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That is ludicrously expensive.

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That is ludicrously expensive.

 

That is very fast, it is 2 gigbyte. They probably will speed up their other plans. I bought blast plan when it was 50mbps now its 175.

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Saw this comcast will be offering internet 2 gigabit up and down. There is no bandwidth cap the service will be $299.95 monthly, modem lease will be 19.95 an activation fee of $500 and $500 installation with 2 year contract. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6FsKKR8UaMgNE5KdFdLMzRqQjA/view?usp=sharing

I really wish google would put more time and $ into fiber, we need their prices bad

 

 

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Mean while at google 

  • 1 Gigabit Internet: $70/month ($300 construction fee waived)

To bad it's only available in certain cities  :(

i live somewhat close to one of the areas they're gonna bring it to: san jose. but not close enough. though i do plan to go to college there

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I really wish google would put more time and $ into fiber, we need their prices bad

 

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I really wish google would put more time and $ into fiber, we need their prices bad

if google or even fios would expand more it could force comcast to lower prices but that will not happen till they don't  have to. I think $150 for a 2 gig connection is fair at this point and lower is always better but they will not drop price when they have no one to challenge...

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That is very fast, it is 2 gigbyte. They probably will speed up their other plans. I bought blast plan when it was 50mbps now its 175.

2 gigabit*. Not byte. It would be 250 megabytes. Since 2000/8=250. Still, very fast.

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That is ludicrously expensive.

Besides the monthly cost its 1k to just get it up and running :(

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That is very fast, it is 2 gigbyte. They probably will speed up their other plans. I bought blast plan when it was 50mbps now its 175.

2 gigabit. Still insane compared to Google's gigabit pricing.

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2 gigabit*. Not byte. It would be 250 megabytes. Since 2000/8=250. Still, very fast.

For $300/month? I don't think so.

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That is very fast, it is 2 gigbyte. They probably will speed up their other plans. I bought blast plan when it was 50mbps now its 175.

nothing has been said and they just raised their blast from 50 to 150 so I don't think they will make any other changes this year but never say never...

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For $300/month? I don't think so.

I think it's reasonable.

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2 gigabit*. Not byte. It would be 250 megabytes. Since 2000/8=250. Still, very fast.

It's 2048/8 = 256mb/s

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so much whining in one thread if you cant afford it then its not for you. Comcast doesnt pull fuber out of their behinds let alone the cost of trenching plus upgrades to data centres thats dirt cheap. where i am from 1gbps uncapped unshaped, uncontended ftth is 6000 dollars and you also need to be 800m from a dark fibre line. A 100 mbps symmetrical fibre cost 400 dollars. I always facepalm when americans complain about prices as i have said if you cant afford it then its not for you its like saying koenigseg is overpriced.

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It's 2048/8 = 256mb/s

No it's not ffs. GB means 1000 MB, GiB means 1024 MiB. Gigabytes(GB) are not the same as gibibytes(GiB), megabytes(MB) are not the same as mibibytes(MiB), and so on.

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1 gbps symmetrical uncapped, uncontended fibre costs 6000 dollars in my country and you guys are complaining about 2gbps at 300 dollars. [enter gear 5] gomu gomu nomi bazooka facepalm.

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Saw this comcast will be offering 2 gigabit internet, up and down. There is no bandwidth cap the service will be $299.95 monthly, modem lease will be 19.95 an activation fee of $500 and $500 installation with 2 year contract. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6FsKKR8UaMgNE5KdFdLMzRqQjA/view?usp=sharing

So Comcast will be offering 2gig internet connections on the 12th of August? What year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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inb4 bottlenecks on networking equipment of people that buy it.

I'd assume most people willing to spend $300/mo for internet would already have a pretty impressive network setup. They'd probably only need a new router. Though the fact that in their promotional material they're talking about WiFi is a bit weird......

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