TK Junk Mail
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Margate City, NJ
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August 11th, @03:59PM
|  Fios speed and cost facts
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5 mbps downstream / 2 mbps upstream - $39.95
15 mbps downstream / 2 mbps upstream - $49.95
30 mbps downstream / 5 mbps upstream - $199.95 [$54.95 in specific areas]
Most users are buying the 5/2 plan, with almost all the rest buying the 15/2 plan. This can be seen from the fios.verizon.net speedtest results here at BBR:
Here is Comcast results as a comparison. Comcast has good results also because of POWERBOOST, which gives high speeds for short bursts. During web browsing, Comcast will be every bit as good as Fios. But Fios will beat Comcast during sustained downloads if you bought the Fios 15/2 tier.
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en102
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Valencia, CA
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August 11th, @04:10PM
| Typically, 'most' users do not want to pay huge $$$ unless they are hardcore users (p0rn) or gamers, or resell excess bandwidth to neighbors over WiFi.
Even if I had the option for 30/5 at $54.95.. I don't think I'd see much benefit in using it, unless I was running servers from my house. Give it a few years, and I suspect that will change.
Those (Comcast Rick?) state that big pipes are needed to the house, proof is in the stats, and I suspect that many do not use the high end packages, as they don't typically see much benefit from them.
I'm no marketing person, however, if I were to put a value on this, I'd say that the 'cap' on the average price for HSI is in the $40-50 range. |
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batterup
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said by TK Junk Mail  :» /faq/120635 mbps downstream / 2 mbps upstream - $39.95
15 mbps downstream / 2 mbps upstream - $49.95
30 mbps downstream / 5 mbps upstream - $199.95 [$54.95 in specific areas]
Most users are buying the 5/2 plan, with almost all the rest buying the 15/2 plan. This can be seen from the fios.verizon.net speedtest results here at BBR: [att=1] Here is Comcast results as a comparison. Comcast has good results also because of POWERBOOST, which gives high speeds for short bursts. During web browsing, Comcast will be every bit as good as Fios. But Fios will beat Comcast during sustained downloads if you bought the Fios 15/2 tier. [att=2] Is this Boost designed to give false high readings on speed tests? Sell the sizzle not the steak. |
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TK Junk Mail
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August 11th, @07:04PM
| said by batterup :said by TK Junk Mail : Comcast has good results also because of POWERBOOST, which gives high speeds for short bursts. During web browsing, Comcast will be every bit as good as Fios. But Fios will beat Comcast during sustained downloads if you bought the Fios 15/2 tier. [att=2] Is this Boost designed to give false high readings on speed tests? Sell the sizzle not the steak. Motives can be more than 1. It may be designed to do good on speed tests. But it is also very good for downloading several megabyte files that are often used by those who mainly do browsing and email, but also get pictures from relatives. And it also handles very quickly all those automatic software maintenance updates from Microsoft, antivirus vendors, etc.
So, IMHO, Powerboost does give good value to a very large majority of Comcast customers and is NOT just for getting good speedtest results.
But it does nothing for those people who have their computer downloading pirated music & videos all day long. Maybe that is why Comcast rolled out Powerboost instead of just moving the bandwidth caps higher.
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JTRockville
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clubs: | That's a pretty narrow view of why someone would want a fast connection.
Is there an upload powerboost, or only download? |
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TK Junk Mail
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| said by JTRockville :That's a pretty narrow view of why someone would want a fast connection. Is there an upload powerboost, or only download? Both
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While I agree with some of your assertions, I do disagree with your overall assessment of broadband. First, this is the day and age where parents follow their kids every move with a camcorder. When baby takes his first step, they want to show this video to family instantly. Likewise, many proud parents send these same videos to youtube. Not to mention, kids are no different. They love to webchat, webcam, use youtube, game, and do a whole host of other activities online. This is the technology generation you are looking at. Therefore, to state that many do not want fast speeds is an overstatement. I think there is a large base of users who would sign up for 30/5 pending it was 54.95 in their area. Let's face it, this is the same cost many of us pay already, unless you have DSL. Even at that, I am sure several people would migrate over, even with the added cost. Consequently, while this does not include everyone, I do believe most would happily pay a little more for the luxury of faster internet. |
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