Comcast announces 2Gbps internet service

[CaliJL]

"One way to answer critics and competitors alike is to simply do better, and for once Comcast is doing exactly that. The US cable giant is today announcing a new 2Gbps broadband service, which it will start rolling out in Atlanta from next month. There's no price yet, but Comcast says it will be symmetrical — meaning you'll upload just as quickly as you can download — and it won't be limited "just to certain neighborhoods."

 

"Comcast plans to expand to other cities beyond Atlanta and will cover as many as 18 million American homes by the end of 2015. For much broader gigabit coverage, the company also says it's working on a 1Gbps service — matching the speed of Google Fiber — for 2016, which it says will be able to connect "almost every customer in our footprint."

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/2/8330267/comcast-2gbps-gigabit-pro-broadband

 

Update: 

 Comcast VP of internet sales states that there will not be any data caps the 2gbps service, as for the price

Comcast's previously fastest tier was its 505 Mbps down, 65 Mbps up "Extreme 505" coaxial/fiber hybrid service. That service costs users $400 a month, features a $1,000 early termination fee, a $250 activation fee and a $250 installation fee. The Comcast bleeding edge certainly isn't cheap, so it will be interesting to see if Google Fiber applies some downward pricing pressure.

Source: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-to-Offer-2-Gbps-to-18-Million-Homes-By-Years-End-133201

[RedSphyxis]

And I'm sitting here with a 10Mbps connection

 

hahhaha  :lol: 3rdworldproblems

[flibberdipper]

Gimme. 100/10 is not fast enough.

[silberdrachi]

1gbps = Arm & leg

2gbps = Immortal soul

 

50 down is good enough for me, just fix your damn upload speeds

[CommandMan7]

 

 

matching the speed of Google Fiber — for 2016, which it says will be able to connect "almost every customer in our footprint."

 

Just switched to comcast, I want to believe this statement so much...

[mikeeginger]

Until they  throttle the traffic on any thing that isn't their services 

[TheKDub]

I'll take it as long as the reliability is high and the cost is low.

Guess its good that I just got a new router (ASUS RT-AC66U)

[mikeeginger]

Dam lag  sorry for the double  post 

[Jeroen1322]

Mmm they posted it april 2nd... They must have forgotten to upload it yesterday

[Redsun20]

FIRST, I WANT WIRED INTERNET BECAUSE WIRELESS SUCKS. THEN GIVE ME 2GB/S!!!!

[CtW]

And it'll only cost you $1000000 dollars per month with a 30 GB data cap!

[Redsun20]

And it'll only cost you $1000000 dollars per month with a 30 GB data cap!

NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!

[Oshino Shinobu]

Wish companies would concentrate on raising the speeds on a wide area, rather than just making super fast connections in one or two places that cost a lot and no one is really going to need. 

[CaliJL]

Just switched to comcast, I want to believe this statement so much...

I have TWC, and they also promised the LA area gigabit internet by 2016.

[Trik'Stari]

I'm waiting for the little asterisk with a footnote saying

 

"ultra high speeds only available for comcast internet services"

[Dabombinable]

Aren't they struggling enough to get 10/1 speeds constant already? Without going for 2Gbit?

[xnoobftw]

And I'm sitting here with a 10Mbps connection

 

hahhaha  :lol: 3rdworldproblems

Im sitting on 10Mbps too.... Im in singapore

#Poorpeopleproblems

[JAKEBAB]

I'm curious how there going to do this since AFAIK g.fast has a limit of 1gbps and that's only if you have like a 100m cable run from a node

[Deserter15]

They struggle to give me consistent internet, let alone the speed I'm supposed to have.  This seems very April Fools like to me.

[Deserter15]

They struggle to give me consistent internet, let alone the speed I'm supposed to have.  This seems very April Fools like to me.

[RH00D]

See what competition does folks? I recall a year or two ago Comcast or TWC was saying that there is literally "no demand" for 1 Gbps Internet and that's why they weren't offering it. But here we are today, they say they're bringing out 2 Gbps.

 

Although I don't trust them enough that it'll be as good as they claim. I won't be surprised if they're going to grease it with some absurd terms and conditions.

[terrytek]

I'll pay anybody to share their internet, from anybody in Atlanta.

[Thony]

2Gigabit down = HDD bottlenecking haha

Every topic about internet speed makes me wanna move out and find a place where I will have 100/10

[DEDRICK]

Gimme. 100/10 is not fast enough.

 Please, I have 100/5 come at me

[Sladerz]

What they forgot to mention is that they "oversold their bandwidth" and in reality your only getting 20mbps