Comcast at 16mbps
Doug posted in Recommendations on February 22nd, 2008
On the phone with Comcast yesterday I found out that I was at an 8mbps plan, but a 16mbps plan was available for the same price “in my area” (zip or city, don’t know). This is not information that’s shared on their website, nor have I seen it publicized in any flier or other mailing. I was already paying $10 more to get to 8 (from 6), but it turns out that this same $10 could give me a solid 16mbps connection. So I asked them to switch me for no cost and they did. Just tested, and sure enough, I downloaded a 700meg file at a consistent 2 MB /sec – all done in about 3 minutes. The “speed boost” jumps it to downloading around 4 MB sec for the first 60 megs or so. If you have Comcast (and especially if you’re already paying more for faster service), might want to check.