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Monty
05/28/09

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Two Questions:

1. Is this truly going to be a dedicated and guaranteed 100 Mbps connection? My experience with Comcast is that you can sometimes reach their maximum bandwidth, but often times cannot.

2. What is the point? I apologies because I have asked this before and have gotten some answers, but none that truly address why someone would need such a fast connection. Maybe for a place of business where you have a hundred folks using it, but at home? It seems like a waste to me, and this is from someone with a 50 Mbps home connection who cannot figure out what I am supposed to do with that, either. (Yes, yes - porn -- I know. But there is only so much porn one person can watch.)
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Monty
05/28/09

@Monty: "I apologies"? WTF. You would think after years of leaving comments on this site I would have learned to proof before clicking submit. Excuse me while I go sob miserably in a corner.
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Y2KGTP
05/28/09

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Perhaps this is intended for small businesses?
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Geisrud
05/28/09

@Y2KGTP: Indeed I was wondering the same thing. But Comcast also has separate business-class plans.

Anyone know how those compare?
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Voyou_Charmant
05/28/09

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Maybe thats why my connection has felt like dial up for the last couple of days. They are stealing my megabytes and giving them to the rich people for their solid gold tubes of porn.
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Hello Mister Walrus
05/28/09

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Depends on what the MBPS/$ is. If there are decreasing costs per MBPS, then it might be worth it for many people to chip in and share the bandwidth.
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darrinjc
05/28/09

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Scaling of services isn't linear, but typically follows the "0.6 Power rule.. That would make something "twice as big" cost 2^0.6 = 1.51 times the cost, or in this case $285. My guess would be $289 pricing. Even so, I can't believe that there is a consumer demand for either 50Mbps or 100Mbps rates in these economic times.
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omyard
05/28/09

@darrinjc: You can't put a price on quicker access to porn.
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Monty
05/28/09

@omyard:
You can't put a price on quicker access to porn.

Technically, porn will reach you just as quick on a 15 Mbps as a 100 Mbps one, it just happens that the 100 Mbps connection is a fatter pipe to get more content through your hole at once. Personally, I like my porn to come to me at a slower steady pace than all in one giant spurt.
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rbf2000
05/28/09

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Without reading the article, I'm guessing this will only be rolled out in areas that have FiOS, or some other real competition.
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Diddle my Skittles
05/28/09

@rbf2000: Yup. You are correct sir. Funny story I pull out for stories like these.

We use to be Comcast customers, keywords: use to be. The first day FiOS was available to my home, we signed on. However, Comcast, knowing that Verizon's network was going online, decided to bump up our broadband. On a 6MB/s plan, we got speeds close to 17MB/s. It was nothing more than a simple act of desperation, and we chose Verizon anyway. I'm on a 30/10 plan with Verizon, but the best part is no cap, as of right now.

We stream a lot of shows in our home from a media server. When we found out that goes against our cap limit, we found out that we have no other choice but Verizon.
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LastAndLeast
05/28/09

@I love my AfricanAmericanBerry: How does streaming over your media server count against your cap? Isn't that just moving data inside your home?
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badhatharry
05/28/09

@LastAndLeast: The counter probably can't tell the difference. It just sees stuff passing through the router and keeps ticking away.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/28/09

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Hey, you're great Mark, and we all love ya, but no love for plaid? C'mon. C'mooooon.

I use the internet a lot, but I couldn't possibly justify $380 for myself on it, regardless of how fast. I'd rather wait until it reaches like, I dunno, 3 gigabytes per second.
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Jux
05/28/09

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Sweet, another service for Comcast to screw me over.
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TonyRockyHorror
05/28/09

@Jux: that's ridiculous. they're not screwing you over. just don't pay for it.
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Hello Mister Walrus
05/28/09

@TonyRockyHorror: The problem is that cable internet is a natural monopoly. In many areas, such as where I live, Comcast is the only choice.
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