| Comcast Update Update: Comcast has provided us with their full statement to the FCC (pdf). While Comcast does declare that the "basic" broadband speed be considered to be 200 kbps, the company also wants to define "current" broadband as 600 kbps down and 500 kbps up, while "next generation" service is defined as 12 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up. Anyone else find it funny that 12 MBPS down by 2 MBPS up just happens to be one of Comcasts' tiers? |
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 jlivingoodPremium,VIP
join:2007-10-28
Philadelphia, PA
kudos:1 | said by PapaMidnight:Update: Comcast has provided us with their full statement to the FCC (pdf). While Comcast does declare that the "basic" broadband speed be considered to be 200 kbps, the company also wants to define "current" broadband as 600 kbps down and 500 kbps up, while "next generation" service is defined as 12 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up. The full document, which has just been added at the top is interesting. The next-gen section says this in full:
Next Generation Broadband Internet Service -- Comcast proposes three: Next Generation (provisioned speeds of at least 12 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream); Next Generation Advanced (provisioned speeds of at least 50 Mbps downstream and 10 Mbps upstream); and Next Generation Commercial (provisioned speeds of at least 100 Mbps service). Speeds provided by "Next Generation" services enhance consumers'; ability to access today's content, applications, and services (and in some cases improve the quality of applications and services) while at the same time enabling consumers to access richer content and innovative applications and services as they develop. These definitions also ensure that customers who may need greater speed for specialized uses -- for example, small businesses, doctors' offices, and home offices -- will have options that meet their needs. Interestingly, our proposed Next Generation definition is largely consistent with what Cisco and Oxford project (based on their survey of expert opinion) will meet the needs of standard applications five years hence.
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JL
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| So jlivingood get to work on that 5/5 symmetrical then? You are still 3Mbps shy of that. DOCSIS 3.0 should get you there post haste right? Right? Just think how much better you guys will compare to Fios and how damn awful that will make xDSL look.
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