Comcast Testing DOCSIS 3.0 In New England? > This is a big rip off!!!

This is a big rip off!!!

$150 for 50Mbps is not worth it! Big fat ripoff!

reply to fonzbear2000
Considering a DS3 would cost $2,000/mo+ the $150 doesn't sound so bad. Then again $150/mo sounds expensive when you don't understand what bandwidth really cost.

I think you meant to say that 150 dollars a month sounds expensive when you do understand what bandwidth really costs. Right?

Sorry, but raw bandwidth is dirt cheap, it's delivering it to consumers using expensive means (copper/coax) that is expensive.

Comcast's costs to upstream that 50mbit burst is very inexpensive, their costs to offer that speed connection over their coax network to thousands of users without setting caps and throttling is very expensive.

No, the REAL cost of bandwidth includes the delivery. Stop comparing bandwidth pricing from carriers and webhosting companies that whore out every bit of bandwidth they have.

reply to gate1975mlm
$150 is the early adopter price. Normal users will have it available (at 15, 20, etc Mbps) for the standard $42 when details are nailed down.
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reply to battleop
I'm not comparing web hosting companies, but thanks for that completely incorrect stab in the dark.

50/50 connection
60 dollars a month
500GB allowance (overages allowed)

»www.xmission.com/products/connec···/utopia/
Services like this can (and do) happen anywhere your favorite cable and phone company don't sue to keep the status quo.

Thanks for trying though. It sucks realizing just how bad our incumbent duopolies take advantage of us though and try to get us to believe the crap you're spewing.

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