quintin3265
join:2008-06-07
State College, PA | reply to fiberguy
Re: Other Speeds Bumped Up As Well
Well, that assumes that people would actually WANT to know Roberts personally. From my experience with Comcast and by reading the news, I would not be able to be friends with Comcast executives. |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
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said by quintin3265  :To be fair, we can get 35 down/6 up with Comcast Blast! in tests. I also think that Comcast's ping times are better than Verizon's. Of course, this would be great if Comcast's connection were actually usable, because they'll be disconnecting my service later this month (since we don't know what the cap is). I figure that we should take advantage of the bandwidth while we have it, because I don't want to support Comcast even if the only alternative is dialup. I sent a scathing letter to Brian Roberts on this subject, and it will be interesting to see if we get a reply. I haven't sent my letter to them yet, but I do have complaints on file with the various regulatory authorities. The cocky rep dared me to sue, so I did that instead. Ironically, my high downloads that one month was because of a problem on THEIR end, but Mr. Eliason said it didn't matter to them. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
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said by Natoma :p.s.: Who is Brian Roberts? .. someone who people, around here, seem to feel they know personally - and don't. (In order to make them feel important, when they aren't.) |
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Natoma
join:1999-08-30
Brooklyn, NY | reply to kamm
Fort Greene |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to grydlok
I'm on 15/2 currently but with the rise in energy and gas prices, have been thinking of going to 5/2 to trim a little fat from the monthly bills. The upgrade of the 5/2 package to 10/2 seals the deal for me. |
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fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering | reply to quintin3265
You received confirmation that Comcast is booting you because of you using downloading more than they think you should? Damn!
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UncleDirtNap
join:2006-08-26
Pittsburgh, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to anon219
"Caps on fios? lol..Not anytime soon."
Really, the caps are being put in place by the cable companies due to the bandwidth hogs that bring their networks to a crawl every evening during peak times...
With all the room in their pipe Verizon isn't anywhere close to seeing similar problem and won't be for the foreseeable future. |
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quintin3265
join:2008-06-07
State College, PA | reply to Natoma
CEO of Comcast. |
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watice
@verizon.net | reply to anon219
Well it'll probably go something like this..
I call TWC in NYC to tell them I'm switching over to a FIOS 50/20 plan sometime in November... They offer me their 100mbit plan for cheaper than normal rates.. I accept. The consumer wins. |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
| reply to Natoma
said by Natoma :Yea I absolutely love my connection.  » /archive?zip=&···t=SearchThe FIOS archive. I'm currently the 3rd - 5th results. But check out the top one. I want that connection!  Where are you in Brooklyn?
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Natoma
join:1999-08-30
Brooklyn, NY | reply to quintin3265
This is, I actually see 50mb/20mb when I use my connection, at any time of the day or night.
Never had an issue. And yea, the lack of caps is amazing.
p.s.: Who is Brian Roberts?
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quintin3265
join:2008-06-07
State College, PA
 ·Comcast
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Natoma
To be fair, we can get 35 down/6 up with Comcast Blast! in tests. I also think that Comcast's ping times are better than Verizon's.
Of course, this would be great if Comcast's connection were actually usable, because they'll be disconnecting my service later this month (since we don't know what the cap is). I figure that we should take advantage of the bandwidth while we have it, because I don't want to support Comcast even if the only alternative is dialup.
I sent a scathing letter to Brian Roberts on this subject, and it will be interesting to see if we get a reply. |
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Natoma
join:1999-08-30
Brooklyn, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to quintin3265
Yea I absolutely love my connection.
»/archive?zip=&···t=Search
The FIOS archive. I'm currently the 3rd - 5th results. But check out the top one. I want that connection! |
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quintin3265
join:2008-06-07
State College, PA
·Comcast
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Natoma
This is incredible. I don't really care about whether Verizon's connection is 50/20 or 10/2. What matters to me is that they have decent customer service and don't play games with invisible caps. If Verizon is ever available in my area, even if the speeds are slower than Comcast, I will be done with Comcast forever. |
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Natoma
join:1999-08-30
Brooklyn, NY | reply to anon219
I've uploaded 2.5TB over the past 2 months and downloaded 500GB during that same time. Not a peep.
50mb/20mb tier for $89/mo
FIOS is the shiznit. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to anon219
said by anon219 :
Caps on fios? lol..Not anytime soon..there's people on fios that hit 1TB in a month, and not a peep from Verizon.
I wonder what this will do for cable in those markets..Comcast fastest tier is 16/2 ..the 50/5 is still a joke and is STILL limited to Comcast "reasonable network management" as they call it..
Verizon has this in the palm of their hands.
Verizon's doing a wonderful thing with FIOS, but I can assure you, if Time Warner + Comcast + AT&T collectively switch to metered billing, Verizon won't be far behind. All of that wonderful speed FIOS offers increases the potential for a small percentage of users to use a disproportionally high amount of bandwidth. |
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grydlok
join:2004-01-06
Richmond, VA | reply to tp0d
I knew it to that why after my contract was up I switched to 5/2 from 15/2. Now I will be going back to 10/2. |
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anon219
@comcast.net
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Caps on fios? lol..Not anytime soon..there's people on fios that hit 1TB in a month, and not a peep from Verizon.
I wonder what this will do for cable in those markets..Comcast fastest tier is 16/2 ..the 50/5 is still a joke and is STILL limited to Comcast "reasonable network management" as they call it..
Verizon has this in the palm of their hands. |
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tp0d
yabbazooie
Premium
join:2001-02-13
Carnegie, PA
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to kes601
sweeeeeeeeeeet
I knew getting 5/2 would pay off. Though I`ve been happy with the speeds, the 10/2 is warmly welcomed.
Now, I just wonder how long the rollout will take.. heh..
limits? caps you mean? I would think they would cap upload first, I havent seen anything with mine maxed for almost a month now. I`ll have to get into the logs to see how many gigs, but at 220k, that can add up.
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kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
clubs:  | reply to kes601
And when the tiered pricing hits, the limits will be 20 and 50 gig a month.
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