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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. secret sharer by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Troll

    Last Summer, TimeWarner/RoadRunner upped my cablemode speeds from 1.5Mbps/150Kbps to 3Mbps/300Kbps, without announcement. Why would they do that?

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    1. Re:secret sharer by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Troll

      But why not at least announce it? Especially when they're running so many TV commercials?

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  2. Too bad they're still EVIL! by chicagojosh · · Score: 1, Troll

    Comcast could offer 10gb/s and I still wouldn't go to them. Me and every single person I know who's had Comcast has nothing but complaints when it comes to their service.
    After I was given the run around trying to get someone to actually install my cable and internet they sent someone to do an "audit" of my building (i.e. they just cut all of the service in the building and wait for people to call and complain to find out who is really a customer.) Then they never sent someone out.

    Comcast is the epitome of the evil monopolistic corporation. ... that's just my opinion though. :)