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Comcast's New Internet Service Crushes Google Fiber

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> 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.

Agreed. Also "twice" isn't really impressive in most technology. If it was an order of magnitude then "crush" might be more appropriate to use here.

For Comcast which has the worst ISP reputation it can be impressive. As long as they'll actually roll it out everywhere for prices below $100.

Which they won't. It's $400.

Then they should get lost together with their PR talk.

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]

1. http://www.wired.com/2015/04/comcast-says-itll-bring-ultra-f...

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].

[1] - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140307/04485626475/weve-...

[2] - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2453466,00.asp

Also this "crushing" service costs 6x more than Google Fiber, so I doubt too many regular users would pay for it, if any.

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.

...why do I get the feeling that they're only selling 'up to' 2 gigabit?

In all seriousness, this is a good thing.

Two key points:

1) no comment on cost (personally I don't need 2x as fast if it is 10x the price) 2) it it isn't actually available anywhere yet

In other words, hold onto your butts.

It's $400. Google Fiber is $70.

Lovely bet on 2 vs 1 gbps: the usual consumer won't have 10GbE to take advantage of the extra speed.

Looking forward to hitting my bandwidth cap in under 5 minutes.

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