Thanks a lot Ledgem for the detailed information. Answered everything I was looking for.
I'm coming from Montreal. I visited Pittsburgh for a few days and my feelings were mixed. I liked it overall but public transit doesn't seem as good as here (and one bus driver was particularly rude), and everything seems to close too early at night. But overall I liked the neighborhoods and city. Plus it's warmer.
Anyway, I was just chatting with someone from Comcast. They have a "performance" special offer (20Mbps) for 30$ for 6 months, then 43$ for the 7-12 and then 63$ afterwards. But they offer better deals to current customers (the same deal for example for 10$ less), so I guess after a year I have to look for similar deals or maybe cancel. They said there is no Early termination fee so that seems good.
So if you're paying ~65$ for 1.5Mbps it might be a good deal for you.
But I do have to buy a cable modem (~80$ I think for a good modem) and any additional installation fees... I don't know how much those will be.
And I don't know if they have any extra fees (other than tax) too...
Did you have a bad experience with Comcast? There are horror stories about all the companies I've looked up so I don't how to decide and what to trust...
DSL extreme offer $44.95/mo for 7.1Mbps service in Pittsburgh if I it for 12 months. Monthly it's 10$ more. So "if" Comcast is good on their deal it still makes sense to buy from them...
Please do tell how you DSL extreme installation goes btw...