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Meanwhile, Comcast has no plans to run fiber to homes. https://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/45843247490273280 https://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/45

Meanwhile, Comcast has no plans to run fiber to homes. https://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/45843247490273280 https://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/45843247490273280

eli 15y ago
It kinda seems like they've slowed deployment of high-bandwidth cable connections. I've got a 50mbit comcast business account now, but I've been promised that 100mbit will be available "soon" for quite a while now.
- RyanKearney 15y ago
  But by the time 100Mbit rolls out Google will have continued to roll out their 1Gbps fiber connections to rural areas. Not to mention Comcast's 100Mbit connection only has 10Mbps of upload speed. Comcast is slipping more and more behind every day.
  - nitrogen 15y ago
    The 100Mbit connection has only 10Mbit uplink? My 50Mbit Comcast connection has 15Mbit up. How disappointing that they would reduce the more important half of the service on the "higher" tier.
    - eli 15y ago
      Really? Mine is definitely 50mbit/10mbit. Maybe it varies by location?
      - nitrogen 15y ago
        Unless they changed it and I wasn't paying attention, it's 15Mbit/s uplink in the Salt Lake City area. The only reason I'm paying for 50Mbit/s down is so I can get 15 up.
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r00fus 15y ago
I knew this was part of the strategy once they started the process to acquire NBC. Now it's doubly against their best interest to improve broadband adoption: 1) file sharing now impacts their infrastructure spend 2) file sharing impacts media arm's profitability Please tell me why this merger was even allowed? Next up: Lowered bandwidth caps (hell, follow AT&T and apply overages to a formerly unlimited plan!), and "tiered" access. Soon, internet will be indistinguishable from cable television.
- wmf 15y ago
  Other cable companies aren't doing FTTH either... because it doesn't make sense. The existing HFC plant can support 100 Mbps with DOCSIS 3.0; why spend billions to install FTTH that your customers don't even know what to do with?

Meanwhile, Comcast has no plans to run fiber to homes. https://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/45843247490273280 https://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/45843247490273280

eli 15y ago

It kinda seems like they've slowed deployment of high-bandwidth cable connections. I've got a 50mbit comcast business account now, but I've been promised that 100mbit will be available "soon" for quite a while now.

RyanKearney 15y ago
But by the time 100Mbit rolls out Google will have continued to roll out their 1Gbps fiber connections to rural areas. Not to mention Comcast's 100Mbit connection only has 10Mbps of upload speed. Comcast is slipping more and more behind every day.
- nitrogen 15y ago
  The 100Mbit connection has only 10Mbit uplink? My 50Mbit Comcast connection has 15Mbit up. How disappointing that they would reduce the more important half of the service on the "higher" tier.
  - eli 15y ago
    Really? Mine is definitely 50mbit/10mbit. Maybe it varies by location?
    - nitrogen 15y ago
      Unless they changed it and I wasn't paying attention, it's 15Mbit/s uplink in the Salt Lake City area. The only reason I'm paying for 50Mbit/s down is so I can get 15 up.
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r00fus 15y ago

I knew this was part of the strategy once they started the process to acquire NBC. Now it's doubly against their best interest to improve broadband adoption: 1) file sharing now impacts their infrastructure spend 2) file sharing impacts media arm's profitability Please tell me why this merger was even allowed? Next up: Lowered bandwidth caps (hell, follow AT&T and apply overages to a formerly unlimited plan!), and "tiered" access. Soon, internet will be indistinguishable from cable television.

wmf 15y ago
Other cable companies aren't doing FTTH either... because it doesn't make sense. The existing HFC plant can support 100 Mbps with DOCSIS 3.0; why spend billions to install FTTH that your customers don't even know what to do with?