Comcast 160mbps in 2008..damn!!!!!

[RichNice]

Ive ben doing IT work for a very long time, and I've yet to see a bandwidth pipe that was NOT shared. Hence the term INTERNET

I'm talking about from the curb to my house man. The Last Mile. Anyone with comcast will tell you that if you have a rack of people in the neighborhood on the net at one time, your connection is going to slow down since everyone on the node shares bandwidth. With me being on FIOS, I have a dedicated connection to the CO, where my connection then get's lumped with everyone else. There is a big difference.

 

[RichNice]

Comcast leases their lines (circuits) from companies like AT&T, Level 3 Communications, Qwest Communications, etc.

If they are going to offer higher bandwidth capabilities, then it means those companies are offering that to them.

All companies who provide internet services have the capabilities of giving you SONET speeds if they wanted but it's not practical or economical.

What is outlined in red are the carrier lines most often purchased by most companies. OC-192's being quite popular but now companies are going even higher. The arrows show the line rates. That is what is being divided at the company's discretion which trickles down to folks like me and you.

Man I remember when working at Qwest and people were ordering DS3's/T3's and they though they were doing something. Fast forward 5 years and AT&T is talking that they needed to upgrade their network to an OC-768.

 

[Benjamin Check]

Man, Comcast is just like my Cowboys...We gets no respect.

We gone be alright though. You'll see!

No comcast IS NOT like the sorry ass, ho ass, trick ass, bitch ass, Cowboys. Its like the Redskins, got a loyal few customers who see the light, and a bunch of "fair weather fans", who will be dick riding this November when they are 8-1; and when niggas is downloading HD movies at 80mbps.....in 10 minutes........I live in an area SOON to be upgraded.....Ill let you ps3 lovers and satellite fools know how it is........

 

[dasmybikepunk]

verizon fios(or Whoever Your) Fiber Optic Provider Is.....

Got It And Never Looked Back..... Fuck Comcast Unless They Are Offering 6 Months To A Year Free.....don't Fall For The Techno Babble!

No Technology, No Network Can Fuck With Fiber Optic Right Now! (period)

The Only Non-business Service That Is For The Regular Consumer Is Satellite Internet Service....

I'm Not Sure But I Heard Something About Satellite Internet Being Faster Than Anything...but I Have Never Seen It Offered...i Thought Direct Tv Would Start Competing With It But Still Waiting.

 

[knightmelodic]

from what i've heard of comcast. comcast will be the death of comcast.

You got that right.

 

[nphilly1]

Comcast is acually holding back on the amount of speed they can offer my man. They can match with verizon whenever they want to although they are to tight with the price. i used to be a tech for them here in Killadelphia.

Yea ima lead tech now. I replaced old strands and amplifier when they go out. What office were you at? Im about to go back to school so I can become a fiber optics tech.

 

[Jedah]

shits pointless i had the 50/20 mbps wit fios but i downgraded cus there was very few websites that i could take advantage of that speed

 

[Brolliman]

Comcast leases their lines (circuits) from companies like AT&T, Level 3 Communications, Qwest Communications, etc.

If they are going to offer higher bandwidth capabilities, then it means those companies are offering that to them.

All companies who provide internet services have the capabilities of giving you SONET speeds if they wanted but it's not practical or economical.

What is outlined in red are the carrier lines most often purchased by most companies. OC-192's being quite popular but now companies are going even higher. The arrows show the line rates. That is what is being divided at the company's discretion which trickles down to folks like me and you.

Damn! I love it when a woman talks techy.

 

[Benjamin Check]

shits pointless i had the 50/20 mbps wit fios but i downgraded cus there was very few websites that i could take advantage of that speed

basically, For anyone with a "normal" computer/network, and not some geek squad optimized turbo hub for downloading 10 pornos,and 30 songs, and play xbox live at once.......who the fuck needs fios...Hell i have a sweet laptop (tosh satellite, core duo 100gig hd/1 gig ram etc and a decent home cumputer and a decent router....im wireless, secure, and streaming to xbox...takes me 1:30 to download a song....im not trippin

 

[FAMU96]

FUCK COMCAST! The line speed sucks in North Florida! that's why I'm soooo glad Time Warner is coming to town in June!

 

[Chitown]

Downloads speed are actually sufficient for me. I need them to up that damn upload bandwidth and stop being stingy.

 

[BitchI'llKillYa]

Fuck you damn Comcast users!!!!!!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-01-07-comcast_N.htm?csp=34

I work for AT&T 160mbps is nothing compared to the fiber offerings coming down the pipe

I saw a video the other day th at announced the start of a 1Gps pipe, yes 1 gig per second, they are looking to roll out in San Antonio and St. Louis business customers first but damn when thats ready, it over for comcast, and anyother providers looking to compete

 

[pspmurdercmd]

Fuck Comcast, unless its xbox360 time then I love them niggaz, but most of my downloads come off my sprint card 1.9mb. It gets the job done I have 3 hard drives 600 gigs, and im down to 45gigs left all psp games 420 of them, music, and movies. I would love a 160mbs, but comcast lie that shit never be fast like the claim.