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Comcast Launches Superfast Internet To Fight FiOS

Posted by timothy on from the market-laws-are-like-physical-laws dept.

jfruh writes "Comcast customers who dream of superfast download speeds drooled when they heard the company would be offering 305 Mbps service. There's only one catch: the high speeds are only available in markets where the cable giant is going head-to-head with Verizon's FiOS service. It seems that competition really does improve service quality when it comes to ISPs."

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  1. Re:Yeah, right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe not - "Crucially in markets which are not part of its trial, the company will suspend enforcement of its current 250 GB cap." The test is here.

    Get it while the getting is good. Looks like the buffet is back.

  2. Re:Yeah, right... by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 3, Informative

    With a 250GB cap, you can run out of bandwidth in 1 hour, 49 minutes, and 17 seconds. Even at a terabyte it's less than 8 hours, or about 1% of a billing period.

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  3. Re:And my car gets 60 MPG going downhill by brainzach · · Score: 4, Informative

    Comcast average connection speeds are faster than their advertised rates.

    http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/get-this-some-isps-provide-faster-download-speeds-than-they-promise/

  4. Re:Yeah, right... by cpu6502 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Dear AC: The article you linked has NO relevance to the Comcast v. FiOS competition and increase of rates to 305 Mbit/s.
    The article you linked is old news (May) and about usage-based billing ($/gigabyte) in two test cities and a completely-separate issue from the ultrafast internet Comcast is introducing to fight FiOS.

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