dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to QZ1
Re: Comcast Summer 2005 Speed Upgrade Discussion
Sorry, I don't work for Comcast(contrary to what I have been accused of), I get most of my info where we all can... Comcast.net.
If I hear anything "new" I will post it here.  |
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wings10
I Am Legend
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join:2004-06-09
South Elgin, IL | Instead of speed and price increases. How about LOWERING the prices for the 4mb/384 for non-catv customers? |
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lazsheriff
Laz
join:2005-01-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to Just Waiting
said by Just Waiting:
lazsheriff;
I think you misread my post, since in your last sentence you state exactly what I was trying to convey.
My point was that to keep my 768 upload, for which I am currently paying $52.95 ($42.95 + $10.00), I will have to pay yet another $10.00, bringing the total to $62.95.
sorry, i did misread. So even with just "basic" cable the price will still rise to 62 for 8mb tier and 72 for non cable tv subscribers.
Meaning in order to keep the same rate you have to upgrade from basic cable to expanded etc.
Correct? |
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Johkal
Cool Cat
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join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
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| reply to wings10
said by wings10  :Instead of speed and price increases. How about LOWERING the prices for the 4mb/384 for non-catv customers? It's not a "Rollback" at Walmart.
They would rather give you more for your money.
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comcastfan11
join:2003-08-04
Brick, NJ | reply to lazsheriff
That's how I'm looking at it. |
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Just Waiting
@comcast.net | reply to lazsheriff
lazsheriff;
Correct......either pay the additional $10.00(on top of the original $10.00 extra fee), or pay for expanded basic......either way, it costs me more to keep my 768 up. |
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arnemetis
join:2004-07-28
Waltham, MA | reply to Johkal
I was considering getting the 6/768 package for 10 more, but now with the upload halved, its not even close to worth it  now the middle tier of 6/384 seems extremely pointless. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to lazsheriff
said by lazsheriff :said by Just Waiting:
lazsheriff;
I think you misread my post, since in your last sentence you state exactly what I was trying to convey.
My point was that to keep my 768 upload, for which I am currently paying $52.95 ($42.95 + $10.00), I will have to pay yet another $10.00, bringing the total to $62.95.
sorry, i did misread. So even with just "basic" cable the price will still rise to 62 for 8mb tier and 72 for non cable tv subscribers. Meaning in order to keep the same rate you have to upgrade from basic cable to expanded etc. Correct? From Jason(Mod) at Comcast.net:
" We will, of course, grandfather and continue to support any existing 6/768 customer who is currently paying for this service and wishes to keep it."
HTH. |
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comcastfan11
join:2003-08-04
Brick, NJ
1 edit | Found this under the Comcast General News. Is Multichannel News inaccurate, specifically about upstream for both tiers being 768k? I know that Comcast has already come out but I was just wondering if there was maybe a change?
Comcast Upgrades to 8 Mbps
By Matt Stump 7/12/2005 1:41:00 PM
Comcast Corp. will begin providing its high-speed Internet subscribers with an 8-megabit-per-second downstream, 768-kilobit-per-second upstream service later this month in Pennsylvania, New England, New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan and Washington, D.C.
The company is also upgrading its lower-tier service to 6 mbps downstream and 768 kbps upstream. The speed increases are automatic for current subscribers.
Nonvideo customers will pay $10 more per month for the 6-mbps service and $20 more for the 8-mbps service. |
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TexasPlus
join:2004-06-16
Bedford, TX
 ·Millenicom
·ViaTalk
| reply to dadkins
I would be very happy to be able to get the 4 384 I currently pay for, 24 hours a day.
As it is now the only time I can get this speed is after 2am until around 11am. The rest of the day, it is at least 25% lower on the download side, with large packet losses down stream from me.
Several truck rolls have resulted in no change. When I tested my next door neighbour system, he has the same problem, but does not really care because of very light uses, mostly a few emails a day.
As for higher speeds.... good luck. I just want the current speeds reliably 24 hours a day. |
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Kfedka
Premium
join:2005-05-06
Spokane, WA
| reply to dadkins
Yey 2 Mb extra speed
Ok I currently have 4Mb, for me there is no difference between 4Mb and 6Mb, so whats the points. If I ever, or whenever I max out my connection it doesn't last more than couple hours anyways.
Why not make the upload at least 512Kb, other wise what is the point of the upgrade. It only looks good on paper against dsl speeds... |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to Johkal
Re: Comcast Summer 2005 Speed Upgrade Discussion
said by Johkal :Sounds to me like they are going to upgrade to DOCSIS 2.0 It would make sense to announce the modems that are only 1.0 & 1.1 may not achieve new speeds in a DOCSIS 2.0 environment. No, that's not it. There are still plenty on that list that are 1.0 and/or 1.1, the Motorola SB4200 for example, which is identical to the 4100. It's just that whoever keeps making that list or whoever is telling that person isn't too bright. |
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todd1
join:2005-01-02
Westland, MI | reply to dadkins
I'm confused now. I currently have Basic Cable TV and the 4mbps/384kbps high speed internet. So what does this speed upgrade mean for me? Am I staying where I'm at or being upgraded on downstream only to 6mbps? |
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Johkal
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Happy Valley
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1 edit | reply to imrf
said by imrf :said by Johkal :Sounds to me like they are going to upgrade to DOCSIS 2.0 It would make sense to announce the modems that are only 1.0 & 1.1 may not achieve new speeds in a DOCSIS 2.0 environment. No, that's not it. There are still plenty on that list that are 1.0 and/or 1.1, the Motorola SB4200 for example, which is identical to the 4100. It's just that whoever keeps making that list or whoever is telling that person isn't too bright. What took you so long?
That makes more sense. Blindfold the employee formulating the list of approved modems and get him to throw a dart at the "Wheel of shitfull modems" 
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briandg
join:2005-04-19
Damascus, MD | reply to dadkins
why don't they turn up the upload as well?!?!?! everyone else is doing it, why can't they? I can't wait til they light that fiber in my front yard. |
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Johkal
Cool Cat
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| said by briandg :why don't they turn up the upload as well?!?!?! everyone else is doing it, why can't they? I can't wait til they light that fiber in my front yard. Marketing! The average broadband customer doesn't upload as much as download.
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JTRockville
Data Ho
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join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
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| reply to todd1
said by todd1 :I'm confused now. I currently have Basic Cable TV and the 4mbps/384kbps high speed internet. So what does this speed upgrade mean for me? Am I staying where I'm at or being upgraded on downstream only to 6mbps? It depends. Do you have limited basic tv or expanded basic tv?
If you have limited basic tv (generally around $10-$15 per month), then your price and speed for HSI will stay the same.
If you have expanded basic tv, you will eventually be upgraded to have faster download speeds for free. |
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todd1
join:2005-01-02
Westland, MI | I know we don't pay $10-$15 a month for cable. It's a lot more, but I'm not quite sure we have expanded. I couldn't find any information on which channels expanded includes. I know for sure that we don't have digital. |
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lazsheriff
Laz
join:2005-01-03
Fort Lauderdale, FL | I checked the comcast site the basic cable package was around 9 bucks and includes about 25 channels and then theres the standard cable package that was around 54 a month which has mtv, vh1, etc etc. |
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MajinG
| reply to dadkins
Some people have said the SB4100 gets speeds upto 10Mb (proven by OOL), does anyone know about the SB3100? It's on the list of modems not supportive of the new speeds, I just want to make sure.
I planned on upgrading the modem soon, and this will give me an excuse to do so, if I actually do need to. |
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