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GigaOM Network: Comcast Boosts Broadband in Beantown and Philly [GigaOM]
Boy Genius Report: Comcast begins to rollout 50 Mbps High-Speed Internet Service
Broadband Developments: Comcast Adds Capacity Doesn’t Talk About Congestion - Introducing Extreme 50 Mbps High-Speed Internet Service
Comcast Boosts Broadband in Beantown and Philly [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... Hold on to your wallets, sports fans, because Comcast is offering its Extreme50 class of upgraded cable broadband in Boston and its hometown of Philadelphia. The service offers 50 Mbps downstream and 10 Mbps up, but will set you back $139.95 a month. A still speedy Ultra connection is a bit easier on the wallet at $62.95 per month; it offers up to 22 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up. For those content to meander along the information superhighway (and maybe ...
Comcast begins to rollout 50 Mbps High-Speed Internet Service
Boy Genius Report —
In a bid to compete with Verizon’s FIOS service, Comcast has just announced that it will begin the roll out of their DOCSIS 3.0 network starting with residential homes and businesses in parts of New England, including the Boston Metropolitan region and Southern New Hampshire. Also included in the roll out are areas of Philadelphia, New Jersey, and the Twin Cities where the wide-band service was launched earlier this year. Hey New Englanders, stop crying about the Bosox and go check your modem logs as it has reportedly gone live in some locations! Comcast ...
Comcast Adds Capacity Doesn’t Talk About Congestion - Introducing Extreme 50 Mbps High-Speed Internet Service
Broadband Developments —
... Now were talking about high speed - get me that 50Mbps now. Comcast is announcing 50Mbps capacity. They got one piece right but still fall short on the other major factor - congestion. ...
Comcast launches faster Internet plans, however usage cap remains
Webware.com —
... . Comcast's own release prides the new Extreme plan on letting customers "download a high-def movie (6 GB) in about 16 minutes, a standard-def movie (2 GB) in about 5 minutes and a standard-def TV show (300 MB) in a matter of seconds." Do the math and you'll see that an extreme subscriber could easily blow past the 250 GB cap in a matter of hours. ...
Comcast Rolls Out Extreme 50 Mbps
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... speed at $139.95/month.*
• Ultra, offering up to 22 Mbps of downstream speed and up to 5 Mbps of upstream speed at $62.95/month.*
Comcast also says their future speeds will hit 160 Mbps. Not to shabby but pricing seems slightly high. But what else is new. Comcast has never been known as a friend to consumers.
So what do you think? Do you need this fantastic speeds in your home?
Comments welcome.
Source.
Comcast On Track with WideBand Rollouts [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... Comcast said this morning it would roll out its 50 Mbps wideband speed tier in Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta and Fort Wayne Indiana in December, with the remainder of the market expected to be completed by the first half of 2009. These deployments complete Comcast’s stated plans at the beginning of the year to roll out DOCSIS 3.0 to 20 percent of its market–or about 10 million homes passed by the end of December. The cable company said at the end of the third quarter that “hundreds” of people had signed up for the ...
Broadband stimulus
disco-tech | Discovery Institute's Technology Blog —
... in October that Comcast would initially roll out the service in Boston, Philadelphia, New Hampshire and New Jersey, where Verizon was already deploying FiOS. Comcast stated in a press release that it intended to reach more than 10 major markets and pass nearly 10 million homes and businesses within several months. This is how the market works, but is it how we want to spend our tax dollars? ...
Comcast testing free Wi-Fi service for its NJ cable subscribers
TG Daily - All News —
... Speeds are reportedly in the 1.5 Mbps range, which is comparable to at-home DSL. While these tests are taking place in New Jersey, they are not part of the recent ClearWire WiMAX 4G network installation or launch. WiMAX is a form of Wi-Fi-like wireless that operates well even at 10 mile distances. Wi-Fi, as most know, typically operates for only a few hundred feet. Comcast is America's largest cable operator, and is based out of Philadelphia, PA. They are currently working on their 50 Mbps rollout which they claim will reach 10 million homes in within the next few months. ...
