Re: big K, not little in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13035070 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:21:00 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:21:00 EDT Re: big K, not little http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13035070 krobar : just saw this post, fyi that data was from the news article, not my opinion :)
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13035070 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:29:51 EDT Re: big K, not little http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12910970 ib50MbSoon :
said by krobar See Profile:

that's bit's, not bytes...
... Cable throughput is typically 600Kbit to 800Kbit/sec. from the Internet to the subscriber and 128Kbit to 256Kbit/sec. to the Internet.
Maybe some cable systems are slow but not Comcast.
99.999999% of the time my Comcast connection downloads at least 6000 kbits and uploads at 720 kbits (real throughput, not some flakey speed test). I've never seen downloads drop below 5900 kbits. And I'm out in rural America where DSL fears to tread!

Comcast is not your grandpa's cable system! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12910970 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:18:16 EDT Re: big K, not little http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909946 RadioDoc :
said by Zein See Profile:

What city's will this be done in?
Didja even read the headline or the summary? Didja?

Manassas, Virginia

:uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909946 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:16:20 EDT Re: big K, not little http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909660 Zein : What city's will this be done in?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909660 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:42:12 EDT No, it's bits. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909603 RadioDoc : They later talk about 1.5, 4 and six megabit "upgrades". They mean 300 kilobits, not kilobytes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909603 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:37:05 EDT Re: big K, not little http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909564 t604 : big or little k don't matter.. it's about the little b which is bits...

it's 300 Kilobits per second... so it's 37.5 KiloBytes per second... $30 is pretty expnsive imho...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909564 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:32:12 EDT Re: big K, not little http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909560 krobar : that's bit's, not bytes...

At a cost of $28.95 per month for residential service and $39.95 per month for commercial service at a minimum speed of 300Kbit/sec. to and from the Internet, Manassas' BPL service compares favorably to the $42.95 that Comcast Corp. charges cable-modem customers who also subscribe to its cable television services. Cable throughput is typically 600Kbit to 800Kbit/sec. from the Internet to the subscriber and 128Kbit to 256Kbit/sec. to the Internet.
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909560 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:31:39 EDT too slow? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909541 nasadude : It is slightly confusing, because the article sez bits but the comparison seems to be bytes to bytes. 600 to 800kbytes would be 4.8M to 6.4M which is roughly where comcast is at right now.

If they meant to say "bytes", that would make their service 2.4M/2.4M which would be great for $29/mo.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909541 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:29:00 EDT