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Re: Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Launches, More Speed @ Same Price
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:47:03 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Simon Li" <simonli () gmail com> Date: October 23, 2008 2:49:44 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Launches, More Speed @ Same Price Dr. Farber,While having more bandwidth for the same price is probably a good thing from a consumer standpoint, could this change browsing/ downloading habits enough that it would allow users to reach the 250GB cap much faster?
On their FAQ, they claim that 99% of the users have not exceeded this cap so far, but as discussed in previous threads here, that is likely going to change, pretty quickly. Is Comcast prepared to raise the cap if people actually *use* this bandwidth, or might there be some kind of creep back to the rumored metered access?
-Simon On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:17 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com> Date: October 22, 2008 4:18:34 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Launches, More Speed @ Same Price Dave - I wouldn't normally fwd a product announcement to you for consideration of the IP list. But this one announces the details of our expected DOCSIS 3.0 ("wideband") launch, which is a pretty big technological change in the network, and offers much higher speeds initially, and the promise of much higher speeds over time. I also think it relates to some of the recent IP list discussion about the state of the economy. The relation there is that the large majority of our customer base will be getting double the speed they do today, at no additional cost. :-) For example, a 6Mbps/1Mbps (down/up) customer will go to 12Mbps/2Mbps, and an 8Mbps/2Mbps customer goes to 16Mbps/2Mbps. As many people know, we're rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 starting now, through 2009, and into the early part of 2010. The nice thing about the network is that once an area is upgraded to this new wideband technology it is available to any of the homes we pass or serve. -- Jason News article regarding the announcement, from the city we tested D3 in @ http://www.startribune.com/business/31969339.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUgOahcc yiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU Official press release @ http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=8 14 ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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