[GRLUG] Comcast prices & speed tiers

[Bob Kline]

I checked the Comcast web site,  and indeed,  it has started offering a
number of new Internet packages,  with new combinations of down/up
speeds.  The highest speed package is now  8Mbps/768Kbps.


Competition is a wonderful thing - one can now probably either get their
same service for a lower price,   or a higher speed service for the same
price.  I'm guessing here that Comcast will not automatically lower the
price for whatever service you currently have.


Competition works for web hosting sites too.  godaddy.com will give
you "up to" 10GB of hosting space for about $8 a month.   Apparently
with the introduction of 500GB drives from 3 or 4 manufacturers,  others
are increasing the amount of hosting space too.


Yes,  it pays to check the web page for your service now and then.
Thanks for the comments Nick.


     -Bob



On 2/10/06, Nick Reid <linux at toomanycomputers.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 17:17 -0800, Bob Kline wrote:
> >  I bolixed the last message.  Some of this might be a repeat.
> >
> >
> >  Anyway,  I currently pay $70 for a Comcast 6Mbps/768Kbps service,
> >  in the GR area.  $15 of this is for a basic cable TV package that I
> >  don't even use.
> >
> thats interesting as i am paying like $59.xx for my Comcast ... i know
> its like 6Mbps as i am getting like max dowload speads of 650-700K/Sec.
> the up stream i have no clue on...
> i have like 13$ for the basic-basic and the other 45 is the high speed
> internet stuff.
>
> >
> >  Today someone said they received a card with a promotion on it, for
> >  4 months for a 6 Mbps/384Kbps service,  for $20 a month.  After that
> >  it's $43 a month   But the service seems odd - 6M/384K is not a
> >  combination I've seen before - if this is right.
> >
> >
> >   Is anyone paying less than $70 for the 6M/768K setup?  That would
> >   exclude people that have Comcast TV.
> >
> i haven't seen any sort of alternate plans from Comcrap yet.. just the
> one flat rate.
>
> >
> >     -Bob
>
> -Nick
>
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