[GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.

[Christopher House]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Dan Pilcheck <pilcheck at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
> I received this email  from Comcast on 03/06/13.
>
> Subject "Service Announcement"
> ----
> Dear Valued Customer,
>
> *Great news!* We've increased your Internet speed!
>
> Now we have *doubled the speed* of your Blast!® Internet service,
> with download speeds up to 50 Mbps and upload speeds up to 10 Mbps.
> ----
>
> I can tell you that I peak at around 80 down and 30 up.
> Off of Comcast's network we indeed see 50/10+ on a daily basis.
> Located around Eastown.
>
> We have a SB6121 modem and a decent router.
> You need a DOCSIS3 device if you want to see those speeds.
> Also, dump that turn-of-the-century Linksys WRT54G!
>
>
New Comcast subscriber here, I signed up for the 50/10 Blast! service, and
currently get 66/11. I too have that "Great news!" note in my bill, so I
was thinking I was going to see 100/20 or something, but I do not. Which is
fine. Have the SB6121 and ASUS RT-AC66U, so gigabit ports everywhere.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://shinobu.grlug.org/pipermail/grlug/attachments/20130413/c47aa3f3/attachment-0001.html>