Comcast Boosts Upload Speeds, But Not Prices
In December of last year, Comcast stated it would start rolling out 100 Mbps service this year with 20% of homes DOCSIS 3.0-capable by the end of 2008. Earlier this year, it also started to offer a new "extreme high-speed" 50 Mbps tier in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
That's all great, but when people think of broadband, frequently they only think about download speeds, but upload speeds are just as important. Despite its better download performance, Comcast has always trailed AT&T in my area, offering 384 kbps upload vs. AT&T's 512 kbps.
In their press release, Mitch Bowling, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comcast High-Speed Internet, Comcast Cable said:
"As the Internet and its functionality evolves, so will our services and offerings. We’ve made a number of complimentary speed increases over the last few years and we focused this latest increase on upstream speeds so our customers can take even better advantage of the ever-expanding amount of interactive applications the Internet has to offer."Comcast will nearly triple the upload speed of its 6 Mbps / 384 Kbps Performance tier to 6 Mbps / 1 Mbps and more than double the upload speed of its 8 Mbps / 768 Kbps Performance Plus tier to 8 Mbps / 2 Mbps.
And without asking for more cash, either. Pretty good, but about that DOCSIS 3.0 rollout ... how about the SF Bay Area, Comcast?
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Comcast offers great price on their broadband connection, however where I live (Round Lake, IL) the connection is often very slow and I know for sure that not many people use the internet (time wise) when I do. However boosting the speed and keeping the cost at the same price is great.
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