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join:2000-12-14
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hip, hip, hoorayAt least, I will appreciate somewhat the $61 a month I pay for their internet only service. | |
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI |
Re: hip, hip, hoorayThere are ways around that.
Pay yearly. $472.45 will get you prepaid up for a year with a month free. I know others who have no cable TV but pay yearly for the internet who want the bundled price. | |
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im with the people below...i had comcast and barely got 800 kbs here in Evanston, Illinois from 7pm-12am. During the day I was of course getting optimal 2200/217 but could not stand the bi-polarness of my connection. I've raised this to tech support literally over 10 times. and they gave me the same response each time..."looks fine on our end." needless to say I am now happily with SBC Ameritech where my connection speed night and day is posted below:
2003-09-07 10:41:39 Speed test (dslreports-west1.speakeas) 4605/326 kbps | |
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|  Spy4
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join:2001-09-22
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Yes! Sounds Great! They didn't mention the price increase though, eh? You know that's gotta come. You ain't getting something for nothing. | |
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| vic102482
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join:2002-04-30
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to jammmin
said by jammmin:
At least, I will appreciate somewhat the $61 a month I pay for their internet only service.
Horray Im with you. Although if you live in Bowie, 61 dollars should mean NOTHING to you Richie Rich;). | |
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 Rejected OneI Suffer From Id10t Errors
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join:2003-07-31
Wilmington, DE |
mmmmmmm Bandwidth...........its about time but hey i work there we been hearing this forever lol maybe mine will be 3mbps when i get home:D | |
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 djrobx
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join:2000-05-31
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djrobx
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2003-Sep-8 3:32 pm
Good for ComcastThis will make them a contender when my DSL contract runs out.
Now, question: Why does the "3 megabit Comcast" story keep making news headlines, but SBC's nationwide, officially announced upload increase to 256 up for basic, 384 for "deluxe" customers not newsworthy? I think it's a good move on SBC's part. It also looks as if Covad is doing speed increases, judging from Speakeasy's new speed increase/price reduction announcements.
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Re: Good for ComcastWell. They didn't mention the 6000/384 plan available from sbc for $99 a mo now either, wouldn't expect anything less. | |
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djrobx
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2003-Sep-8 3:38 pm
Re: Good for ComcastActually, that will be 6000/608, after the upgrades go through. | |
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Re: Good for ComcastYep I know  Just reupped for another year, went to the deluxe package, 768-1.5/256, which should get the migration to 384 up come october. | |
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2003-Sep-8 5:42 pm
Re: Good for ComcastSpeed 10000/10000 and 44 EUR, here in Finland  . | |
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join:2001-11-13
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Re: Good for Comcast10/10? Agony! I've got MAJOR bandwidth envy! [I don't speak Suomi, though!] | |
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join:2002-08-22
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Yeah, I can't wait until mine gets upped. Although I still would rather have 3000/3000 than 6000/608, but it just doesn't work that way, yet... | |
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 MikeStammerNo prison can hold me
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join:2002-12-26
Fortville, IN |
Too little too late and still not enough!3.5 to 3.8 for 100 bucks (pro service)? Crooks!
I was with comcast, but with all the trouble they have in Chicagoland, i will never go back. Switched to DSL with SBC. I get 6 Mb/512Kb for 99 bucks a month and its way more reliable and stable. After overhead, i am seeing about 5000/500 or so. Werd! | |
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djrobx
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2003-Sep-8 3:37 pm
Re: Too little too late and still not enough!The news article kind of mixed an official announcement with an unofficial adjustment that was apparently made recently. I don't think the 3.8mbps is an "official" thing, simply an overhead adjustment, much like how people are getting 1.8mbps from their 1.5mbps service. It looks like the 3.8mbps users are from areas which don't have the 3 megabit service for standard users yet anyway. | |
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Re: Too little too late and still not enough!actually comcast's advertised speed is 1.5 but the config file your modem gets from them is 1.8. They advertised 1.5 because with a 1.8 config you'll see closer to 1.5 more often. If they set a 1.5 config on the modem you'll see 1.2 more. | |
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You know, I was wondering how the higher standard speeds were going to effect the Pro service. I've had the faster service at my office for awhile now. I may be downgrading soon though, the price vs speed point won't be worth it. | |
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join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA |
Re: Too little too late and still not enough!They haven't announced what the new Pro speeds (if Pro will even still be around) will be. The increase from 3.5 to 3.8 is only to cover TCPIP overhead. | |
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"Probably"In the article, the spokesperson for Comcast's cable division that the company would "probably" double the speed in all areas by the end of the year. It did not say Comcast would "definitely" double the speed everywhere. This will be very nice when/if it happens... but until then, I'm not holding my breath. | |
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join:2001-12-20
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JeffB8
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2003-Sep-8 3:33 pm
Charter, Are You Paying AttentionI just hope that Charter is watching and paying attention to what Comcast is doing. $60 for 3M/256 would be just about right | |
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Re: Charter, Are You Paying AttentionKeep dreaming..charter is a bunch of pigs...40 for 768kbps around here..sucks ass. | |
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|  wdoa
join:2001-10-16
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Charter's views time and time again are that they don't care what any other cable provider is offering because they are not competing against them. I was told by a local Charter exec once that they consider DSL as their pricing and service level competition, however this all changed when Verizon DSL dropped there prices, all of sudden they didn't consider DSL competition either. Bottom line if you're stuck with Charter all you can do is hope you end up close enough to a CO to get the 1.5 service from Verizon, otherwise you are at Charter's mercy. We can just hope they go belly up and somebody else buys them up. The service isn't bad, it's just way overpriced for the amount of bandwidth. | |
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JeffB8
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2003-Sep-8 4:53 pm
Re: Charter, Are You Paying Attentionsaid by wdoa:
Charter's views time and time again are that they don't care what any other cable provider is offering because they are not competing against them.
And therein lies the problem. No competition, so they can do whatever they damn well please. They should be made to allow other cable companies to sell services similar to the way the phone companies have to sub-lease their DSL lines. So, if I want Comcast in Fort Worth because I think Charter doesn't provide adequate service or charges too much, I can go with Comcast. IMO cable companies know where they can exploit the lack of competition and a) charge more, b) offer less, c) provide less than adequate service, or d) all of the above. | |
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join:2003-05-19
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Re: Charter, Are You Paying AttentionLordy, Lordy, Lordy... Seems to me that you folks in here that are SOOOO happy with the faster download/upload speeds w/Comcast forget one thing-you have download caps per month!!!! Like around 30 Gigs or so...so enjoy being capped sooner than later, kids.. Signed: One Happy CharterPipeline Customer(w/NO download caps)  | |
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|  VarlikWithout Honor You Will Never Be Free
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join:2002-01-06
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said by JeffB8:
I just hope that Charter is watching and paying attention to what Comcast is doing. $60 for 3M/256 would be just about right
I hear you bubbajoegump and agree with your 100%. Unfortunately Charter Operates in their own little world. And it isn't until their is a mass exodus of customers from that little world. That Charter becomes aware of reality and attempts to adapt. This is why Charter is rumored to be exploring 2.0 /256 as the top plan when comcast is going to 3.5 /256. But when your broadband options are limited what can you do? Nothing really but bide your time and try not to throw out your back when your told to .... .... ...... !:) | |
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2003-Sep-8 3:36 pm
Double the speed at what price.I see no mention of what prices will be after this happens. I'm assuming there will be a rate increase since there hasn't been one for over 6 months. Now to figure out what I'll do with all this speed. I guess I can use up my quota of UseNet access twice as fast Also what's with the fuzzy math? 1.5 x 2 = 3.0 30 / 2 = 15 (not 17 seconds) [text was edited by author 2003-09-08 15:38:46] | |
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|  HolyearthI Like This Forum
join:2002-07-18
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Re: Double the speed at what price.Darn, I'm moving to bellsouth DSL territory.
I hope bellsouth counters this somehow!!!!!!! | |
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| oliphant5Got Identity?
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join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA |
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There is time to establish the connection that doesn't change no matter what speed you have. | |
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join:2000-07-24
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elias
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2003-Sep-8 3:44 pm
BBR Mentioned in the Articlequote:
Indeed Comcast is not the only company that offers higher than average speeds. Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC - news) users are reporting download speeds of up to 4.3 megabits per second, according to a Broadbandreports.com, which tracks the industry. Comcast users reported speeds of about 1.6 megabits per second.
I can't wait to see these speeds, woohoo! Now, why haven't they upgraded the upload, though? -- Elias | |
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join:2002-01-06
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clevere1
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2003-Sep-8 3:47 pm
up goes the download ..And up goes the price ... | |
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|  AthlGrond
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join:2002-04-25
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you forgot to say:... again. | |
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ConcrapProblem with Comcast is they have no intention of upping the upload more than 256k. WOW is their competitor here in Michigan and a few other states and they already offer 3mb/500k for $75 WITH basic cable. Comcast better think of something better if they want to keep their customers here. | |
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But what about the Pro users?I think we're going to see a lot of migration down to the basic package, for those who don't use much Pro upload bandwidth. Because all of the sudden, they're service is, in my opinion, very overpriced.
I'll bet Comcast is doing this as competition against DSL. It's about darn time, too, because those in cable broadband-only markets haven't been able to benefit from DSL competition--until now. With no yearly contract or termination fee, a lot of people will be hard-pressed to pass this up.
It also shows how much extra bandwidth Comcast is actually holding back. I doubt they upgraded their infrastructure one iota, since the price isn't going up. Yet. | |
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join:2001-06-30
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Re: But what about the Pro users?said by Stonedonkey:
I doubt they upgraded their infrastructure one iota, since the price isn't going up. Yet.
Quite the contrary. A lot of infrastructure changes have been implemented. They spent countless millions replacing their Cisco UBRs with the new Cadent C4s alone. Also they replaced literally thousands of non-DOCSIS modems with DOCSIS 1.0 (1.1 and 2.0 capable) modems. | |
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Re: But what about the Pro users?But are the infrastructure changes directly in support of going to 3Mbps or something else? (searching through ARRIS' website, » www.arrisi.com/index1.asp , each hit for Comcast also comes up with VoIP) In addition, the replacement of non-DOCSIS modems with DOCSIS modems actually resulted in a reduction of downstream bandwidth for thousands of Comcast customers. [text was edited by author 2003-09-08 21:28:21] | |
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wait for the other shoeto drop, which will be a price increase in my opinion.
I just find it hard to believe that comcast will give something for nothing. | |
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hbreg
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2003-Sep-8 4:48 pm
Re: wait for the other shoesaid by nasadude:
to drop, which will be a price increase in my opinion.
I just find it hard to believe that comcast will give something for nothing.
Why would they raise prices? i think china crisis said it best said by china crisis:
Comcast is $42.95 for 3mb/256 by end of year for HSI if you have basic cable TV.
I doubt the price will increase,they are raising caps to compete with DSL. You don't compete by raising your prices.
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join:2002-09-14
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--Well if your afraid of a price hike do this. Comcast stock is around 30 dollars right now. Instead of getting their service buy 2 stocks of Comcast a month. Then you can get rich along with them.  | |
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join:2001-12-03
Carrollton, TX |
ut oh, too lateand I just signed up for Verizon DSL, the plan I will use (freedom/local package) lowers the monthly cost to 29.95/mo . I did ATT/Comcast for a few years, now its time to go for a cheaper service. I just dont need the speed. Its the money thing for me. Now to figure out how to cancel Comcast Internet..... =8-P | |
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Grumble Grumble GrumbleWow - maybe we're a little too demanding. I know, I know - Comcast hasn't been the best provider. And we need to be vigilant as consumers. I'm not defending Comcast, nor saying their service is a great value, nor saying any of us are idiots (well...maybe some of us...), but we all need to be realistic, too.
So for the average, stupid user like myself, I can't really find any reason why I should complain about this. The price is the same and my downstream speed will almost double. Why should I get mad about that?
The upstream speed grumblers have a sermi-valid point, but at least wait to start complaining about price increases until they actually happen. | |
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2003-Sep-8 5:02 pm
Why?Why not expand the service area of their cable internet service instead of going for higher speeds. Lets see..spend money to expand and have more customers OR increase speeds and have the current users use more of the system and not get more money. Does not seem like a good business model for the long run. | |
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HOPE PRICES WILL STAY THE SAMEI really really hope that comcast won't krank up the prices for their HSI.
right now im paying 57$ a month, and 684$ a year.
Wow, i guess they have enought money from 10 people to buy verizon.lol
With the speed going up from 1.5(im getting 1.7 right now) to 3mbits, it will bring more people to comcast, because before they probably would get like a 2.5 or 2mbits for a price around that(excluding upload).
After Linden NJ had a strange downtime where tv didn't work either, my speed went up from a average of 1.53mbits to 1.7 which got me thinking about this..
Will comcast raise the speeds little by little or just boost it up right away..hmm..interesting | |
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2003-Sep-8 8:47 pm
Re: HOPE PRICES WILL STAY THE SAMEI just got Comcast HSI 1.5Mbps/2-something about 3 days ago and i'm really happy with it so far. I guess maybe I don't expect much because I got HSI after being fed up with DIRECWAY satellite service (1 sec latency!!) and because I just found out that my area just made HSI available. Anyway, I was a little worried about the speed because I didn't know how much 220 Kilobytes per second could handle. It turns out to be fine, but I could really use the extra 1.5Mbps. I wanted to get Comcast Pro, but it was just too expensive for the 3Mbps. To sum up, I will be really happy if they make my connection faster, but it would really bust steam me if they upped the price because there isn't any other broadband provider available to us (in SW Michigan)! Also, what is with all the caps that people are talking about? I don't have any caps on my connection (other than the speed). | |
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join:2000-12-19
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aitech
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2003-Sep-8 6:20 pm
WE WANT MORE UP!!Doesn't anyone listen!? | |
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|  jose3030
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jose3030
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2003-Sep-8 7:40 pm
Re: WE WANT MORE UP!!you are kazaa!
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2003-Sep-13 10:28 pm
Re: WE WANT MORE UP!!grrrr.. :-D | |
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2003-Sep-10 7:50 pm
It's the UPSTREAM, StupidISP's everywhere: PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR CUSTOMERS!
You claim that the market is your Lord and Savior, then you better get right with Jesus -- Jesus wants people UPLOADING more than DOWNLOADING. | |
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| |  Freiheit 09Cool Chicks Will Dig Me Soon
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Re: It's the UPSTREAM, StupidI dont consider switching from 1.5/256 to 2.0/256 an upgrade | |
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