| Upgraded 12/2 Mbps Performance tier turns in good speed/$ With Powerboost and the upgraded speeds for the base Performance tier, my advertised speeds went from 6/1 Mbps to 12/2 Mbps. And with Powerboost thrown in I consistently get 15/7 Mbps on speed tests and also with reasonably sized uploads and downloads like you would get when downloading MS patch Tuesday fixes and uploading pics to websites.
And I get those speeds with the std $42.95 price. For me and for most users, you don't need to pay for higher tiers to get speeds for viewing videos online(even HD videos) or for most activities.
The only reason I could see to pay for those Extreme tiers is if you do online backups or if you have multiple PCs in the house watching streaming HD videos. And if you do a lot of those activities you will bump against the 250GB cap in short order. Those people should get a Business Acct.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| I get 31/11 Mbps on PowerBoost with my 22/5 service. The 5 Mbps upload speed is a godsend for throwing around TIF and PDF files between my computer and my school newspaper server via VPN.
I actually upgraded to 50/10 for a little while and used the upload boost to back up my system in a few days (over 230GB of stuff). I'm sure I went past 250GB that month however my node isn't anywhere near saturated so apparently Comcast doesn't have a problem with that.
FWIW apparently PowerBoost is capped now on uploads and downloads. I'm curious as to what the cap is on Blast (the tier that frankly doesn't matter at this point). I know Extreme is around 60 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up (contrary to what Comcast says there IS PowerBoost on Extreme), Performance is 15.5/8 and Ultra is 31/11.5 or thereabouts. |
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 SlickEnWPremium
join:2003-01-21
Seattle, WA
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Or if you are an IT individual who works from home. The cost CC is charging is peanuts compared to transportation (if the firm subsidizes that), office space and amenities etc.
I was considering it, but I believe here in WA the Extreme teir is $120, or maybe something else (blast?) |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Depends on whether you sign up for TV or not. I'm paying $75 - $23 (modem) = $52 + $3 (modem rental) + tax = ~$55 for Ultra without TV. |
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 IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | reply to fAcEtIOUs
said by fAcEtIOUs:The only reason I could see to pay for those Extreme tiers is if you do online backups or if you have multiple PCs in the house watching streaming HD videos. And if you do a lot of those activities you will bump against the 250GB cap in short order. Those people should get a Business Acct. I do not consider online backups and watching streaming HD videos a "business" activity necessarily... and so why should residential users need to get a "business" account to do this kind of stuff in any appreciable volume?
Oh wait. Comcast needs to sell cable service too... So it figures why there's a cap.... Can't allow for too much streaming HD video from alternative sources like Netflix, iTunes/Apple TV, Vudu. Residential customers might realize that they don't need cable service for "premium channels" and "OnDemand" after all. As for the business customers, I guess that these alternative services aren't as popular at business locations.
The cap is not about addressing congestion either (to quote JL - an authorized Comcast representative on DSLR)
»Re: Bandwidth Limits/Congestion Management - All discussion here
And there you have it....
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