I agree with Ben as I use it for my business and have yet to run into any issues. I'd recommend Comcast over AT&T and their high prices to anyone.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I am thinking of throwing a business class cable modem service at our > site > > for a backup connection in case the main goes out. > > We've been using Comcast Workplace or whatever they're calling it > now for about six months here in northern MA, US. It's been pretty > good to us. No noticed outages in that time. Pretty speedy. > $60/month for their middle tier. A single static IP address cost us > $5/month extra. I basically see it as cheap, disposable bandwidth -- > we just use it for web browsing traffic. For that, it's fine. Email > and VPN still come in through a symmetric, fixed-wireless feed from a > real ISP. > > "It's not that I like Comcast; it's just that I hate Verizon more." -- me > > > I think it's like 8Mbps/1Mbps. 16Mpbs with powerboost. > > The thing you have to realize with Comcast is the speeds they quote > you have only a vague link to reality. Our paperwork says 12M/2M on > one sheet, 6M/768k on another (and calls out "SpeedBoost" to 15M, so > it's not that). Nobody I talk to seems to be able to explain what's > what. And since they do not commit to give you *anything*, those > numbers don't really matter anyway. They could pass you through a 28k > modem and they'd still be fulfilling their contract. So as long > you're satisfied with "cheap, and fast for the money", they're good. > Our actual performance seems to be around 5M max (incoming) most of > the time. > > -- Ben > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
