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Finally Comcast gives us 6Mbps Down for the Basic Service.

Published on December 14, 2005 By Jason Carver In Living in Cyberspace

While many people may already be experiencing their 6mbps speeds , A huge portion of California wasnt upgraded untill now. We recieved the upgrade previously , but because they ran into problems where speeds dipped down into ISDN range , they had to pull the upgrade and do more network equipment upgrades , and tweaks before they brought it back. Now its here finally , and im happy.

Comments (Page 1)

kingbee

on Dec 14, 2005

you're saying parts of ca were degraded for a while? if so, which parts?

Jason Carver

on Dec 14, 2005

Most of Northern California , and a majority of San Fransisco

kona0197

on Dec 14, 2005

I've had 6 Mpbs down for a long while now. About 6 months I think.

Dr Guy

on Dec 14, 2005

Did you have to upgrade your modem?

Snidely Whiplash

on Dec 14, 2005

i've had 6 mbps for over 4 years now, first with insightbb and then comcast. comcast bought insightbb 18 months or so ago. dr guy, although i'm not using the a comcast issued modem (i like my linksys), it's doubtful there is a modem upgrade needed.

Dr Guy

on Dec 14, 2005

it's doubtful there is a modem upgrade needed.

Then you guys are lucky! Comcast out here is over priced, and under serviced!

Snidely Whiplash

on Dec 14, 2005

well, under insightbb, our price was $35 a month. when comcast bought insightbb, they raised the price to $45 a month. i called to complain a bit and threatened to cancel my service, which i would not have done, if i had to pay $45. they said i could have it for $35 for a year and then the price would be raised to the full $45. they have yet to raise it. maybe i should call and remind them

Dr Guy

on Dec 14, 2005

have yet to raise it. maybe i should call and remind them

Dont pull a "Boss"! My boss noticed that the county did not list his basement on the assessment. So he called to correct it. And his assessment then went up by the appropriate amount! DOH!

Jason Carver

on Dec 14, 2005

No modem upgrade was needed. I have the newest RCA Digital Broadband Modem from Comcast. Works well with ZA

The modems that are crap are Terayon modems.

kona0197

on Dec 14, 2005

Did you have to upgrade your modem?

Nope. We have the Motorola Surfboard modem. We pay aboput $42 a month.

joetheblow

on Dec 15, 2005

I blame Verizon for this.

brewman

on Dec 15, 2005

I wonder why I'm paying 57.95 a month. (Comcast)

Nutshell69

on Dec 15, 2005

I agree Brewman - I am paying that for my Comcast and I dont really ever use the 6MB download rate.

So what if I get Yahoo page down at < 5 seconds as apposed to < 10 - its really not worth the extra 300$/yr - do you think?

Kris83

on Dec 16, 2005

Because i live in a third world country i'm stuck with 64kbps always on connection for well over 3 years now

on Dec 16, 2005

Hmm intresting... In Washington area, comcast serves only 4 MBp/s down. Our modem is so old it's an original AT&T cable service modem.

That modem has been up 24/7 average for last 7-8 years.

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