 Review by Clever_Proxy 
UPDATED: 1.9 years ago
member for 5.5 years, 326 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Crete,Will,IL
 $45 per month
 about 16 days
 "Great Connection, Low Ping"
 "Long Install, Pricey, terrible installers"
 "Surprisingly good connection for Cable"
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I have had Comcast for about 2 months now, and it's still running strong. I'm so happy that Comcast upgraded all the lines in the Chicago area. The connection has never once dropped, even at peak hours now I still download at about 3.2Mbps. A lot of times when the power goes out in my area, I fire up the generator and I'm able to get on the net. The one thing I am a little upset about is the upload. I have buddies that have the SBC 1.5Mbps/384Kbps package. The upload is awsome! I wonder why Comcast isn't offering that for the 3Mbps customers? Not to mention the upload is always bouncing around. It never really sticks around 256K. It almost always drops to about 215K. I would like to upgrade to Comcast's 4Mbps/384Kbps package, but I don't need 4M downloading. I need a good upload because I am a webmaster for many clients. If DSL was in my area I would switch for this reason alone. Other then that, Comcast seems to really have there stuff together in my area. I wish it were the same for everyone else.
Updated 1/21/05
Connection is up and still running strong, I've had this service since July and it still have failed to ever drop. Pings are always around 50ms. My speeds are still aroung 3.3Mbps/256Kbps. I can hardley wait untill they upgrade again in March. But I'm still a little upset about the monthly. It goes down if you buy T.V. service, I feel like I'm being robbed. But I still can't get over the fact that it has never gone down so it rocks!!
Updated 2/24/05
Well Comcast has pulled threw again. I got my free upgrade! »/speedtests/41···09307260
The improvement in the upload speed is unbelievable. After this one upgrade alone I really don't feel like I'm being robbed for 4Mbps. It's a lot of bandwidth and a lot of ISP's don't offer it. And still it remains that the connection has never dropped or been down. I hope to continue this winning streak of broadband in my home.
Updated 4/9/05
Well on 4/7/05 I had my first outage. It was the nationwide DNS issue. My internet was out for about 2 hrs. Not too bad, I can live without internet for a few hours  . And I found out to my stupidity that I'm currently paying $65/month for service and all's you need to do is order basic TV service and your monthly goes down to $45/month. That is definently robbery to charge more for internet because you don't have TV. But another thing is after I had the upgrade is my signal levels dropped dramiticly, when it's 70 degrees out im at -15db. So I'll have a tech come out pretty soon.
Update 11/19/07
I moved and hopped to DSL service. Comcast keeps jacking up their prices so AT&T just seemed like a better deal since it is available where I moved.
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