Comcast Cable?

Post by **Denz** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:34 pm

Does anyone here have Comcast Cable for their Internet connection? If so how is their servce?

I'm thinking of switching over to Cable from my Wireless Connection. A new company took over my wireless service and they suck bad. I'm paying for 1.5mb connection and all I can get out of it is 640kbps and with one phone call they tell me it's on my end and that I should take appropriate action. But all was fine until they took over.

Post by **Ezekiel** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:58 pm

I may be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure that Comcast used to supply the cable connections to the Tees valley before NTL took over in the UK several years ago. I never had any problems with their service but I'll be the first to admit that I may be in the minority there.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:00 pm

I heard they suck.... But I have Adelphia Cable and heard they suck too. Cable is ok as long as there aren't too many people on it in your area and it does go down every once in awhile. My service is 1meg up/6 meg down and I get close to all of it. Comcast doesn't even offer those speeds in this area.

Post by **Denz** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:22 pm

I have been all over the internet and looking for reviews on Comcast.

What I have found was that I better stick with my provider. Hopefully they will speed up my connection soon so I'm getting what I pay for.

Post by **Denz** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:22 pm

Oh by the way, thank you for your replies.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:30 pm

There's no way to tell for sure without trying it, or talking to someone else in your neighborhood who has it, because it can differ greatly from one area to the next.

I have comcast now; I have 4 megs down and 768 up, and I get every bit of it all the time.

But I also had it in a different house, different neighborhood, a couple years ago and it wasn't that good.

Your best bet would be to find somebody who lives near you who has it, and see what they have to say about it.

Post by **Denz** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:43 pm

Ok, good point. I will have to try that. Thanks man.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:47 pm

Anybody heard about this?

I live in a house with 50+ apartments, I guess you call them condos.

I have a 2048/512 DSL service, yet I'm getting no more than 1500. Apparently the reason for this is that the lines in my house disturb each other.

Yet all the telecom-companies prance about advertising their 4000+ services for my area, the cocks.

Post by **Underpants?** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:06 pm

I have heard of that Splish it's not uncommon, especially if the houses are wired with category 3 or shittier.
I had comcast for over 4 years at 2 different locations with no troubles at all other than the price. I switched only when DSL 8 MB became available for $34 / mo.

Post by **shaft** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:37 pm

My comcast has always been great. IP's are pretty much static.

Last Result:
Download Speed: 8200 kbps (1025 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 716 kbps (89.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Post by **-SKID-** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:13 am

Thats what I have over here in West Valley Denz. Its not bad. Great download speeds. 6mb I think now, but the upload still sux ass. 256k up :\ Also every once in a while, it will run slowly. Dont know if thats cause a ton of people are on it or what. But most of the time its good. There was however for a month, it ran shit, pinged horribly in servers, and they kept saying it was on my end. But it wasnt. Other than that, its good.

Post by **Denz** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:09 am

-SKID- wrote:Thats what I have over here in West Valley Denz. Its not bad. Great download speeds. 6mb I think now, but the upload still sux ass. 256k up :\ Also every once in a while, it will run slowly. Dont know if thats cause a ton of people are on it or what. But most of the time its good. There was however for a month, it ran shit, pinged horribly in servers, and they kept saying it was on my end. But it wasnt. Other than that, its good.

I was hoping you would reply to this thread You live really close to me so whatever you get I would prolly get the same too.

I wasn't too happy with the upload speeds either, that's really what's holding me back in trying to decide going with comcast.

Thx bud.

Post by **bitWISE** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:15 am

I've never used comcast but roadrunner has been great.

Post by **tnf** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:16 am

Comcast has been fantastic for me.

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:52 am

Works great for me, but my pings kinda suck averaging 90-100.

Post by **Sanction** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:21 am

Its hit or miss, depending on the size of the area. They tend to favor the better paying areas with more/better technicians and faster response times to outages. In the bigger areas they'll use more Comcast techs rather than fuckup contractors, at least, that's what I remember when I worked there.

Post by **Grandpa Stu** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:26 am

i've got comcast here. they're pretty good. once in a blue moon things get a little iffy but it's nothing to lose sleep over. one thing is for sure it's a hell of a lot better than at&t, which it was before comcast took things over. their customer service has actually been very helpful and suportive whenever we have issues.

but like everyone else had said, depends on your area.

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