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I'm at ann's. she and steve have comcast for cable modem. it's so unbearably slow. how do people live like this? -- nm

Posted by the emerald city loves mandy lane (aka amanda) Mar 8 '09, 13:55

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Wait, what's faster than that? I'm on Comcast Cable Broadband and it seems fast enough. - JaxSean Mar 8, 14:13 1
- link -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 8, 14:14 [Image]
They promote that they have the fastest yadda yadda, but what they don't tell you is that the promotional bundle deal chokes the tap down to MB and... - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:10 3
- i'm trying to find comparisons between comcast and the new clear wimax. - reluctantcynic (en treo) Mar 8, 14:12 2
  - I am a huge believer in the future of clear wimax. I think it'll change (parts of) the world. -- nm - the emerald city loves mandy lane Mar 8, 14:37
  - This is wifi (shows a cupcake getting sprinkles on it) this is Mobile broadband (6 cupcakes with a few sprinkles) this is Clear(sprinkles everywhere) -- nm - Redmond Mar 8, 14:28
I love my Comcast internet. Best part of Comcast by far -- nm - amoxy Mar 8, 14:00
it ain't easy. my 'mobile broadband' in aus is only 700kbps at best. it's like living in the dark ages sometimes. - mafic Mar 8, 13:59
my parents went off dial up last year, and my father has had computers since they were first availible -- nm - peglegpete Mar 8, 13:59 2
- but they have cable modem here. this is not so relevant. -- nm - the emerald city loves mandy lane Mar 8, 14:08 1
  - my pare3nts could have had a cable connection a decade ago -- nm - peglegpete Mar 8, 14:12
What's the connection speed say? - Max Mar 8, 13:58 4
- 922. can I just go home now?? -- nm - the emerald city loves mandy lane Mar 8, 14:07 3
  - My comcast is showing 16megs download and 2 megs upload - amoxy Mar 8, 14:12 2
    - we must just have a crap connection here, then. I don't know. I'm just visiting. -- nm - the emerald city loves mandy lane Mar 8, 14:20 1
      - They're probably on an overloaded node. Comcast is notorious for doing that in cities, like Seattle. - Trish Mar 8, 17:23

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