nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
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March 14th, @06:34PM
| too slow?
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. |
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krobar
Is this thing on?
join:2002-09-15
Columbus, OH
| Re: big K, not little
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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t604
join:2004-09-05
Edmonton, AB | reply to nasadude
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... |
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL | reply to nasadude
No, it's bits.
They later talk about 1.5, 4 and six megabit "upgrades". They mean 300 kilobits, not kilobytes. |
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Zein
join:2003-06-14
Painesville, OH | reply to t604
Re: big K, not little
What city's will this be done in? |
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
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March 14th, @07:16PM
| said by Zein  :What city's will this be done in? Didja even read the headline or the summary? Didja?
Manassas, Virginia
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| reply to krobar
said by krobar :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!  |
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krobar
Is this thing on?
join:2002-09-15
Columbus, OH | just saw this post, fyi that data was from the news article, not my opinion
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