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Posted by drydem on February 9, 2008, 2:01 pm
> Early in 2007, Comcast sent out a letter to its customers (this was
> Massachusetts) that they were raising the speeds of the basic tier; Downlo=
ad
> was going to (I think) 6 Meg, upload to 1 Meg.. =A0The letter was a nice p=
iece
> of 4 color printing on slick and heavy paper, as I recall.
>
> Well, they raised the speeds, which was a wonderful thing, since I was abl=
e
> then to watch my slingbox from remote locations with much better pictures
> than with a 384K cap.
>
> Then, a few months later, after I'd tossed the letter, they reverted to 4
> Meg/384K. =A0Calling Comcast, of course, provides nothing. =A0They have no=
way
> on the phone of saying "yes, sir, we remember that free upgrade for our
> customers, and we'll reinstitute it". =A0To the contrary, they deny any
> corporate memory.
>
> Does anybody have any similar experience with that "promotion" and its
> disappearance from Comcast? =A0Or prehaps even somebody saved the letter a=
nd
> can scan and post it somewhere? =A0I don't want to have to pay the extra $=
10
> per month for high speed DOWNLOAD that I don't need.
>
> Thanks
I'm in the Washington DC Suburbs. I currently have both Comcast
Internet and Verizon DSL (copper).
Using speedeasy.net/speedtest (washington DC server) my speed test
results at this time is as follows:
Verizon DSL 741 Kbps(download)/ 137Kbps (upload)
Comcast Cable Internet 5136 Kbps(download)/ 362 Kbps (upload)
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