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> But I know Comcast/Xfinity throttles the crap out of your upload. Even if you get their 1 gigabit plan, your upload is limited to 35 mbps [0]. Odd that you c

> But I know Comcast/Xfinity throttles the crap out of your upload. Even if you get their 1 gigabit plan, your upload is limited to 35 mbps [0]. Odd that you choose their second highest tier to fit your narrative instead of just jumping to their highest tier with is actually symmetrical 2Gbps up and down fiber.

montecarl 8y ago
Are you talking about the "gigabit pro" plan[1]? That is a $300/mo with a 2 year minimum subscription. That clearly is not a residential plan. You might as well just pay for professional hosting at that point. [1] https://www.cabletv.com/xfinity/internet https://www.cabletv.com/xfinity/internet
- RKearney 8y ago
  > That clearly is not a residential plan. That's exactly what it's marketed as. There are also plenty of symmetrical fiber services with hundreds of Mbps of upload from Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, and others.
  - Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
    Just because it's marketed as a residential line doesn't mean it's common at all. Besides, that line, or even the gigabit line, is not available in a very large market. > There are also plenty of symmetrical fiber services with hundreds of Mbps of upload from Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, and others. Most people don't have a lot of options. The options in my neighborhood are either 150 mbps down/5 mbps up with Comcast, or 35 mbps symmetrical with Frontier. If you have more than two options, and one of them is gigabit, you're extremely lucky. A considerable chunk of America only has 1 option, and the extreme majority doesn't have gigabit down, let alone gigabit up.
    - RKearney 8y ago
      > Just because it's marketed as a residential line doesn't mean it's common at all Just because something is expensive and therefore unpopular to your average consumer does not mean the product itself does not exist. If we're talking about residential ISP speed, then all residential ISPs and their respective tiers should be included. Otherwise you're just picking and choosing data points to fit a narrative which is deceiving.
- Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
  > That is a $300/mo with a 2 year minimum subscription. Also, that $300/month is the introductory price. Lord knows what the actual price is once the initial 2 year period is over.
insulanus 8y ago
That's hardly available to the average home user.
dwild 8y ago
It's odds that in his example he use the second highest tier to fit the average user? I call that generous if anything.

montecarl 8y ago

Are you talking about the "gigabit pro" plan[1]? That is a $300/mo with a 2 year minimum subscription. That clearly is not a residential plan. You might as well just pay for professional hosting at that point. [1] https://www.cabletv.com/xfinity/internet https://www.cabletv.com/xfinity/internet

RKearney 8y ago
> That clearly is not a residential plan. That's exactly what it's marketed as. There are also plenty of symmetrical fiber services with hundreds of Mbps of upload from Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, and others.
- Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
  Just because it's marketed as a residential line doesn't mean it's common at all. Besides, that line, or even the gigabit line, is not available in a very large market. > There are also plenty of symmetrical fiber services with hundreds of Mbps of upload from Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, and others. Most people don't have a lot of options. The options in my neighborhood are either 150 mbps down/5 mbps up with Comcast, or 35 mbps symmetrical with Frontier. If you have more than two options, and one of them is gigabit, you're extremely lucky. A considerable chunk of America only has 1 option, and the extreme majority doesn't have gigabit down, let alone gigabit up.
  - RKearney 8y ago
    > Just because it's marketed as a residential line doesn't mean it's common at all Just because something is expensive and therefore unpopular to your average consumer does not mean the product itself does not exist. If we're talking about residential ISP speed, then all residential ISPs and their respective tiers should be included. Otherwise you're just picking and choosing data points to fit a narrative which is deceiving.
Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
> That is a $300/mo with a 2 year minimum subscription. Also, that $300/month is the introductory price. Lord knows what the actual price is once the initial 2 year period is over.

insulanus 8y ago

That's hardly available to the average home user.

dwild 8y ago

It's odds that in his example he use the second highest tier to fit the average user? I call that generous if anything.