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Comments on news posted 2010-04-08 12:01:58: An insider at Comcast informs Broadband Reports that Comcast users should expect a shake up in the company's speed tiers sometime during the next eight months. ..
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 bn1221
join:2009-04-29
Cortland, NY | Economy tier Not too bad speed for entry tier. Wonder what the price is? RR Lite (TWC) is 128k/768k for 34.95. Over priced. Verizon does 384k/1024k for 19.99 dry loop. | |
|  pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 |  Biz customers also grandfathered on 22/5?
I'd LOVE to get bumped to 50/10 for free, but somehow it seems unlikely.
The question will be, what does the pricing look like for the 20/4 and 50/10 after the plan shake up. If 50/10 is more than 22/5, I wonder by how much? And will 20/4 be cheaper than 22/5? I'd hate to take a hit on the upstream (which is what I care more about), but if it's a significant price drop from 22/5 to the new 20/4, I'll consider it. Likewise, if we're talking a $10 increase to go 22/5 to 50/10 I'd also consider it.
All that said, I am still suffering from FiOS withdrawals...I miss my 25/25 connection. The symmetrical thing is REALLY nice. Too bad we'll never see it on Comcast. Honestly, I'd much rather a 20/20 (or even 15/15) connection than 50/10, but I know I'm in the minority here. 
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris | |
| | | | Re: Biz customers also grandfathered on 22/5? I am sure now that they have worked out the bugs with channel bonding upstreams you will see much higher upload speeds coming. | |
| | | pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Re: Biz customers also grandfathered on 22/5? said by hypersurf1:I am sure now that they have worked out the bugs with channel bonding upstreams you will see much higher upload speeds coming. Doesn't sound that way from the article. They mention "higher upload speeds" at the end of 2010, but even supposing they do implement channel bonding, I wonder what that will do to the tiers they offer. I mean, will they augment their existing asymmetrical tiers with a 10/10, 25/25, 50/50 set of tiers? I just don't see it happening, at least not globally. Perhaps in FiOS areas to compete with the whole "our upstream is just as important as downstream" angle Verizon has pushed in FiOS areas.
I'm just a pessimist I guess I'd LOVE to see symmetrical or closer-to-symmetrical speed tiers offered towards the end of 2010!
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1 edit | Re: Biz customers also grandfathered on 22/5? The low upload speeds we see now were due to lack of bandwidth on the upstream channel, just like they have done with the downstream i assume they will increase the upsteam as the channel bonding allows. Guess we will have to wait a few months to find out. | |
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Rob2647
join:2008-08-12
Rochester, MI | If FiOS were in my area, I'd dump Uverse in a heart beat. For now, Uverse has the cable company formally known as Comcast, beat. | |
| |  perki
join:2008-12-01
Santa Maria, CA | I bet you anything there going to turn the 22/5.... I bet you anything there going to turn the 22/5 tier into the 25/25 tier to compete against verizons 20/20 tier | |
| | pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Re: I bet you anything there going to turn the 22/5.... said by perki:I bet you anything there going to turn the 22/5 tier into the 25/25 tier to compete against verizons 20/20 tier Highly unlikely, IMHO. But I'd love it...I suspect even if they did it, it'd be restricted to FiOS territories, so those of us in non-Verizon areas won't see it.
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