<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Erik Southworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erik.southworth@gmail.com">erik.southworth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Steve Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com" target="_blank">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Bob Kline wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Steve Romanow <<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com" target="_blank">slestak989@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> BTW, Comcast is now showing two more<br>
> tiers of service. "Ultra," which is nominally<br>
> 22 Mbps down, and 5 mbps up. Then there<br>
> is the "Extreme" service with 50 Mbps down,<br>
> and 10 Mbps. I've checked for my area,<br>
> zip code 49508, and it simply says "coming<br>
> soon." Anyone find it available in their area?<br>
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> One can only imagine what these will cost.....<br>
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> -- Bob<br>
></blockquote></div><div> You can sniff the configs and see what service levels people are using.<br> The really fast stuff requires DOCSIS 3 network/hardware which uses a <br>new channel-bonding technique, but it's just rolling out in major cities. If<br>
you subscribe to a fast tier make sure your modem is capable, cause they <br>will take your money and never evaluate your equipment needs. An SB4100 is good <br>for up to 10Mb DL. An SB5100 should be good up to 30-40Mb I think, but I have<br>
only tested it to 16Mb DL. <br></div> </div></blockquote><div>Comcast is said to have 160 Mbps technology<br>on the shelf using the channel bonding you <br>mention. <br><br>Alas, FiOS has 25, 50, and 100 Mbps ties <br>available now in some areas, and the lowest<br>
tier is about $35 to $50 a month I gather.<br><br>As someone else here pointed out, I don't<br>think we can look for Comcast to be a leader.<br>i.e., it won't introduce anything until forced to.<br><br> -- Bob<br>
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