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Comcast Upload Speeds exray 02-05-2008
Posted by on February 13, 2008, 2:05 pm
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>f/fgeorge wrote:
>>
>> I think the problem is you are fighting a losing cause. All businesses
>> have the right to change their minds when what they are doing does not
>> make fiscal sense. For some reason Comcast gave you 6/1 for 3 months,
>> then stopped. You say you got a flyer saying enjoy the free upgrade,
>> okay no problem, you did enjoy the free upgrade. No way a company,
>> ESPECIALLY Comcast, would say "free for ever". Companies just don't do
>> that and Comcast NEVER would. So you have enjoyed your free upgrade
>> and now they are telling you if you want to keep that "enhanced" level
>> you must sign up for more stuff. That is their right and it makes
>> fiscal sense for them. "Bundling" is a way to offer good sellers with
>> slow sellers, businesses do it all the time. 'Buy one get one free' is
>> a good example of a "bundled" sale. Moves product off the shelves to
>> make room for new stuff. Comcast is just selling you faster internet,
>> none of us like to wait, along with something you don't want or
>> apprently need, cable tv. They get more money coming in, and you get
>> what you want. That makes sense to them but apprently not what you
>> want. It seems your only alternative is to call Verizon and find out
>> about DSL or FIOS in your area. There is always satellite internet,
>> MUCH slower for the same money, but no Comcast involved.
>
>Geez - take the corporate stance why don't you. 6/.5 is the normal on
>our cable - don't see why Comcast couldn't manage the same. Oh, and
>it's not 'free' - I pay $40-45/mo for mine (forget the exact amount).
>That's a lot of money for a lot of people to pay every month for
>something as basic as internet access. The problem with internet access
>is we still don't have enough competition to get a reasonable pricing
>structure - it's still pretty much a monopoly in many areas.

that's where verizon FIOS comes in, which will, thank god, kill
comcast.

Posted by f/fgeorge on February 13, 2008, 6:18 pm
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:05:47 -0500, eol@eol.net wrote:

>wrote:
>> The problem with internet access
>>is we still don't have enough competition to get a reasonable pricing
>>structure - it's still pretty much a monopoly in many areas.
>
>that's where verizon FIOS comes in, which will, thank god, kill
>comcast.

Ahhh, but Comcast has already sent me a notice of their intent to
increase my speeds to keep me. The marketing begins, no details, just
a small, very small, flyer.

Posted by $Bill on February 13, 2008, 7:01 pm
f/fgeorge wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:05:47 -0500, eol@eol.net wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> The problem with internet access
>>> is we still don't have enough competition to get a reasonable pricing
>>> structure - it's still pretty much a monopoly in many areas.
>> that's where verizon FIOS comes in, which will, thank god, kill
>> comcast.

AT&T U-verse too, but they don't compete speed-wise without an $35?
upgrade.

> Ahhh, but Comcast has already sent me a notice of their intent to
> increase my speeds to keep me. The marketing begins, no details, just
> a small, very small, flyer.

Nothing could be better for us users than a nice little price war. :)


Posted by f/fgeorge on February 14, 2008, 7:39 am
wrote:

>f/fgeorge wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:05:47 -0500, eol@eol.net wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> The problem with internet access
>>>> is we still don't have enough competition to get a reasonable pricing
>>>> structure - it's still pretty much a monopoly in many areas.
>>> that's where verizon FIOS comes in, which will, thank god, kill
>>> comcast.
>
>AT&T U-verse too, but they don't compete speed-wise without an $35?
>upgrade.
>
>> Ahhh, but Comcast has already sent me a notice of their intent to
>> increase my speeds to keep me. The marketing begins, no details, just
>> a small, very small, flyer.
>
>Nothing could be better for us users than a nice little price war. :)
>
AGREED!!! I sure hope it happens!! Comcast has been waaay to arrogant
for waaay to long! My neighbor, across the street and on a different
loop than me, had a problem with his Comcast internet and tv. The
outside people came out and said the problem is inside the house. The
inside people came over and said no it is on the outside. This went
back and forth between the different groups for more than two weeks.
It even included people that would show up in a truck and never get
out of the truck and then report that it was all fixed. After
recording this a time or two and showing the local County Council rep,
things got fixed. When Comcast has a problem the right hand never
talks to the left hand! Turns out he had a signal booster because he
had low signal strength in the past. Turns out NEW installation, which
is totally different from Service, had come down the street and
replaced a bad section of the cable which was then causing an
over-boosting of his signal. His problem was BOTH inside AND outside!
When the Council rep showed up with BOTH the inside AND outside
people, Comcast diagnosed and fixed the problem.

Posted by Gary on February 25, 2008, 6:30 pm
>
> Nothing could be better for us users than a nice little price war. :)

Yes, but that would be very bad for Comcast and Verizon; so it won't happen.
True competition requires more than two players. Look up the word
"duopoly..."

-Gary




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