Insight Upgrades > Where's the UPLOAD?!?!?!?

Where's the UPLOAD?!?!?!?

While I agree with you, you can't really complain about a free upgrade.

reply to Davros866

said by Davros866:

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I'm not a customer of theirs, but what's the big deal going from 3 to 4Mbps? They are still stuck with a crappy 256k upload!

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said by Omega:

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said by Davros866:

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I'm not a customer of theirs, but what's the big deal going from 3 to 4Mbps? They are still stuck with a crappy 256k upload!

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It's still a faster speed for free. I wouldn't mind 4mbps.

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reply to Davros866
They need to stop following their 50% master Comcast lead. It's obvious other ISP are going to play ball and offer more upload on their basic tier.
As I said here.

»Re: Yet another ISP goes up in speed....

Looking at the news on this site. The ISP forums on this site. And past threads I've linked in the Insight forum here and on my site. Clearly shows that this new tier upgrade. Might not if fact compete as well as Insight thinks in some of their markets.

While I applaud the move. I'm not sure it was as well thought out as they would have us believe. It is at least a start in the right direction. And it is very positive that we are seeing the company now communicate on this site a bit better and with the press.

When the 384 tier upgrade came out. Information was hard to find. The company wouldn't confirm anything etc. They have done a better job in this regard this time.

There is room for improvement though. Official forum support here. Is one thing they should consider. Like so many other ISP do here. SBC one of their main competitors does this in the related forum here.

"I have the plus package and I don't see the plus package getting anything more."

As to this comment. Read the forum threads. An upgrade for the 384 tier is coming as well. Yes they should have released it with this upgrade - if they had been smart about it. But I digress. It is coming. I've passed all the information I have in regards to that - in the Insight forum. It will either be 6000/512 or 6000/768. From what I'm told - it looks more and more like it will be 6000/512.
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reply to Davros866
Acutally they are getting an upload boost from 128 to 256. That's double.

Not bad for free.
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Actually it is pretty bad. When you consider one of the competitors is giving 3000/768 for the same price Insight will charge for the current 3000/128 soon to be 4000/256. The price before bundling or owning your own modem. Is $44.95. Which is what Verizon is asking for their 3000/768 tier. Yes extra download is always a big plus. But higher upload speeds are becoming a must. And yes for legitimate purposes and task. Not just P2P.
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reply to Davros866
Last I checked 4000 is more than 3000 and 256 is more the 128 and free upgrade

While it's not the best in the world , it's progress in the right direction. 384k woulda have been better I think but maybe they prefer to do it in small stages , if it works well maybe we can see another increase.

You can defend them all you like. You can be happy getting taken advantage of. This is America - that is your right. Yes this upgrade is nice and all. But it's far from being competitive price or speed wise. If you actually look at the market without blinders on or an agenda. You'll see that for price and speeds - Insight still doesn't get it. If your happy just browsing the net faster = great. Some of us prefer to use the connection we pay for to the greatest extent possible. We also like to know we are getting value for our money. If you compare this speed increase to at least 2 major Insight competitors. We are not getting value / speed for our money. Unfortunately some of us don't have the choice to move to those vendors.

256 is a long way from 768. Insight will only give us 512 maybe at the max for $79.95 / $69.95 bundled. When Verizon gives you that upload for $20 less you have to wonder who is taking who to the cleaners. And if you rich enough to not give a crap about $20 extra dollars a month - good for you. But for a good majority of people $20 is still worth something. If you can't look at the data and say - hang on something is a bit odd here. Then you must work for Insight or have some type of agenda. It's that simple.
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reply to Davros866
It's not as much of an increase as I/we wanted, but it's an increase nonetheless. At least Insight is now going in the right direction.
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reply to Davros866
Because a 128Kbps is the least they could upgrade it. If they were really looking to please customers they would make it 384Kbps; like most companies like BrightHouse have as a STANDARD. I believe that it will take another cable company moving into Insight's territory in order for us 40 dollar a month users to get 384 upload. That's why they did it, to make room for a forced upgrade in the future.:p

I don't know. They would have to see competition in all their major markets for them to take action. For example, there are three cable companies in my market (Insight, Sigecom, and Ohio Valley Cable) that offer internet access. Then there's all the DSL providers. Does this competition affect Insight? Not really, but then again, none of the other cable companies' service is even as good as Insight's.

reply to Davros866
Peoria Illinois got the upgrade