Begin forwarded message:
From: "Simon Li" <simonli@gmail.com>
Date: October 23, 2008 2:49:44 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Launches, More Speed @ Same Price
While having more bandwidth for the same price is probably a good thing from a consumer standpoint, could this change browsing/downloading habits enough that it would allow users to reach the 250GB cap much faster?
On their FAQ, they claim that 99% of the users have not exceeded this cap so far, but as discussed in previous threads here, that is likely going to change, pretty quickly. Is Comcast prepared to raise the cap if people actually *use* this bandwidth, or might there be some kind of creep back to the rumored metered access?
-Simon
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:17 PM, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Date: October 22, 2008 4:18:34 PM EDT
To: <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Launches, More Speed @ Same Price
Dave -
I wouldn't normally fwd a product announcement to you for consideration
of the IP list. But this one announces the details of our expected
DOCSIS 3.0 ("wideband") launch, which is a pretty big technological
change in the network, and offers much higher speeds initially, and the
promise of much higher speeds over time.
I also think it relates to some of the recent IP list discussion about
the state of the economy. The relation there is that the large majority
of our customer base will be getting double the speed they do today, at
no additional cost. :-) For example, a 6Mbps/1Mbps (down/up) customer
will go to 12Mbps/2Mbps, and an 8Mbps/2Mbps customer goes to
16Mbps/2Mbps.
As many people know, we're rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 starting now, through
2009, and into the early part of 2010. The nice thing about the network
is that once an area is upgraded to this new wideband technology it is
available to any of the homes we pass or serve.
-- Jason
News article regarding the announcement, from the city we tested D3 in @
http://www.startribune.com/business/31969339.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUgOahcc
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Official press release @
http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=8
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