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Also, Century Link has fiber here with 40/20 so we'll probably be getting the upgrades earlier. | |
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join:2002-01-05
Hoffman Estates, IL | No additional charge? Pfft! "and the doubling in speed of the existing Xfinity Blast! and Extreme 50 customers at no additional charge"
I have the Blast tier at this time 25/? (not sure what upload speed is) at $58.95/month. If they double it to 50/5 there is also an increase to $69.00. How is that "no additional charge"?
I'll probably just drop back down to the Performance tier and save $10 instead. | |
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@comcast.net | prices I saw this and got excited and called up comcast to see if I can get an upgrade. extreme 50 costs $100 a month and extreme 105 costs $200. That's ridiculous. why aren't prices effective immediately. I can guarantee you there is plenty of bandwidth on my node, but I guess comcast doesn't want to make an extra 70 a month from me. I woud pay 100 for extreme 105 or even 50 for extreme 50 but $200 and $100 a month respectively is just way too much. | |
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join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | Lower price I rather have $15 for 30Mbps unlimited | |
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join:2012-07-12
Gloucester, VA Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| The 300/75 Speed Tier The 300/75 looks like a stab at FiOS. They're definitely going to have to do lots of network upgrades to support those kinds of speeds though. Honestly, as bad as Comcast is, I would consider switching to them if they could stably provide those kinds of speeds. Unfortunately there's no cable providers in my neighborhood yet but oh well. | |
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 mig288Premium
join:2002-07-13
Cherry Hill, NJ
 ·Verizon FiOS
| 300/75 speed The 300/75 is listed at a competitive price point. I wonder though if Comcast will be up to "snuff" considering if other people in the area order the same service and is using their bandwidth?
Personally, I'm enjoying my FIOS 150/75 connection just fine but I will always welcome competition.  | |
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| | Rate increase In Portland, the local paper announced that Performance goes up soon from $48.95 to $51.95. No word on any speed bump, though it's possible. Apparently, this isn't much of a Fios competitive area. | |
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 MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | AT&T I guess they don't need to compete with AT&T markets? | |
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