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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ | reply to djdanska
Re: 9 mbit might be in out future?!
said by djdanska  :
it is the same for the sb4100?
yes |
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Cassius187
join:2001-09-01
Beaverton, OR | reply to djdanska
Well the tech support people havn't heard anything about the speed upgrades. Not that it means anything, but it isn't a good thing still. |
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
 ·Comcast
| reply to mbernste
Has anyone considered that Comcast will probably raise prices if they bump up the bandwidth? They probably won't go up to the $95 that PRO is currently, but I'd expect at least a $10 or $15 price increase or possibly bundle it together with digital cable or something. |
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
| said by Morac :
Has anyone considered that Comcast will probably raise prices if they bump up the bandwidth?
If Brian Roberts is considering the speed increase in response to Verizon's simultaneous drop in price and increase in speed, I do not think we will see a modification of our current rates. Actually, I think it might even be possible that we might see a price decrease as part of Comcast's competition with Verizon and the other CLECs.
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
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join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs: | reply to mbernste
It'd be nice if that ComcastHSI guy posted in here about whether or not we are actually going to see speed differences in the future. |
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items
Is Items Good For America?
join:2002-06-26
Lancaster, PA
clubs:
| said by Nerdtalker :
It'd be nice if that ComcastHSI guy posted in here about whether or not we are actually going to see speed differences in the future.
Well something tells me he knows as much as we know (in fact perhaps less). Roberts's comments may remain "off the cuff" until someone even in the upper levels repeats something even remotely close to what he said. You know how stingy comcast can be with info -- even to their techs. Of course I have no idea how high up Comcast_HSI is, either 
Mike
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beeman65
join:2001-07-23
Mckeesport, PA
| reply to Cassius187
said by Cassius187 :
Well the tech support people havn't heard anything about the speed upgrades. Not that it means anything, but it isn't a good thing still.
Tier 1 reads off a script, so I doubt it. |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| said by beeman65 :
said by Cassius187 :
Well the tech support people havn't heard anything about the speed upgrades. Not that it means anything, but it isn't a good thing still.
Tier 1 reads off a script, so I doubt it.
Actually they dont read off scripts.BUT company policy is to not tell customers what future plans are.Plus they are being monitored on every phone call so they dont slip out information because most of them do need a job to pay bills. |
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Cassius187
join:2001-09-01
Beaverton, OR | The tech was in a chat session, and when I told him, he asked for the article. Said that he hadn't heard anything about it. I signed up for Verizon today as well, I gave comcast lots of chances to give me a reason to stay, but they didn't. |
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mikedz4
join:2003-04-14
Weirton, WV | reply to imrf
they don't seem too concerned about telling about future plans here. I've had 2 csrs tell me that hdtv will be here in july and video on demand is coming in august. Plus both told me that the lineup is changing in september. |
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crowdx
join:2001-10-12
Concord, CA | reply to mbernste
My big worry would be upping the speed BUT creating a monthly download cap. That would totally suck. In fact that would drive me to SBC dsl again, currently they are doing a 1 year special of $99 for 6mbits by 384, Comcast match that..
Patrick |
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Viper6575
join:2002-11-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to mbernste
Yeah, I'm a T1 rep. I haven't heard anything about speed changes but they really don't give us any information ahead of what you'll find here on BBR. Since you and I both know the way Comcast is then you should know that 9mbit download would be nice but don't get your hopes up.
Ohh shi*t wait a minute, let me check my script. What I meant to say was.
Comcast appreciates you business and is always looking for new ways to expand our technology and increase the user experience. Once information on our upgrades becomes available then rest assured we will inform you. Thanks again for you business and thanks for calling comcast.
Later -Viper |
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Konceptz
45nm Here I Come
join:2001-12-22
Chesterfield, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| said by Viper6575 :
Yeah, I'm a T1 rep. I haven't heard anything about speed changes but they really don't give us any information ahead of what you'll find here on BBR. Since you and I both know the way Comcast is then you should know that 9mbit download would be nice but don't get your hopes up.
Ohh shi*t wait a minute, let me check my script. What I meant to say was.
Comcast appreciates you business and is always looking for new ways to expand our technology and increase the user experience. Once information on our upgrades becomes available then rest assured we will inform you. Thanks again for you business and thanks for calling comcast.
Later -Viper
lol
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
| reply to crowdx
said by crowdx :
My big worry would be upping the speed BUT creating a monthly download cap. That would totally suck. In fact that would drive me to SBC dsl again, currently they are doing a 1 year special of $99 for 6mbits by 384, Comcast match that..
Patrick
I don't think Comcast would do that. If they implemented metered usage, I think people would realize what a cheaper alternative DSL is at that point (if it remains unmetered). It is also contrary to all of the "gee whiz" stuff that Comcast is going to start touting with broadband in the new portal.
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oliphant5
Got Identity?
Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| reply to imrf
said by imrf :
and you dont think that if Comcast raised their upstream that they wont monitor the bandwidth more think again.they will be capping people just as fast.
And what history is this based on? |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| it has nothing to do with history.upstream is a precious commodity in a cable plant,*IF* they add more to it they will start monitoring it even more than they do now.which ,whether you believe it or not, they pay very close attention to.just because you havent received a notice from them does not mean they dont monitor,i know for a fact they do and have sent out a lot of letters and shut down quit a few people who monopolize the upstream. |
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Agent 86
| reply to mbernste
"I don't think Comcast would do that. If they implemented metered usage, I think people would realize what a cheaper alternative DSL is at that point (if it remains unmetered)."
If the "hogs" move to DSL, the DSL provider will be forced to raise their price or (more likely) implement the same sort of caps.
On the other hand, it's also possible that profitable light users would switch to DSL too, if they have a strong preference for flat rate pricing. |
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Finalnight
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE
clubs: | reply to mbernste
I noticed D-Link has a new modem, successor to the DCM-200
»www.dlink.com/products/modems/dcm201/ |
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
| reply to Agent 86
said by Agent 86:
If the "hogs" move to DSL, the DSL provider will be forced to raise their price or (more likely) implement the same sort of caps.
Not necessarily. If the DSL provider also owns the pipe (as telcos are prone to do), then they wouldn't be under as much financial pressue as the cable companies since they have to lease the backbone (sometimes from the same telcos that they're in competition with).
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J D McDorce
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join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI | While I can't speak for Verizon, I know that my SBC DSL connection uses the sprintlink.net backbone. There may be cases where Comcast leases feeders to the backbones from the RBOCs. |
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