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ztmike Mark for moderation Premium join:2001-08-02 Michigan City, IN	Pointless. lol, the mod locked that thread already. But why the upgrade in speeds when Comcast will be imposing a cap next month? -- ZZPERFORMANCE
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fAcEtIOUs Premium join:2002-03-03 kudos:4	said by ztmike: But why the upgrade in speeds when Comcast will be imposing a cap next month? Why not? 1st of all speed and volume(bytes transferred) are 2 different things. People can want a fast link without needing to download or upload 100's of GB of data. 2nd of all Comcast, when it cuts an area over to Docsis 3, will be buying a HUGE increase in the capability to handle more upload traffic on a node. When cutovers occur they may very well RAISE the caps for those areas. The current 250GB announced cap is not cut in stone. It can be adjusted later. -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page Ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?
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ztmike Mark for moderation Premium join:2001-08-02 Michigan City, IN 1 edit	said by fAcEtIOUs: said by ztmike: But why the upgrade in speeds when Comcast will be imposing a cap next month? Why not? Call me crazy..but upgrading speeds when their network can't even handle what they have now is down right stupid, not to mention the 50mbps customers CURRENTLY in MINN are still limited to the 250cap they are treated no different than anybody else on the slower speed tiers, which is bullshit. If I pay $150+ JUST FOR THE INTERNET, I would expect a world class service. I would tell Comcast to shove that 50meg tier up their ass. -- ZZPERFORMANCE
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fAcEtIOUs Premium join:2002-03-03 kudos:4	said by ztmike: but upgrading speeds when their network can't even handle what they have now is down right stupid, The network issues are all in the last mile and not the backbone. So upgrading to Docsis 3 does allow their network to handle an increased load. said by ztmike: not to mention the 50mbps customers CURRENTLY in MINN are still limited to the 250cap they are treated no different than anybody else on the slower speed tiers, I don't know that statement is true or not. Do you have any links or posts from Minn trial areas that says they won't get an exemption to the cap or a different cap? -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page Ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?
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Cjaiceman Premium,MVM join:2004-10-12 Parker, CO kudos:2 Reviews: ·Comcast Business.. 1 edit	said by fAcEtIOUs: not to mention the 50mbps customers CURRENTLY in MINN are still limited to the 250cap they are treated no different than anybody else on the slower speed tiers, I don't know that statement is true or not. Do you have any links or posts from Minn trial areas that says they won't get an exemption to the cap or a different cap? I will actually take this one, YES, they are under the SAME 250GB cap that everyone else is. This review states that the user called Comcast and they stated the cap is about 200GB/month (this was before the 250GB announcement). The review can be found here: »Review of Comcast by apok86
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espaeth Digital Plumber Premium,MVM join:2001-04-21 Minneapolis, MN kudos:2 Reviews: ·Clear Wireless	reply to ztmike said by ztmike: But why the upgrade in speeds when Comcast will be imposing a cap next month? Restated: the only thing slowing you down from using more bandwidth every month is the raw speed of the link that you're using to download? There are lots of people for which this service works incredibly well, myself included. The download speed is downright magical when it comes to grabbing ISOs, like the Trixbox and PBX In a Flash images I grabbed a couple weeks ago. The 5mbps upload is also a huge bonus. My usage did go up since I signed up for the service in June, largely due to me downloading things simply for the wow-factor of 50mbps, but it's still well below that 250GB cap: month rx \| tx \| total ------------------------+---------------+--------------- Oct '07 22,654 MB \| 2,236 MB \| 24,891 MB Nov '07 21,906 MB \| 2,021 MB \| 23,927 MB Dec '07 49,518 MB \| 2,559 MB \| 52,077 MB Jan '08 30,174 MB \| 2,854 MB \| 33,028 MB Feb '08 24,748 MB \| 2,042 MB \| 26,790 MB Mar '08 45,936 MB \| 3,215 MB \| 49,152 MB Apr '08 52,197 MB \| 4,028 MB \| 56,225 MB May '08 51,622 MB \| 2,794 MB \| 54,416 MB Jun '08 52,876 MB \| 9,502 MB \| 62,379 MB Jul '08 65,720 MB \| 17,952 MB \| 83,672 MB Aug '08 61,057 MB \| 12,614 MB \| 73,672 MB Sep '08 45,594 MB \| 8,390 MB \| 53,984 MB ------------------------+---------------+--------------- estimated 77,060 MB \| 14,180 MB \| 91,240 MB
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Comcast Testing DOCSIS 3.0 In New England? > Pointless.