COMCAST Offers 4.0MB download for $52.99 an month!!!

Originally posted by jpmkm
I disagree. Satellite internet can be quite fast, but it has very high latency and therefore very high pings due to the distance the signals have to travel. Sending a ping and getting a reply simply doesn't use a whole lot of bandwidth, so it's not a very good indicator of connection speed.
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All wireless forms of communication have a very high signal loss. thus, they have to do more checking to make sure the packets have arrived in sequence and are undamaged. This causes the latency in satellite communications, yet does not affect the overall download speed as much, thus the explanation.
 
I ordered my comcast cable internet on saturday, it'll be all ready to go on Tuesday when they remove the filter. Seriously though, why would anyone want to stay with DSL anymore. I've been a long time DSL consumer. It was just always the way to go, but now DSL can't even compare to what Cable has to offer. Cable is twice as fast and nearly half the price of my DSL line. Just got a great deal through Circuit City. They hooked me up with a free modem after rebates, along with an extra $100 MIR just for activating my account, as well as $19.95 for the first 3 months of service and $42.95 after that. I'd definately a happy customer, as long as it all work on Tuesday when they say it will. :D
 
Comcast is the worst Cable modem provider.. They suspend heavy bandwidth users without pointing to anything in the agreement that says, "no more then 60gig in a 30 day period."

Road runner has been the best I've used.. uncapped (that was in the 90's.. no idea if they do that now)

the cable provider I use now, Cablelynx, has 1.5mbit/1.0mbit for $44.. and if you don't need it they have a $19.99 a month cable service that is 256/256..

Lol, does anyone have good DSL? All I ever hear is "DSL in my area blows"
 
Originally posted by Raedon
Comcast is the worst Cable modem provider.. They suspend heavy bandwidth users without pointing to anything in the agreement that says, "no more then 60gig in a 30 day period."

Road runner has been the best I've used.. uncapped (that was in the 90's.. no idea if they do that now)

the cable provider I use now, Cablelynx, has 1.5mbit/1.0mbit for $44.. and if you don't need it they have a $19.99 a month cable service that is 256/256..

Lol, does anyone have good DSL? All I ever hear is "DSL in my area blows"
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I have great DSL service from a local provider. I'm currently at 768/384.
Oh almost forgot; I always get those speeds "never fails"
 
Originally posted by ReconSniper
Where do you live? Just wondering because in my area I can get earthlink cable, AOL cable, or Roadrunner, and it is all the same exact thing, only I have to sign into the ELN or AOL network with those two and with RR I just am always on. I was just wondering since it is the exact same thing that if the speeds are going to be any different?
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I live in NYC, and also I have earthlink cable provided by time warner and I dont need to sign on to any Earthlink network, im always connected to it, i also had aol cable, it was capped at 190kb so i killed it, then i signed up for road runner but it was 2 much money, now i have Earthlink, the Download speeds are great, their newsgroup servers have a retention rate for files for 7days, and articles for 30days. and you max out on download from the newsgroup servers, the limit is 5gigs per month per email address, so once u reach the limit u delete that email make a new one and use it and u can dl at max speed again, u can have 10email accts at any given time, if u reach the 5gigs they cap the download on the newsgroups to 30kb download. so making new emails is a little loop.
 
Originally posted by Stealth5325
I'm not totally sure that this is correct for all the comcast upgrade areas, but it's only 256k up guys. Whomever promised 384 should probably go do a speed test and check that claim. I'm fairly sure it'll be 256. I've looked at my modem's config file, and that's all I'm getting. While the home networking upgrade is a 384 up, the regular 1.5-3.0 tranisition was only a downstream change. Not that this will matter to any normal person, but the hardcore gamers among us would have liked a 33% reduction in our ping time, and we'll have to pay for home networking (and thus have some shmuck that knows far less than we do come touch our networks) to do it. Sux.
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Yep, it is only a downsteam upgrade. I just called them and they said that by first querter, everyone should have a 3.0 download, but upload shoudl be same. I'm :) and :( at the same time :p
 
This comcast cable is awesome. I just got it hooked up this afternoon and i've been getting upwards to 400K. It's pretty awesome. So far i'm happy after using my 1.5 mbps SBC DSL for so long. This was a much needed upgrade :D About that 60gig/month thing, i've never heard anyone else complain about it, we'll see if anything happens, but i doubt it
 
Sent them an email asking for a speed/price breakdown and they sent me the following...which didnt contain the download speeds (anybody know what the advertised down/up is?)


Pricing Information*

Basic Service $17.47
Preferred Service $26.67
Combined Basic/Preferred $44.14
Analog converter $1.75
Digital converter $1.75
HDTV converter $5.00
Premium channels:
HBO $15.95
Cinemax/Showtime/The Movie Channel/STARZ) $12.95 each
RTN/TV Asia/ZEE TV USA/WKTV) $15.95 each

Digital Classic $9.95
Digital Plus $14.95

Installation Fees:
Unwired Home Installation $53.21
Prewired Outlet Installation $35.19
Additional Outlet (unwired) $23.36
Additional Outlet (prewired) $16.98
Additional Outlet (separate trip) $37.23
HDTV Installation $49.00
High Speed Internet Professional Installation $99.00
Modem Purchase (with or without Self-Install Kit) $49.00
Trip Charge $15.00
Hourly Service Charge $28.14
Reconnect/Restart $33.75
Change of Service (non-addressable)
Change of Service (addressable)

Cable High Speed Internet Service:
w/Cable Service $42.95
w/out Cable Service $57.95
Comcast Pro High Speed Internet Service $95.00
Monthly modem rental $3.00
Additional IP (each) $6.95

Other Charges:
Channel Guide Magazine $2.95
Unreturned Modem $139.00
Unreturned Digital Converter $450.00
Unreturned Converter (Non Digital) $125.00
Change of Account Status $1.99
Mini Amplifier for Multiple Outlets $45.78
Telecaption for Hearing Impaired $146.31
Comcast C.H.S.I. Self Installation Kit Shipping and Handling $9.95
A/B Switch $3.05
Late Fee $4.00
FCC Regulatory User Fee $.04
PEG/I-Net Grant Fee(not applicable in City of Gaithersburg) $1.25

*Rates exclude franchise and FCC fees and taxes. Rates subject to change.


damnit. Looks like its $95 for me...
 
:p they ugpraded my service to 4mbps/384kbps at no extra charge. I'm still paying $40! haha
 
WHOA, this is available in my neighborhood. Looks like I will be calling Comcast. I could live with 384k upload, 128k wouldn't be doable. Right now I have a 1mb/1mb DSL and paying $88 per month so this is a WAY better deal. :D
 
Eh... Screw comcast. At first I was an @home customer... then attbi... now comcast. Comcast is by far the worst of the three. Whenever there's an outage they blame me but yet it magically comes back up later without me doing anything to my equip. I'm also tired of companies outsourcing customer service to India. I actually like to talk to people I can understand and don't have an tough accent.

I recently ditched comcast for a local DSL company. The speeds aren't as good but right now I'd rather be doing business with a better company. Oh ya... I went Satellite for TV too...

I was just surprised...I was a customer for 5+ years but they didn't care...
 
For the amount we have been paying (around $40 a mo.) I expect more than just some lame ass 30kbps upload rate :rolleyes:

Thats almost as slow as ISDN for fucking shit's sake. The download rate was improved from 225kbps to 400kbps in my area, which is good, but I would have loved that if I had that for the past three fucking years.
 
please remember that there is MegaBits and MegaBytes!

I and Y

4 Megabits/s = 500 kilobytes =500KB/s half a meg of true file size.

the now older offrerings of 1.5 Megabits/s for DSL is really = 187.5 Kilobytes or 187KB/s of true file size.

now, i get 1.2 Megabytes per second! (cablevision NY)
that means in So-Cal language: 9.6Megabits or Mbit/s
for 29.99 the first 6 months then its 39.99.

so for all New Yorkes: enjoy the party!

(other people pay for this like $200-$300 a month.) its because cablevision wants to lure customers away from SLOW DSL, verizon that they do this).

Cable/modem beats DSL anytime!!! (at least in NY)
 
:eek: i think i want to move to ny!!! im still stuck on 56k at home...dsl, cable, all that end 1 block away from me :( pisses me off...comcast put a thing on my door a couple times over the past year "we are upgrading your services so you can have digital cable and high speed internet!!" i call to find out when itll be done..."by the end of next month!" oh i was excited! that time came, called "itll be done in about one more month", called again in a month, "we don't have your area as listed for having new lines installed...soonest possible time would be about a year" ahhhhhhhhhhhh! they were teasing me :( we still continue to get the upgrading lines things on our doors now and then...im considering going with starband satellite...only 40 a month (compared to like 80-100month other places)...it only gets 40KB/s download and about 4-5KB/s up...but better than 56k...and not $100 a month lol

-side note about gaming pings...upload is where most of your ping comes from, generally download is always sufficient (excluding 56ks here), but the BIGGEST factors in your ping are
1)Distance from server
2)Route signal travels to get to that server

damn kids...you would think traveling thousands of miles in 2 tenths of a second (me on dialup) would be sufficient...demands!! sheesh

im tired...i think i should stop blabbing now
 
not a fan of comcast.........

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Decent pricing but sure as hell not reliable, atleast in my area of southern New Hampshire.
 
yea , got my letter today in the mail about my BW usage. Loved mediaone/roadrunner , att was not that bad , but comcast just really messed it all up. I like to download at 420-430K , but what can we do with it when you get a letter about your download usage.
 
Originally posted by Cele-CT
but what can we do with it when you get a letter about your download usage.
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maybe not download 60 gigs worth of porn a month

don't abuse it and you won't have a problem
 
I got the same letter from comcast this month, and I assure you, I DO NOT abuse my bandwidth
 
Guys i download over 100 Gig a month sometimes and i have never gotten any kind of letter, ive been at that pace for well over 2 years.
 
Originally posted by Marcdaddy
Guys i download over 100 Gig a month sometimes and i have never gotten any kind of letter, ive been at that pace for well over 2 years.
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arrrrrrrrrgggggg matey
 
I'm leaving comcast this week. For less $ money a month I'm getting faster internet.

Basic cable + 4000/500 only 69$ a month :D
 
bear in mind that 4MB is actually megabit not megabyte so you'd be looking at approx 500k a sec... not too shabby..
 
Originally posted by 222 1/3 evil
bear in mind that 4MB is actually megabit not megabyte so you'd be looking at approx 500k a sec... not too shabby..
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good point, there's a lot of noobs out there.....


the MB in 4MB stands for megabit, not megabyte
 
I had a dream that I got this... and then i woke up and realized that broadband STILL isnt available! grrr...
 
Shit, my comcast is currently at 3.5 Megabits. I'd like to see DSL be this fast for $42 a month. Comcast has been excelent for me, I've never even seen the internet down (for the past year anyways). Too bad my upload is 251k.
 
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