KoRnGtL15Premium
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR | Oh how sweet of you Comcast.... No caps for only $300 a month. Such a fantastic deal. Morons. |
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 skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2 | Then don't buy it. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to KoRnGtL15
It's Metro Ethernet to your residence. Probably the cheapest MetroE circuit available in the US right now. Deal with it. |
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Considering thats the price of a t-1 that has 1.5Mbps thats not a bad price. |
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said by KoRnGtL15:No caps for only $300 a month. Such a fantastic deal. Morons.
300 megabits a /sec you then route to 6 people 50 megabit unlimited for 75$ and make a 150 $ and shut up....
90 TB download not enough for you? |
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Is it actually MAE, or is it delivered via DOCSIS on the HFC plant? Haven't seen a definitive answer one way or the other on this. If it's the former then it's an incredible deal. I would not personally be willing to pay for it, but you'd still be hard pressed to top it for value. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | reply to funny
And in the process technically violate your TOS for reselling your service. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to Crookshanks
From the thread in the Comcast forum, it's MAE. |
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| Are they charging for build out costs? If they aren't it's an even sweeter dealer... |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | 500 bucks |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to funny
cdru is right. I haven't seen anything offered by cable that can be resold. I don't even think their business plans allow you to resell the service. |
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said by iansltx:From the thread in the Comcast forum, it's MAE.
Indeed. $300 for something that normally would cost $2000 and up would be quite the deal.
But this isn't quite the same thing as that $2000 Metro Ethernet. The $2000 service would come with a dedicated level of service, with uptime and bandwidth guarantees, and rebates for not meeting SLAs.
It's not that different from FiOS, except that they'll use Metro Ethernet rather than GPON to deliver it. Remove the contention on the coax channels, but still have contention higher up.
Not that this is such a bad thing. It's not like Verizon will allow you to pay $500 to string fiber to your home. If they've given up on FiOS deployment in your area, then you're just out of luck unless you want to pay thousands for a true Metro Ethernet connection.
Verizon tried "build it and they will come," and then discovered that not enough customers came. Comcast is now trying "Pay us and we'll come build it, but otherwise we won't waste the money." |
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