Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Comcast Offers 50 Mbps Residential Speeds

Posted by kdawson on from the time-for-fios-leapfrog dept.

An anonymous reader notes that Comcast is offering a new 50-Mbps / 6-Mbps package for residential customers for $150, starting in Minneapolis-St. Paul and extending nationwide by mid-2010. The new service will use the DOCSIS 3.0 standard, which is nearing ratification. We've recently discussed Comcast's BitTorrent throttling and promise to quit it, and their low-quality 'HD' programming. How attractive will $150 for 50 Mbps be compared to Verizon's FiOS offerings?

4 of 332 comments (clear)

  1. Tell me, Mr. Slashdotter... by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    What good is 50Mbps... If you are unable to P2P?

    --
    How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
  2. Fine print by Hyppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    50Mbps*

    fine print -
    *: for only the first 10 seconds of any sustained transaction. Additional fees and restrictions apply. Bandwidth advertised will be dropped to dial-up speeds when used for any protocol not essential to the viewing of a common web page.

  3. Re:caps? by calebt3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    42. Megabytes.

  4. Re:WoW by NormalVisual · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but I hear that they're going to be stopping those soon. Something about problems with infections of the skin around the RJ-45 connectors or something like that.

    --
    Please stand clear of the doors, por favor mantenganse alejado de las puertas