Comcast Announces 50Mbps/10Mbps Premium Service for $140/Month
Comcast Announces 50Mbps/10Mbps Premium Service for $140/Month
Posted 10/23/2008 at 7:38am
| by Paul Lilly
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Comcast is in the news again, but this time it has nothing to do with throttling connections or those ever-unpopular bandwidth limits. Instead, the ISP has announced it is rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 'wideband' internet service, giving (er, selling) subscribers up to 50Mbps downstream and 10Mpbs upstream.
At those speeds, Comcast puts itself nearly on par with Verizon's FiOS service, who's top-tier package offers the same downstream but twice the upstream at 20Mbps. But a key difference lies in compatibility. DOCSIS 3.0 means that cable operators don't have to install new lines and instead can use existing infrastructure.
The Extreme 50 service, as Comcast is calling it, will run $140 per month for residential subscribers and $190 per month for businesses. According to Comcast, Extreme 50 customers will be able to download a high-definition movie in about 16 minutes. Initial availability is limited to subscribers in parts of New England, Philadelphia, and New Jersey, with a planned expansion to more than 10 million homes and business by the end of the year.
Would you be willing to pay $140 per month for 50Mpbs/10Mbps? Hit the jump and let us know.
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Pyrophorics
October 27, 2008 at 8:17am
HELL NO! Too expensive, they dont have the proper equipment to handle the bandwidth they offer now so they have to cap ... and the cap is still effective at the higher speed.
ghot
October 25, 2008 at 12:31am
Price is way too high, I get 20/20 FIOS for 64.99/month. And, as some have said.....
They can't supply that speed with current infrastructure, and they still have the 250Gb/month cap.
rhbright
October 23, 2008 at 8:11pm
Hell, I'd give several left-side body parts for that kind of speed!
afroloop
October 23, 2008 at 11:49am
I might consider it, it sounds nice. My company also lets me expense my Net connection so there's that.
damicatz
October 23, 2008 at 11:45am
The infrastructure can't support those speeds even with DOCSIS 3..
You want to know why cable companies have issues with capacity? It's because they keep moving up the speed caps and allowing people more speed without upgrading their infrastructure. And then when problems start to occur as a result, they blame heavy downloaders and institute caps.
Stop overselling your bandwidth in a failed attempt to compete.
horzo
October 23, 2008 at 11:38am
How many of you have actually reached the 250GB/mo. limit? I'm a pretty heavy user (including plenty of P2P) and I've never heard a peep from Comcast. Anyway...$140/month? Makes sense if you've got multiple high-bandwidth streams going at once, but I suspect most sites wouldn't allow you to even approach a 50Mb download rate. The upstream rate is kinda cool. I would need a static IP or two included with the package before I'd even consider it.
zodi
October 23, 2008 at 10:12am
Probably have the same limit, and are finding new ways to secretly throttle your connection for P2P or any other "bandwidth hogging behaviour"
gatorXXX
October 23, 2008 at 9:22am
YEah whatever comcrap. The limit is still 250GB and with faster speeds, only means you'll reach the limit 3 times as fast! So NO, I will not pay them another dime.
ghot
October 23, 2008 at 8:41am
No way! FIOS is cheaper and has no bandwidth caps so far. The Verizon supplied router, DOES however have only a 160 slot NAT table. But thats not really an issue as you can change the router out, or skip it altogether.
cigar3tte
October 23, 2008 at 11:24am
We don't all have the choice to switch to FIOS. This new Comcast offer should be more available based on the article, since no new infrastructure is needed.
jcollins
October 23, 2008 at 9:48am
Why is the 160 slot NAT table a problem? I'm thinking 160 slots = 160 IP's for devices in your home, so I must be missing something.
billysundays
October 23, 2008 at 8:34am
No, I wouldn't. The bandwidth cap is still 250GB per month. BTW, has anyone in the MaxPC staff noticed that the paragraphs in posted comments aren't breaking? Appreciate the new listing of allowed HTML tags though.
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