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Re: Bring me bandwidth!
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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