[GRLUG] comcast tiers (tears actually)

[Erik Southworth]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Bob Kline wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > BTW,  Comcast is now showing two more
> > tiers of service.  "Ultra," which is nominally
> > 22 Mbps down, and 5 mbps up.  Then there
> > is the "Extreme" service with 50 Mbps down,
> > and 10 Mbps.  I've checked for my area,
> > zip code 49508, and it simply says "coming
> > soon."  Anyone find it available in their area?
> >
> > One can only imagine what these will cost.....
> >
> >     -- Bob
> >

 You can sniff the configs and see what service levels people are using.
 The really fast stuff requires DOCSIS 3 network/hardware which uses a
new channel-bonding technique, but it's just rolling out in major cities. If
you subscribe to a fast tier make sure your modem is capable, cause they
will take your money and never evaluate your equipment needs. An SB4100 is
good
for up to 10Mb DL. An SB5100 should be good up to 30-40Mb I think, but I
have
only tested it to 16Mb DL.

>
> >
> Im actually going the other way.  Cut both my tv and net to "economy"
> tier from Comcast.  1M net and 20 channels.  ~$40/month.  Works for me,
> just won't be downloading any iso's from home :)
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