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VonVulcan · Post by **VonVulcan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:05 am

Comcast announced recently in an email they have doubled my connection speed at no cost. How nice of them.

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CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:24 am

You'll pay for it later, trust me.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:45 am

Probably, Merl, being Comcast.

I will say, sometimes companies surprise you. Verizon upped my bandwidth to 5000/1000 right after they dropped my monthly rate by $5. I don't get it. (They're still bastards, because they refuse to offer DSL without the hardline.)

VonVulcan · Post by **VonVulcan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:46 am

Well, comcast is not my only option. Recently Click expanded coverage into my area. They offer a competitive package. I am under no contract. If they up the cost, I'll jump.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:12 am

I have no complaints whatsoever with Comcast.

Besides the initial \"bundle discount\", my Comcast bill has stayed the same for over two years, while the bandwidth has just continued to increase.

I started out at something like 6Mbit down / 512Kbit up... the last time I checked, I'm now at something like 12Mbit down / 4Mbit up (and their \"PowerBoost\" thing bumps it up even higher during lower-usage times of day).

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:50 am

Free speed upgrades are probably the result of upgrades to the whole system. Most people are on DOCSIS 2.0 modems in the US, however a few areas have rolled out DOCSIS 3.0. IIRC 2.0 has something like a 30-50 Mbit maximum, while 3.0 has a 300 Mbit maximum so it is pretty common to give a speed boost to everyone when they upgrade the network.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:45 pm

I got the same e-mail Vulcan. Course, it would be nice if anyone actually UPLOADED at that speed.

I very seldom get anything over a meg down; more likely 600 to 300 Kb. Sometimes I get surprised and a 60 meg d/l (normally some kind of official patch) take a couple of seconds. but that's very rare.

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:41 pm

I want my FIOS!!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:45 pm

lemme check mine....

nope still 30/3 supposed to be 16/3 but after tweaks im hitting 30 Mb

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:05 am

I was on the phone with comcast 2 days ago when they offered me 16 meg down for 5 more a month I am supposed to be at 8down 2 up but I don't think I would spend 5 more a month to slow down.

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:32 am

Damn it!...

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:18 pm

Blah:

Sniper · Post by **Sniper** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:34 pm

You guys are from Germantown? Nice. I'm in Milwaukee. Work in Brookfield.

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:35 pm

Waukesha, actually. Sometime soon we need to do some LANing!

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:37 pm

At Work:

At Home:

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:51 pm

Testiculese wrote:Probably, Merl, being Comcast.

I will say, sometimes companies surprise you. Verizon upped my bandwidth to 5000/1000 right after they dropped my monthly rate by $5. I don't get it. (They're still bastards, because they refuse to offer DSL without the hardline.)

If it was without hardline, then it wouldn't be DSL would it... It'd be wireless. dun dun dunnnn

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:19 pm

No, I think he means the T & R. (tip & ring for those that don’t know) IE: the phone.

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:27 pm

It was a joke...

TOR_LordRaven · Post by **TOR_LordRaven** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:45 am

Waukesha huh?

My father-in-law works for Waukesha Electric - but we live in Ga, and hes pretty much always in Florida.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:57 pm

i ran across a Comcast line tech couple days ago and he told me that DOCSIS 3.0 is already being started in certain areas of GA

OFF TOPIC: what part of GA?

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:50 am

Testiculese wrote:I don't get it. (They're still bastards, because they refuse to offer DSL without the hardline.)

LOL if you only knew the truth...

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