> Comcast will begin rolling out the service next month in Atlanta, and plans to bring it to its other markets over time.
So it doesn't crush anything - it's not even out yet. And Comcast has to stop using data caps, before boasting with 2 gigabit plans. They are filthy hypocrites if they claim that 2 gigabits are possible, why capping their own users for monthly traffic.
On the bright side, without Google Fiber you'd never see Comcast even talking about anything like 2 gigabit plans. So thanks Google Fiber for giving them a kick.
Seriously, I live three hours away from Atlanta and have a 300GB cap. Fills quickly with multiple people in the same household. And don't even start on the misc charges I've had. I was just charged for a tv set top box that was delivered to my house a few days ago, never asked for it!
I applaud Fiber for forcing the competition to change. But this is far from any reason for me to consider comcast if alternatives are available.
It's called "fiber to the press release". And it's so disappointing so many "tech experts" seem to fall for it. but I guess that's what most tech experts do - live for the next press release and rumor[1]. I wonder what's the article he'll write when he finds out Google plans 10Gbit/s Internet [2].
It seems unlikely that Comcast's 2GB/s service in Atlanta will be anywhere near $400.
> Comcast hasn’t discussed pricing for its new service. The company’s XFINITY Extreme 505 service costs $399.95 per month and offers speeds of about half a gigabit. However, competition from Google Fiber, which is planned to expand into Atlanta, may drive down prices in some areas. We’ve already seen this from AT&T, which offers gigabit fiber connections for $70 a month in Austin, Texas, where it competes with Google Fiber, but $110 in Cupertino, where it doesn’t.[1]
So you can do what, download a movie in 5 seconds rather than 10? Nothing on pricing, nothing on bandwidth caps, and I'd expect it comes with Comcast's traditional customer "service". No thanks.
Click bait with misleading headline. A better headline would be "Comcast plans to roll out personal broadband service at a higher fraction of current business plans."
>"Comcast's new Internet service absolutely crushes Google's offering, with speeds twice as fast."
It won't be symmetric like Fiber, so it's going to be (at best) 2x download and probably 1/x upload. This speed also only appears to be coming to Atlanta in the near future.
>"For those who don't live in Atlanta, Comcast plans to offer 1Gbps plans to almost all of its Internet subscribers in 2016."
This is bigger news, though it's still quite far away and not only will this not "crush" Fiber, where available, but will be strictly worse since it isn't symmetric, features Comcast customer service, and will surely cost many times what Fiber does.
Google won..this was google's plan all along.... pose as a threat to the major teleco's, and force them to either get w/ the program and improve broadband speeds or don't and let them take of the broadband business. Though I still think comcast is evil, it will definitely move us towards an America where every home can receive Fiber if they desire.
So it doesn't crush anything - it's not even out yet. And Comcast has to stop using data caps, before boasting with 2 gigabit plans. They are filthy hypocrites if they claim that 2 gigabits are possible, why capping their own users for monthly traffic.
On the bright side, without Google Fiber you'd never see Comcast even talking about anything like 2 gigabit plans. So thanks Google Fiber for giving them a kick.