Comcast Launches Streaming Service and Unveils Pricing For 2G Fiber

An anonymous reader writes: Comcast has announced the release of its Gigabit Pro service which offers speeds up to 2 gigabits per second. The service is $300 a month (agree to a two year contract and get the early promotional price of $159 per month) with a $500 installation and activation fee. The new service is only available in the Jacksonville, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Florida area. This announcement comes on the heels of the $15-per-month "Comcast Stream" launch. The live TV and streaming video service does not require a cable TV subscription, but live TV channels can only be watched on customer's home internet connections.

Comments

Decisions, decisons

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

If my choices were Comcast or rabbit ears on top of the TV and dial-up, I'd go for the rabbit ears.

No live sports? No thanks.

[BenJeremy]

Still no practical choices to get a full plate of live sports without being tied to cable... Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball - college and pro levels, that shouldn't be too much to ask for, but either you spend $100+ for cable, or run XBMC/Kodi with SportsDevil to stream it.

Geez, idiots, just give me an option to pay $10~25/mo for live locals and sports stations and you'll get my money.

Unfortunately, you are only interested in short-sheeting the consumer with fewer offerings than NetFlix or Sling at a higher price with more limitations.

Is a sub-80 IQ a requirement for an MBA and a job as a media company executive these days?

thanks, but no thanks

[nimbius]

If anyone other than the toilet brush of the internet were to offer me this, id give it a go. However, it would be irresponsible of me to assume Comcast has any intention of offering a useful product that adheres to the advertised rate and doesnt screw up the billing. Comcast has over 20 years of proven malicious,reckless, and wanton disregard for their customers.

The service is $300 a month

You heard it folks, step right up for $300 a month in abusive customer service, random SRVFAIL hijacking, complete prohibition on running "a server" of any kind, advertisement injection, the resale of your personal information, and best of all an ardent refusal to cancel this service.

Re:Customer Support is clueless about this

[jd2112]

Short Version:
Customer: I would like to sign up for 2Gbps fiber service.
Comcast: Sorry, It's not available in your location.
Customer: But I haven't given you my address.
Comcast: Doesn't matter.