[GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.

[Bob Kline]

I'm seeing "or better" too.  Much better on
the downstream side.

With the monthly byte limit already in place,
I think Comcast sees that this costs them little.
People won't dramatically change their usage
patterns because of the higher speeds, and of
course there is not a lot out there that can
deliver the higher rates.  So for now, I think
Comcast mostly cleans up by charging people
for bandwidth they cannot entirely use.

It's not their fault if people want to pay for
bragging rights. In time, services might actually
start to make use of the higher rates.

More important to me,  the bandwidth has been
much more reliable lately - i.e., the tests have
been quite consistent.

   -- Bob




On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Nic Jansma <nic at nicj.net> wrote:

>  I live in Cascade Twp, near the Meijer by 28th/I-96.  My 50/10 service got
> upgraded to 100/20 for the same price in early March.  I'm seeing those
> speeds or better.
>
> - Nichttp://nicj.net/
> @NicJ
>
> On 4/10/2013 9:41 PM, Steve Romanow wrote:
>
> Doing some quick googling, I am seeing reports of this going back 6
> months.  I think the 5M I got earlier in the year might be the only thing
> I'm getting.  Wish I could see something that definitely included Grand
> Rapids.
>
>
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