<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:35 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><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Erik Southworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erik.southworth@gmail.com" target="_blank">erik.southworth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>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>
><br>
> One can only imagine what these will cost.....<br>
><br>
> -- 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><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</div>
</div></blockquote></div></div><div><br>It's true the CABLE providers won't pioneer. Their focus is responding to market challenges from FIOS, UVERSE and WiMax in the markets where it threatens to lose customers. Every time the competition ratchets up, they do a DOCSIS 3 roll-out in that market and make competitive pricing plans and service levels, just to stay a step ahead. There is a small fiber roll-out in North Holland, but they are still using the old marketing scheme of bundling TV and limiting the Net bands. <br>
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</blockquote></div><br> And for that I would drop Comcast<br>
in a heartbeat in the unlikely event<br>
FiOS ever came to GR. Comcast is<br>
losing TV customers to the satellite<br>
companies right and left, and from<br>
what I read, makes a lot of its profits<br>
from data services, where there are<br>
of course no program costs. It really<br>
would seem that Comcast would try<br>
to get out in front a little, if only to<br>
create good will. The only reason I'm<br>
still with the cable modem service <br>
is because it's the only game in my<br>
area if I want something reasonably<br>
fast.<br>
<br>
If pretty expensive.<br>
<br>
-- Bob<br>