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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. Thank you Comcast by Krankheit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    With this bandwidth raise, I'll finally be able to get first post on slashdot!

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  2. Sure by Yourbitch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You really can't fail with responsive organisational projections - the consultants recommend interactive administrative time-phases. Actually the solution can only be homogenised management mobility..

  3. Great... by All+Names+Have+Been · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The same people who give me cable boxes that can barely respond to pressing keys on a remote want to speed up their 'net service? How about a damn cable box that actually fucking works? Or better yet, how about digital channels that actually look better than the "inferior" analog channels?