Comments on: Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos

By: fastmetrics

fastmetrics — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:26:36 +0000

Our service offers up to 250mbps UP & DOWN.

This is fiber internet, or Metro Area Ethernet, which is installed directly into your office or building.

Of course, the price is higher.

Unlimited bandwidth, no more waiting for uploads / downloads, connect offices & remote workers.

By: 100 Mbps Broadband: Can it Happen By 2020?

100 Mbps Broadband: Can it Happen By 2020? — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:40:19 +0000

[...] Broadband services have a way of leapfrogging each other in small increments. One providers offers 10 Mbps downstream speeds and 2 Mbps upstream speeds, and another comes out with a 12 Mbps/3 Mbps plan. The recession seems to have slowed this trend, and some cities have not seem the fierce competition that parts of California and New England have due to their comparatively high population densities. In fact, some major markets are still being served by providers offering broadband limited in performance to 10 Mbps downstream speeds or less due to the lack of infrastructure investment. At the same time companies such as Verizon offer blazing fast FiOS services with 50 Mbps downstream speeds and Comcast has even started deploying services with 100 Mbps downstream speeds. [...]

By: A guide to understanding DOCSIS and cable modems.

A guide to understanding DOCSIS and cable modems. — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:17:38 +0000

[...] of performance possibilities, a great example of which is the 100 Mbps DOCSIS 3.x service available Comcast is offering business customers in selected areas. Of course, a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem with 4 channel support [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:39:07 +0000

On a case by case basis Comcast can be as or far less reliable than a T1 depending on the age of the node and other environmental factors of the plant(bad engineering, cold weather, injected noise from another user,ect) however I just got the 100×15 for our company mainly for the just the 15×15 baseline and have it paired up with a DSL from the local Telco for redundancy. We use Edgedirector.com to dynamically monitor our dual links and adjust DNS accordingly in under 60 seconds should one link fail. For $450 bucks a month(Comcast + DSL) I have a 99.9% uptime solution for 1/6th the price of Telco bonded T1’s The commenter about any major business needing T1’s hasten done their homework.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:14:09 +0000

These speeds are all wonderful and fine but until these “business” packages start offering the corresponding business class SLA, T1′s will stay the norm for any legitimate company that can’t afford downtime.

By: John Bartell

John Bartell — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:34:37 +0000

The end of expensive T1 data service is nigh. T1s were created to carry voice, not data. A new era (dominated by data, not voice) is here.

By: Comcast Offers Businesses 100 Mbps Internet Service | Broadband Laptops

Comcast Offers Businesses 100 Mbps Internet Service | Broadband Laptops — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:55:24 +0000

[...] Gigaom reported that the broadband service will cost businesses $369.95 per month. Posted in Bundles, Providers • Tags: broadband bundle, broadband service, comcast, comcast bundle, comcast docsis, docsis, high speed broadband, high speed internet, laptop broadband, wideband • Top Of Page [...]

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:03:24 +0000

$369.95 per month a whopping fee? That’s 3.70 Per megabit delivered to your location. That’s incredibly cheap. If a customer maxes that 100mbit out 24/7 they would be a losing money customer for Comcast. Can’t even get $3.70 from Cogent ( the Wak-mart of bandwidth) on such a small commit when taking your traffic yourself to them, let alone them building out to you for that price like Comcast is.

By: jd

jd — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:03:33 +0000

Whopping? 15 x 15mbps metro ethernet is easily $1,000/month.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:00:16 +0000

Stacey – How is it that $3.70/b is a “whopping fee” for a commercial IA service? I would imagine there is a long line of customers willing to pay that charge compared to their current rates from the telcos. Does GigaOM Enterprises pay a lower rate for its transit?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:54:06 +0000

Calling $369.95 per month “a whopping fee” is a bit much — it’s in line with telco pricing for a 1.5 mbps T1 line, with 10x the upstream speed (and 70x downstream). I’d say it’s a pretty good deal. Clearly, it would be pricey for a consumer service, but that’s not what’s on offer here (as you note, there’s no data cap).

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:45:28 +0000

Why was I hearing that only the great FIOS could provide these types of speeds. It appears that Comcast network is plenty capable of competing in this speed range.

By: Ian L

Ian L — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:38:09 +0000

Here’s the thing: Comcast’s Minneapolis market ALONE is larger in size than the entire population of Slovenia. It’s about one-third the size of Sweden.

Comcast has more internet customers than the entire population of both of the mentioned countries, COMBINED, probably spread over a larger land area than both countries COMBINED, by a large amount.

By the end of next year 100% of these customers will have access to 22/5 speeds for a reasonable amount, 50/10 for a half-absurd amount and 100/15 for about the price of a 1.5 Mbit T1 of yore. Sounds pretty good if you ask me, considering Comcast has received $0 in government money (if you have fiber in Europe, it’s probably subsidized heavily by the government…I know this is true iin Sweden).

Also, how fast is your 100 Mbit connection down and 10 Mbit up to a location 1000 miles away? Comcast has enough of a backbone that I can max out a Comcast 50 Mbps connection as long as the server on the other end of the pipe has the capacity.

That said, I’d LOVE to have 50 Mbps symmetric fiber for $58 like they have in Lafayette, LA. Heck, 20/20 for $60 would be fine. But, all things considered, Comcast is setting the bar prety high with a 100 Mbps conection that will be available wherever their services are sold, though Cablevisio’s 101/15 tier for $100 is more to my liking and I’d rather have 25 Mbps symmetric than 100 down and 15 up.

By: George

George — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:32:40 +0000

…and Canada is falling behind the US…even sadder.

By: knc

knc — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:48:24 +0000

Wow USA is falling behind Slovenia…sad.

By: Janez

Janez — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:26:37 +0000

Here in Slovenia, 100M/10M costs 20 EUR per month. No transfer limits.