[GRLUG] Letter from Comcast

[nivardus]

Incidentally, I placed an order for Comcast's 50 Mbps residential service
just today. AT&T wanted a few dollars less for half the speed and had no
higher speed offerings. I haven't heard anyone offer local statistics on
this tier, so I'll toss some over here when my service is active. I'm glad
to see some vaguely modern speeds come to metro GR, even if they're just
advertised values.

For what it's worth, U-Verse installation is completely free with most new
customers, while Comcast wants $10 to mail a CD, $25 for 2 day shipping (I
have a modem already.)

-Ben G.


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
> > <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 10:40 -0400, Brad DeVries wrote:
>
> ...
>
> >> If you're comfortable with your network's performance - then it has
> >> enough 'speed'.
> >>
> > Uhm, ya, but one has to put a label on it
> > when they order a service.  "I just want a
> > speed I'm comfortable with" doesn't help
> > a whole lot.
>
> I ran a couple of the popular internet speed tests on a neighbor's
> Cricket connection, which indicated my neighbor wasn't getting
> anywhere near the 3Mbps speed advertised. My neighbors are comfortable
> with that, though I think they would be more comfortable with
> something closer to what they are paying for.
>
> I do believe that the speed tests perform a useful function, though
> not as much as we would like.
>
> --Don Ellis
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