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 ·Verizon FiOS
| sorry dude, no new "products" (like increased b/w?) for a while:
"Frankly, we have plenty of capacity right now, and we will have plenty of capacity, in our opinion, for the next six to 12 months, given the available products," Roberts said.
sure sounds like "no speed upgrades" to me. |
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| Hey if you offered me 50Mbs for $100 a month I'm in! You should do some big package like AT&T had an unlimited plan for a short period of time. |
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 syslockPremium
join:2007-02-03
Ann Arbor, MI
 ·Comcast
| reply to brianiscool
From what I have read in the local media, 60% of Comcast's bandwidth on the coax is the Analog TV sig. Once they dump analog and make everyone get a box for TV, they will have plenty of whatever to mess with. They are already testing some cities here in MI at 100% digital. No more analog TV. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to nasadude
said by nasadude:sorry dude, no new "products" (like increased b/w?) for a while: "Frankly, we have plenty of capacity right now, and we will have plenty of capacity, in our opinion, for the next six to 12 months, given the available products," Roberts said.sure sounds like "no speed upgrades" to me. Interesting. I took that the other way as in he was talking about their deployed infrastructure products (DOCSIS 1.0/2.0 modems and the CMTS). I guess he could have also been talking about the "consumer products" and that if they don't increase speeds, they have plenty of capacity. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to syslock
said by syslock:They are already testing some cities here in MI at 100% digital. No more analog TV. I don't have a problem with that but I wish they would sell me a device that I could put at the demarc to convert the subscribed digital channels to equivalent analogs. I read something about a device that was capable of doing this. I'd have no problem picking the top 50 channels if it had a capacity limit.
I really don't yearn for a return to the days when it was common to rent a cable box for $5/month/TV. |
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| if they switch to full digital only broadcasts, i would imagine they would provide the *basic* boxes free of charge.
something like this:
»broadband.motorola.com/consumers···ault.asp |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | That would be great but I'll believe it when I see them handing out free converter boxes. I would also think that they have to charge or rent because I would need like six of these. Given the cost, I can't imagine they would just give them away for free. I could live with them providing the first n units free and then charging me a one time fee per extra. I just don't want to pay $5/month in perpetuity for every TV in the house.
I didn't read the link thoroughly. Can this box receive the all the digital channels to which I subscribe -- including HBO/Cinemax and the like? |
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| sorry. i dont know anyone who has six tv's.... my mistake.
afaik, they will provide the first for free, in the very least. They only cost 90 dollars for them to buy from motorola, so i would imagine that the rent on extra units would be very low... like 1 or two bucks a month. |
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 lakinoPremium
join:2003-04-03
Campbell, CA | reply to syslock
said by syslock:From what I have read in the local media, 60% of Comcast's bandwidth on the coax is the Analog TV sig. Once they dump analog and make everyone get a box for TV, they will have plenty of whatever to mess with. They are already testing some cities here in MI at 100% digital. No more analog TV. If they do that, I'd be the first one to call up Comcast and cancel my cable service. Stupid converter boxes. Don't need them, don't want them!
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| reply to brianiscool
Be careful when you order it. Even with upgrading to their business accounts you will find you don't have any additional bandwidth allocated to you. You can hit their "unlimited use for a flat monthly fee" download limit and get booted.
I'm aware of 7 people in my neighborhood they have booted in the next two months now. Seems Comcast has plenty of capacity. They simply kick customers off and smile happily in their own little world.
As I said, be careful. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to DreamWraith
I have three kids. Two have TV cards in their PCs and use Windows Media Center. In a couple years I'll have three kids with TV cards.
It's great because Media Center has parental controls so they cannot watch bad stuff and it allows them to record their shows when they air. Then they get to watch them AFTER they finish homework, sports, boy scout duties and chores. It also allows me to periodically review what they are watching so I can "come up to speed" so I'm not in the dark when they start using new "in" phrases. It's much better than sticking an "open" TV in their room. Plus they use the computer for homework, e-mail and it teaches them basic 21st century skills while my squid proxy keeps them safe from bad sites.
I suppose $1/month/TV would be fine but $2/month/TV is significant ($10/month) since right now I don't pay ANYTHING with cable-ready TVs and the analog service. |
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·Comcast
| reply to DreamWraith
That box is no longer allowed, as it doesn't support CableCARDs.
The waiver that Comcast requested (and the FCC denied) was based on this same small STB (the all-digital version of the longtime favorite Motorola (and before that, GI/Jerrold) IMPULSE analog STB). The FCC requires that *all* STBs act as CableCARD host devices past a *date certain* (later this year). So the DCT-7xx is a dead duck. |
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·Bright House
| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude:sorry dude, no new "products" (like increased b/w?) for a while: "Frankly, we have plenty of capacity right now, and we will have plenty of capacity, in our opinion, for the next six to 12 months, given the available products," Roberts said.sure sounds like "no speed upgrades" to me. I consider powerboost a form of speed increase, considering my average is 9 to 12 Mbps, on a 6 meg tier. I have seen on the same modem operating on the 8 meg tier run at 16 to 20Mbps, but that was before I downgraded. It's all good, we don't even have FIOS here, and the cable company with, or without powerboost is still faster than the only other options around. I'd say they are doing good for now, by not freaking out before DOCSIS 3.0 comes out. The stock is doing nothing but rising too. I don't think there is much to worry about, or even legitimatly complain about, considering nobody is doing it better, or cheaper, nationwide. I would say the only threat is Verizon's FIOS/TV/Phone product, but only because internet speed, as the other products are basically the same.
Even if we did get faster internet speeds, however, you wouldn't see it much, as Comcast is the largest ISP, and if it were launched globally, most sites we goto don't even allow the full speed. Even now, I only get powerboost on 30% of webpages. I get more speed thru torrents.
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