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Re: Good deal for 300

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:08:05 EDT

PGHammer posted : Agreed - I'm a former Blast customer that dropped back to Performance two years back simply because I couldn't use the extra bandwidth (due to limitations at the other end - not mine).

If you have wired gigabit from PC to cable/xDSL modem (including the router link to said modem), the slowest link in the chain will be at the target end; worse, if it's a video site, it will be significantly slower (due to QoS at their end - not yours). The only time I can use all the bandwidth I have *now* is to have the single connection running to a major source (such as Microsoft or Apple - both of whom partner with Akamai), and all too often this is neither practical or possible.

Re: Good deal for 300

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:52:08 EDT

sava700 posted :

said by ITALIAN926:

Good deal for who? They would love for everyone to jump on that tier, its free money, and especially when 99% of households NEVER, surpass more than like 30Mbps at one time.

Yeah this isn't no good deal... its only for those few lucky to already have FIOS!! How does this help the rest of us!! I have Comcast so much.

Re: Good deal for 300

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:43:28 EDT

squarecat posted : $119/mo is what I pay in the Denver metro area for Extreme 50(/15). :mad:

edit: (Which ends up being about 20-25Mbps DL over WiFi...)

Re: Good deal for 300

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:12:08 EDT

MOWAA posted :

said by BF69
Not legally you wouldn't.

Seriously why is it anyone’s concern what they legally or illegally do with their connection?

But here, use github to do push/pull on large projects and you see how fast you run out bandwidth.
There a legal use on a residential line.

Re: Good deal for 300

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:16:12 EDT

jmmilner2 posted :

said by osravens:

And I'm assuming these prices are less in Double/Triple Plays for customers getting TV and/or phone service.

Those are the bundled prices - as the article says, standalone will be at least $15 more.

Re: Good deal for 300

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:51:00 EDT

mogamer posted :

said by BF69:

said by 09129800:

I would.

Not legally you wouldn't.

He could if he was running a server business out of his house. Of course, that would probably be a violation of a residential service contract.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:43:23 EDT

jmn1207 posted : Just yesterday I was reinstalling Borderlands Game of the Year from Steam when I got a text alert about a baseball game I was interested in. I went to MLB.com and started the NexDef HD stream of the game. My 50 Mbps connection was being fully utilized. That's just one person.

Now with these HD capable game consoles having the ability to stream content, they pull way over 1-2 Mbps. And if you only have 2-5 Mbps upload, you can cripple your network much easier if you don't have any headroom.

This is now, these speeds are realistically capable of being useful and even necessary. Although, if you aren't in a region that has FiOS and a competing cable company, you might not have the local infrastructure in place to really take advantage of this type of performance.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:38:52 EDT

ITALIAN926 posted : Let me ask you a question. Your sister is looking for an internet service that suits her needs. She has 3 kids, they all have smart-phones that hook up to wi-fi, they play XBOX360 and PS3 online. They have laptops, and they stream Netflix to 2 TV's in the house. Occasionally, they will stream the 2 TV's at the same time.
Let me ask you, what speed tier would you suggest to your sister?

Would you seriously advise her to get a 300Mbps connection? and let her waste her money? I wouldnt even suggest the 50 Mbps!

2 TV;s streaming Netflix at the same time, 10 Mbps , XBOX and PS3 going concurrently, add another whopping 2 Mbps. Assuming people are using the laptops and smartphones to facebook. (Ha.) I'll even throw in another 10 Mbps, which isnt even real world. "25 Mbps my dear sister."

The bottom line is speed increases are great. Of course they are required for the future... but Comcast coming out with a 300Mbps to match FiOS is nothing but a marketing gimmick. Wasnt it supposed to be 305 Mbps?? Verizon can, and probably will come out with like 500Mpbs to gloat that theyre the fastest. Honestly, they should just come out with a new PON to match, even surpass Google, but seriously, just for bragging rights?

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:16:12 EDT

PapaMidnight posted : If there are warnings and additional charges, that's not a soft cap. A soft cap is a cap which is applied loosely and on a case by case basis to the most data hungry of users. In example, even after the introduction of the 250GB soft cap, I was still doing 300-400GB combined per month of data transfer. But you'll note that in many instances, it was the persons doing in excess of 1TB a month who were receiving warnings for their data transfer.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:01:39 EDT

travelguy posted :

said by ssavoy:

Proof that the major costs are incurred in the physical network, not bandwidth.

Unfortunately download speed is not the same as bandwidth.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:22:33 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by 09129800:

I would.

Not legally you wouldn't.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:52:30 EDT

09129800 posted : I would.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:50:47 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by 09129800:

Not if it's capped like all of Comcap's other Internet plans.

I'll take Verizon's UNCAPPED FiOS offerings over Comcap any day! This new connection has the potential to rack up $20,000 in "overage fees" in just one month under Comcap's new 300 GB cap/$10 per 50 GB Internet overcharging scam.

Who is going to use 98 TB a month?

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:47:58 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by Linklist:

said by ITALIAN926:

Good deal for who? They would love for everyone to jump on that tier, its free money, and especially when 99% of households NEVER, surpass more than like 30Mbps at one time.

The sweet spot is the Performance tier at 25/5 for $49 and is more than enough for most households. Note I said MOST and not ALL households.

Charter already offers 30/4 for $50. Though their 100/5 tier for $100 is a joke compared to Comcast's offerings in the speed range. Thought you do get a 500 GB cap vs 300 GB with Comcast.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:33:39 EDT

danclan posted : meh...nm

but comcast has a 300gb soft cap now...with warnings and additional 50GB for i think 20$

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:02:36 EDT

ssavoy posted : Proof that the major costs are incurred in the physical network, not bandwidth.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:01:52 EDT

bohratom posted : It's also a good deal for FIOS customers as their 300/65mb service is currently priced at $205. In areas that overlap with comcast I would expect that price to drop almost 50%.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:19:33 EDT

anon posted :

said by TriForce:

300/75 for $20 more is a great deal when it's three times the amount, which is 200/50 more for just $20.

I would rather have that 200/50 for 20$ :D

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:14:19 EDT

09129800 posted : Not if it's capped like all of Comcap's other Internet plans.

I'll take Verizon's UNCAPPED FiOS offerings over Comcap any day! This new connection has the potential to rack up $20,000 in "overage fees" in just one month under Comcap's new 300 GB cap/$10 per 50 GB Internet overcharging scam.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:08:23 EDT

09129800 posted : I don't know what your deal is, but it's clear that you work in some industry that would benefit from everyone having mediocre Internet connections.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:55 EDT

TriForce posted : So you're the wait 'till I need it kind of person. That's fine, some of us like to live in the fast lane.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:03 EDT

ITALIAN926 posted : Wrong.

You must write chinese fortunes or horoscopes.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:01:30 EDT

ITALIAN926 posted : Keyword : "rise" , Im talking NOW.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:00:13 EDT

TriForce posted :

said by ITALIAN926:

Good deal for who? They would love for everyone to jump on that tier, its free money, and especially when 99% of households NEVER, surpass more than like 30Mbps at one time.

I would like to know where you got 99% of households only using up to 30Mbps at any one time. I see the rise of cloud services making super fast broadband a necessity. Look at why Google is trying to deliver 1Gbps to households. Online services have been on the increase year over year.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:58:45 EDT

jmn1207 posted : Still, the 300/75 tier is 200% better at only a 20% price increase.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:57:52 EDT

09129800 posted : I get it now. He works for AT&T.

When he was trolling Google Fiber I thought he was a cable company shill. But nope, cable companies can handle 300 Mbps with DOCSIS 3.0.

This guy must be employed by AT&T U-verse, because they cannot expand their speeds much farther than 30 Mbps. It would make sense to be constantly damage controlling fast Internet speeds whether it's fiber optics or DOCSIS 3.0 cable because he has to help keep a dead-end product like U-verse alive.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:56:55 EDT

jmn1207 posted :

said by danclan:

My real issue will be can they deliver that top end speed to all those that sign up for it without negative impacts to their infrastructure...

That's what the caps are for, to protect the infrastructure. :D

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:56:35 EDT

osravens posted : I was thinking what the Extreme tier currently is.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:52:56 EDT

jmn1207 posted : I see 100/25 for $99.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:50:35 EDT

osravens posted : There's little incentive to pay more for speed that you can't use, but 300/75 for $119 is definitely a solid price for that speed, if you should want it when compared to 100/25 for $99.

And I'm assuming these prices are less in Double/Triple Plays for customers getting TV and/or phone service.

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:49:55 EDT

danclan posted :

Good deal for who? They would love for everyone to jump on that tier, its free money, and especially when 99% of households NEVER, surpass more than like 30Mbps at one time.

You sure about that? In my household we consistently exceed 30mbps with VOD services, gaming and other multimedia....have a few kids and see how that works out for you.

I would say that the average household uses more bandwidth when its freely available and they dont crush each other than many people suspect. Want to watch in HD...no problem, jr wants to pull that massive game patch while you are trying to watch a flick again NO PROBLEM.... you arent going to tick off mom or dad cause there is ample headroom and vice versa

My real issue will be can they deliver that top end speed to all those that sign up for it without negative impacts to their infrastructure...

Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:46:39 EDT

Linklist posted :

said by ITALIAN926:

Good deal for who? They would love for everyone to jump on that tier, its free money, and especially when 99% of households NEVER, surpass more than like 30Mbps at one time.

The sweet spot is the Performance tier at 25/5 for $49 and is more than enough for most households. Note I said MOST and not ALL households.

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Re: Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:44:03 EDT

ITALIAN926 posted : Good deal for who? They would love for everyone to jump on that tier, its free money, and especially when 99% of households NEVER, surpass more than like 30Mbps at one time.

Good deal for 300

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:40:08 EDT

TriForce posted : 300/75 for $20 more is a great deal when it's three times the amount, which is 200/50 more for just $20.