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Comcast Raises Bandwidth in Shot at DSL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-battle-continues-on-and-on-and-on-and-on dept.

bigtallmofo writes "In a move sure to be applauded by DDoS botnet owners everywhere, news.com.com is reporting that Comcast is raising the speed of its cable Internet offerings. The standard rate will change from 3 Mbps downstream and 256 Kbps upstream to 4 Mbps downstream and 384 Kbps upstream. Customers that currently pay extra for faster service will see a 50% speed increase over what they have today to 6 Mbps downstream and 768 Kbps upstream." Combine this move with the VoIP announcement and the rumblings about more Baby Bell mergers -- we should see an...interesting landscape soon.

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  1. Contention Ratio by saur2004 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Cable rep: Oh sure, we now offer 6Mb download speed comparable to high speed DSL.

    /. Customer: Whats the contention ratio?

    Cable rep: um....er....whats that?

    /. Customer: Kindly shove it where only your proctologist can find it. *click*

    I personally think that there should indeed be a law that all internet access providers must have their contention ratio prominently displayed. What good is 6Mb download if you have to share that with a thousand subscribers? Yes I know that DSL has its own contention ratios at the DSLAM but nowhere near the mess that cable trys to sell. But still they should be required to display this information as well.