Comcast to raise Speeds later this year

[-Cp]

Anyone else know about this?

Here is all the latest info on the 2005 speed upgrades.

Q: What will the new advertised speeds be?
A: The base package (silver) will be 4000/384. The $10 add on tier (gold) will be 6000/768.

Q: What will the new caps be?
A: The caps will be 4400/384 and 6600/768 for silver and gold, respectively.

Q: What about download speeds?
A: Accounting for overhead, you can can expect a max of 518 KB/s with silver and 777 KB/s with gold.

Q: Will there be a price increase for HSI?
A: Not at this time.

Q: Will all Comcast subscribers get the upgrade?
A: Yes, everyone will get it. Some will get it sooner then others based on a roll-out schedule.

Q: When can I expect the upgrade?
A: Some areas will be upgraded on or around Jan 26th, while the rest of the upgrade is expected to be completed by March 31st.


http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,12546727~mode=flat

 

[SmarterThanYou]

cable companies are getting desperate to be able to compete with telco's.

I'm looking forward to Verizon putting their FTTP project in my neighborhood.

 

[Johnney]

cable companies are getting desperate to be able to compete with telco's.

I'm looking forward to Verizon putting their FTTP project in my neighborhood.

i read some place the mediacom (local cable company here in iowa) is going to be raising its speeds from 3mb to 5 in the near future. that would be nice.

 

[Johnney]

i read some place the mediacom (local cable company here in iowa) is going to be raising its speeds from 3mb to 5 in the near future. that would be nice.

from the horses mouth the other day.
mediacom will be offering 10mb downstream and 2 (i think i dont really function correctly until about noon and this was 8am ) upstream later on this year i believe