http://gigaom.com/2006/02/03/broadband-the-bright-spot-for-comcast/ The Business of Technology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:02:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2006/02/03/broadband-the-bright-spot-for-comcast/#comment-44220 Jonathan Hirshon Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:43:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/02/03/broadband-the-bright-spot-for-comcast/#comment-44220 <p>I recently subscribed to Comcast HD and 8 MBPS broadband when my DirecTV receiver fried - boy was THAT a mistake. I pinged several different speed tests and the best connection speed I ever received was 2.4 MBPS - and that dropped to 512 KBPS at 8:00 PM. Between that and the video glitches and poor A to D conversion on my Moto settop box, and the truly heinous DVR softwaew, I switched back to DirecTV (HD, with Tivo) 2 days later. Thankfully, I kept my SBC DSL and am now happily humming along at a CONSISTENT 2.3 MBPS.</p> I recently subscribed to Comcast HD and 8 MBPS broadband when my DirecTV receiver fried - boy was THAT a mistake. I pinged several different speed tests and the best connection speed I ever received was 2.4 MBPS - and that dropped to 512 KBPS at 8:00 PM. Between that and the video glitches and poor A to D conversion on my Moto settop box, and the truly heinous DVR softwaew, I switched back to DirecTV (HD, with Tivo) 2 days later. Thankfully, I kept my SBC DSL and am now happily humming along at a CONSISTENT 2.3 MBPS.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/02/03/broadband-the-bright-spot-for-comcast/#comment-44218 Rajesh Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:03:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/02/03/broadband-the-bright-spot-for-comcast/#comment-44218 <p>Oh Crap! Here comes the price hike.</p> Oh Crap! Here comes the price hike.

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