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@comcast.net | Just a faster way to get cut off... Ok...5Mbps up is great, but 50Mbs down will just get you warned or cut off that much faster due to CC's invisible cap. I'm fine with 16Mbs down...1.5Mbs up needs to be 2Mbps. | |
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anonomous
@comcast.net | Re: Just a faster way to get cut off... That cap would more than likely go up with the new tiers. Plus the caps vary month to month, and city to city. | |
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FrostyMelon
join:2006-02-06
Colorado Springs, CO | Locations? Is it just within the city, or suburb areas? Is there a list of locations where available? | |
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join:2003-09-13
Minneapolis, MN | Re: Locations? I am in the northwest suburb, and i got it! | |
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mekert
@comcast.net
| Hm. I've had numerous months where I've been at 300,400, and even 600GB downloaded, in a row, and they've never said anything to me.
All of this comes from my newsgroup account, which maxes my 8Mbps line the entire download.
If I splurged and got the 50Mbps account, I could easily see myself downloading 1TB of a stuff a month, wonder what the CSR would say to me on the phone if I called in to ask why I got suspended  | |
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SnazZ
join:2001-09-16
Chaska, MN
 ·Comcast
| No speed bump here yet... I'm in Chaska, MN and have Earthlink cable internet provided by Comcast. I power cycled my modem and haven't gotten the upload speed increase. I'm not sure if it's because I'm on Earthlink over Comcast, or because Chaska hasn't gotten the upgrades yet. | |
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SlyLoK
join:2007-10-19
Sugar Grove, VA | /sigh Yay 50/5.... So Comcast................... When will I get any service?
Booooooooooo. | |
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SlickNetAaro
Premium
join:2008-01-19
Minneapolis, MN
·Comcast
| Minneapolis UPLOAD is now 1mb and 2mb!! I called my biz rep today. All standard 6mb tier subs get 1mb upload now (up from 384k!!!).
If you upgrade to 8mb "speed tier" you get 2mb!
My business account, which was 8/1, is now 16/2 for the same price! My upload with PowerBoost is 4mb!
You need up reboot your modem in order to get re-provisioned.
It's Sweet!
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Selenia
join:2006-09-22
Pittsfield, MA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
| Didn't you guys ever think... That Comcast is charging so much for this tier to account for the audience of such a tier being very heavy bandwidth users? I used to have Rogers(sucky Canadian ISP) and the caps would vary according to which tier you bought(same is true of Shaw). Higher speed tiers include a higher data cap. I am pretty sure that's what Comcast had in mind. Unfortunately, you have to pay for your resource usage on their network, which gets expensive(especially on cable). | |
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mod_wastrel
join:2008-03-28 | Headline at TechNewsWorld... "Comcast Goes Full Throttle With Experimental Wideband Rollout"... something I never thought I'd see: the words "Comcast" and "full throttle" in the same sentence.
Things that make you go, "Hmmm...". | |
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Ciscoboy
@comcast.net |  $5 a day? I'd rather skip Starbucks and get Wideband
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Der_Idiot
join:2008-02-10
Norwood Young America, MN | Upgrade? I'll have the upgrade next weds. \o/ 
Definitely helps to have a 4-PC household-- we eat bandwidth for breakfast : | |
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twEEkerAreUs
join:2003-07-08
Minneapolis, MN
| Wow $150 a month for that? Ummmm cut the download speeds in half and up the upload speed to at least 10Mbps...Then I would consider. Some of you must love wasting money though.
$150 for Cable Internet
$60 - $100+ for Cable TV
? Digital Phone
Ouch, no thanks. | |
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