 GuitarXace
join:2000-10-23
Pottstown, PA
 ·Comcast
| hnnnnn Philly Metro i live in the philly metro area and i have no upgraded speed yet!!!! i might have to do some searching to see what areas did get
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wow i been a member since 2000 lol really never noticed that!!!!!!!!!! 9 years and still going strong  | |
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iterationx
join:2008-04-24
Philadelphia, PA
| Of course we won't download more! Just like we've all proven that faster processors lead to more efficient code, and larger hard drives lead to smaller file sizes, and... oh crap.
Usage of resources expands, like a gas, to all available space. That is a broad(band? sorry) generalization.
I think an earlier example given will prove to be correct: You have 4 hours to kill. You spend an two hours downloading a demo, one hour screwing with it before you realize you hate it, and an hour poking around in a low-bandwidth fashion 'cause there's not time to download another one.
Now, you have the same 4 hours to kill. You download the demo in, oh, 28 minutes. It takes the same hour to decide you hate it.
You think no one's gonna eye up that demo site for the next thing they thought was interesting? You think most people will really stop at that point and say to themeselves, "self, while it was pretty awesome to see how fast that file came down compared to previous experiences, i'd better not increase my usage and start downloading more demos, or that movie i saw over there, or this entire season of Battlestar Galactica..."
Usage expands to match resources. When hasn't it? | |
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Scree
In the pipe 5 by 5
join:2001-04-24
Mount Laurel, NJ
·Comcast
1 edit | starting to agree "apparently because they don't think an additional 4Mbps downstream is worth $10." -- Now that upstream is equal, I do believe it is time to downgrade. The only reason I upgraded back then was because upstream was pathetic. Shame on comcast for not making upstream higher now for 52.95! | |
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heat84
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | DOCSIS 3 or U-Verse Which do you guys think will be in South Florida first?
And why is South Florida at the bottom of both lists? Are they hoping Global Warming floods us out so they don't have deploy here? | |
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crf250r
@comcast.net | doc 3 hopefully it will hit the bay area soon... when blast hit the bay area it hit here in sacramento as well | |
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MSauk
MSauk
Premium
join:2002-01-17
Sandy, UT | Utah anyone? Does anyone know when Utah might get this upgrade? | |
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Mr Anon
@comcast.net
| Nice but they are ignoring a segment of their customer base They need to stop this rubbish and upgrade their existing analog cable systems to digital.
Docsis 3.0 is all well and good, but they continue to ignore those consumers whose bad fortune it is to be stuck on one of their primitive analog systems which can only get 45 channels of low quality programming. | |
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u3912974
join:2007-07-31
San Francisco, CA | come on SF don't make SF wait. I thought that the Bay Area is supposed to lead in tecnhnology | |
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SPEEDDEAMON
@comcast.net
| Finally!!! YEA! BAY AREA! BRING IT B!TCH!
Finally, i've been wanting 2 Mbps upload speed for a little while... now if only at&t wireless got past the 800 Kbps limit for iPhones (maybe boosting the speed to 3 Mbps download and 768 Kbps for upload speed?), I'd be set!
I'm in a 3G coverage area, but with all the problems that at&t is having, i'd rather use Wi-Fi. | |
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dimitrib90
join:2005-03-17
Vallejo, CA | Bay Area Its been almost a whole year since the bay area last saw an upgrade. Im hoping that the upgrade is coming sometime february. | |
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crf250r
@comcast.net | Re: Bay Area seriously... comcast upgrade the bay to doc 3.0 for crying out loud... | |
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