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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 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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  2. 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/