellite broadband. It's...satellite. Better than dialup if you're downloading or uploading large files, that's all.
2) Xanadoo...I *guess* they're a choice, though all plans have a 10GB per month cap. Then again, 128k for $15 a month with a 10GB cap is better than $10-a-month dialup, right?
3) Got high-speed Sprint in your area? Millenicom (see reviews here) gets you the Sprint network for $60 a month, no limits, though you have to bring in your own modem. Speeds aren't that great though, compared with terrestrial internet...700-1500k usually.
SO yeah, cable is likely still fastest and best in your neighborhood, despite it being powered by Comcrap. At least U-Verse will be there soon to give 'em some real competition... | |
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