http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/ Engadget Comments for Sony Style Comcast Labs opens to show off future of high-speed internet http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
...yea, no Tivo for me in Seattle either.]]>Mar 16th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/comcast-begins-long-awaited-rollout-of-tivo-set-top-box/]]>Mar 16th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/and I'll try to get some Pics too :)]]>Mar 16th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
Whats that going to cost per month? $250.99.
Pffft.]]>Mar 16th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
In Seattle right now Comcast offers the following: (Per Month)
Up to 15Mbps - $42.95
Up to 20Mbps - $52.95
Up to 30Mbps - $62.95
Up to 50Mbps - $142.95


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Id rather have 5Mbps with no cap then 500Mbps with a cap]]>Mar 16th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
Seriously, if they want to impress me, they should have HD channels that aren't combressed to shit. Battlestar Gallactica on SciFi HD looks like 8-Bit era Mario it is so blocky.]]>Mar 16th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/I think we all prefer not to.]]>Mar 16th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
Disclaimer: I work for Comcast so please feel free to flame me as well as my employer. I also realize few people, if any, will come forth in agreement for fear of being eaten alive by the trolls but we all know there's millions of satisfied customers because if there weren't, Comcast wouldn't be in business anymore. Simple economics. And don't start whining about monopolies because Comcast has been getting smacked around by the FCC and dealing with competition from private cable operators, LEC's and satellite for years. Everyone has choices and many of them choose Comcast because they provide a superior service, even though it may not be en-vogue to admit it.]]>Mar 16th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
I love how you talk of comcast like its a company you own. But its cool, people do not care about the struggles of "comcast", all we care about is a service that is reliable and beneficial to us.]]>Mar 16th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Hong Kong have just 7 million people but every ISPs are providing 100mb connections at 1/8 the price of Comcast. With 200mb connections less than 2x the price of 100mbs.

Ironicly, $1 USD is around $8HKD, so the numbers after the dollar sign is the same.

Let alone Japan or South Korea.
Even at locations that does not have FTTH, that do 30mb ]]>Mar 16th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
But other than that, they're fine.]]>Mar 16th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/Mar 16th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/sony-style-comcast-labs-opens-to-show-off-future-of-high-speed-i/
In fact, I don't have another option for broadband in my area. No private cable operators have access to the cable. Comcast has a government-sanctioned monopoly here (I'm also in Seattle) I have tried to switch but my neighborhood is 'zoned for Comcast.' Sure everyone has options, but only if you count dial-up modems and satellite dishes.

I am forced to pay Comcast for internet and TV like millions of "satisfied customers" (read hapless suckers). I'm not just flaming Comcast because they're big, but because their technology and policies suck. For example:

The set-top boxes suck bigtime. AND, I have to rent, I can't buy one. I've already paid for it once over but I'm still renting it.

I can't record anything with this box, something a $30 video card in my old Dell computer could do 6 years ago. It doesn't have to be fancy-pants TiVo. I prefer El Gato anyway. There are plenty of companies to provide this technology.

If I have to unplug it the channels won't show up for a good 30 to 60 minutes. I can order a pizza, eat it, and pass it in that time.

I watch Comedy Central and some NBC. Before Hulu I had to pay $45 more to get 60 channels so I could watch me some goddamn Jon Stewart. I ended up saving 2 months to bribe the cable guy instead.

Superior service, indeed.

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