Comcast to offer Extreme 105Mbps broadband package starting in June?

We've had the megahertz and megapixels races, now how about a megabits per second contest? A Comcast customer has posted a note from his latest bill online, showing a new Extreme 105 service that will purportedly be launching on June 1. You'll need to obtain an Arris WBM760 cable modem to make it work, while also ponying up $249 for installation and $200 each month thereafter, but such is the price for sailing in the mostly unexplored 105Mbps downstream and 10Mbps upstream currents. Guess that will have to do until Google rolls out that gigabit fiber network later this year.

[jon Posted May 26th 2010 10:09AM]

@malexandria1

Now we're talking simple math.

20 episodes x 45min/each = 15 hours per season
x 5 seasons = 75 hours
x1GB per hour = nowhere near 250GB

[polter Posted May 26th 2010 10:22AM]

@jon Sure, but will caps be lifted to a higher lever as technology progresses and requires more data?

[jon Posted May 26th 2010 3:35PM]

@polter

Unfortunately, not until Comcast and others are forced to raise them.

Also unfortunately, even with HD Streaming and HD video conferencing, I don't see the average user being bothered by a 250GB cap any time soon.

[ttringle Posted May 26th 2010 9:37AM]

Yeah, I know more than almost every single cable installer I have ever met and I will not be paying $249 for them to come in my apartment, look at my setup and get confused and then call the office for 2 hours. Not gonna happen.

[jon Posted May 26th 2010 9:38AM]

Or, you could get a 20Mbit commercial account with no cap and QoS priority for half that.

[Zhuzhu Posted May 26th 2010 9:44AM]

Great... Lets you hit the 250GB cap that much faster. The three times I did that (before switching to FiOS), Comcast suspended my account without warning and required a time-comsuming series of phone calls (and several days of no service each time) to get it activated again.

Comcast can burn in hell.

[big nazty Posted May 26th 2010 9:56AM]

i got time warner cable road runner turbo boost its around 69$ am month im suppose to get 12mbps but i peak around 30mb sometimes but upload is horrible in easter usa in north carolina i get close to under half a mb of upload speed i want to move away from this bitch lol

[toonces Posted May 26th 2010 9:58AM]

I have a 100Mbps symmetrical service for $45/month (no caps).

Yay, Japan!

[HYBRiS Posted May 26th 2010 11:10AM]

@toonces
Got 100/100Mbit full duplex in Sweden for $20 a month. Optical fibre with static IP. No cap. No startup fee.

[Slayer84 Posted May 26th 2010 9:58AM]

Try 5Mbps up/ 1 Mbps down for 40usd in Covington, KY. Cincinnati bell zoomtown dsl. They don't offer fiber in my area and although they say they're expanding it they won't say when, if ever it will reach me. FML

[arkweld Posted May 26th 2010 9:59AM]

I'm already paying a quarter of that price for a tenth of the service thanks to the luddites at Time Warner Cable.

Complain all you want Comcast users, but at least you are getting the option of faster speeds.

[sroach23 Posted May 26th 2010 10:22AM]

comcast sucks, that is all.

[vpr0 Posted May 26th 2010 10:25AM]

I rather have 35/35 Verizon FIOS even though it's not $35 for 100Mbit like those Europeans get :/

[gentlefury Posted May 26th 2010 10:34AM]

So a company that blocks torrents (even legal ones) is going to offer super fast data.....why? What's the point? Nothing on the Internet is that big...my 14mbps rate handles everything fine. It will prolly still only have 1mbps up, which makes even more insulting.

[deann Posted May 26th 2010 11:37AM]

@gentlefury I have never once had difficulty downloading a torrent on Comcast.

[The Albatross Posted May 26th 2010 10:36AM]

$200mo? Damn.

I have Charter 60 Mbps, some shitty upstream, but my bill w/ cable TV is like $120/mo total, so it can't be more than like $60 or $70.

[gab1707 Posted May 26th 2010 10:41AM]

and im stuck with 5Mbps/512kbps for $80 (Puerto Rico) :(

[BradleyF81 Posted May 26th 2010 10:47AM]

Pass. The price is too stupidly high for what they're offering. They have to bring service and prices into line with what's available in other first-world countries.

[Agrabren Posted May 26th 2010 10:50AM]

I've got 107Mbps at home (residential service) and it's only $107/month (although that's bundle pricing, I also have phone and cable) via Suddenlink.

[Agrabren Posted May 26th 2010 10:51AM]

@Agrabren, Oh, and no installation fee or anything. I just had to swing by to pick up a new modem.

[aaargh Posted May 26th 2010 11:10AM]

@Agrabren

Same here, 120/10 for EUR 66,50 which includes TV and phone. They have some big balls asking these kinds of prices.

[HYBRiS Posted May 26th 2010 11:08AM]

*yawn*
We've had these speeds since the ninetees here in Europe. Even in full duplex. You americans bore me :S

[deann Posted May 26th 2010 11:38AM]

Rude?

[Rahabib Posted May 26th 2010 11:26AM]

what they dont tell you is that its really only 12mb the rest is powerboosted for 2 seconds.

[deann Posted May 26th 2010 11:36AM]

Comcast has been advertising the hell out of their new Xfinity service here in the Miami area. I have no plans on upgrading, my internet flies the way it is now.

...I have to admit though, they've got cool commercials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDTMnU_5bko

[xDRAN0x Posted May 26th 2010 11:40AM]

I think the most outrageous thing about this news its the service's mandatory installation fees. It's just a normal cable modem with nothing more complex than an older D1.0 or D2.0 cable modem. Takes approx. 30s to install, max.

[spin cycle Posted May 26th 2010 11:53AM]

I have a DOCSIS 3.0 modem (Motorola) and they say I can't use it? There's money down the tubes. Oh well.

[kenny goo Posted May 26th 2010 12:00PM]

Not to be a dick, but the New York area has had Optimum Online Ultra since May of last year. 101Mbps.

[alext Posted May 26th 2010 12:01PM]

at 105Mbps & 250GB cap, you can download 24/7 @ the maximum rate
250000MB/(10MBs*3600s) = 6.94 days

wow, a whooping 7 days then the other 3 weeks or so, use NetZero dialup.

freaking give me a break with that stupid cap rate. We're moving in the opposite direction of broadband compare to the rest of the world. Where is the FCC when we need them?

[Peter F Posted May 26th 2010 3:03PM]

@alext
Your math is way off. If this had a 250GB cap. you could hit it in just 5.5 hours.
This does not have a 250GB cap though, and if your math was correct, I don't think being able to max out a connection for 7 full days of the month is bad.

[Slayer84 Posted May 26th 2010 3:04PM]

@alext
why would you need to download anything 24/7? What could you possibly be doing, legally, to need to do that? Just use the Internet like a normal person and you won't get it turned off. All the torrentors just need to be honest about what they're doing. It's stealing. I don't want to hear any other bs excuse. Getting down off my soapbox now.

[adilly Posted May 26th 2010 12:02PM]

Nice! AND its from the company that has been looked into by the FCC for slowing people down when they use to much bandwidth! Spending 200+ a month is a pretty good deal when you consider that you don't know what speed your internet is coming in at! yay!

[Hexen302 Posted May 26th 2010 12:08PM]

Well I guess I'll have to stay with my 14.4 dial
up modem :). Naa Brighhouse here in Orlando is about to roll out "wideband" aka Roadrunner Lightning 40d/4u. With my bundle package it will be about $50 a month.

[MisturSrs Posted May 26th 2010 12:11PM]

Wow maybe if I buy this I'll get the advertised speed on their $50 plan!

[tkuhl87 Posted May 26th 2010 12:21PM]

yes...I want to fork out tons of cash for lightning fast downloads so I can download torrents really fast only to have Comcast call me and tell me to stop, because torrents are evil.

[lietu Posted May 26th 2010 12:27PM]

Jesus that's expensive, we get 200/10Mbit cable for 54.90€/month in Finland... Also, the cable modem has WLAN, is free, comes home delivered and it will be installed for you...

[chaboud Posted May 26th 2010 12:38PM]

With their new service, you can hit the ban cap in just under five and a half hours.

Awesome.

[gatorduck Posted May 26th 2010 12:52PM]

man im the biggest sucker out there, I pay $45 for 5Mbps, can I move to one of you european peeps homes, I also here korean internet is the best, I used to have kickass internet while in Japan, I paid like $20 for 30Mbps, which is awesome.

[LittleB Posted May 26th 2010 1:07PM]

$200 USD per month for 100Mbps is really crazy. Why states lack so behind for broadband Internet access?

I paid just $13 USD for 100Mbps...

[cdubc2012 Posted May 26th 2010 1:50PM]

@LittleB

Because there is a lot of corporate graft here, and they hide behind their "free market" lackies to justify non-interference.

[Axtell Posted May 26th 2010 1:08PM]

There is no need for this, and anyone who spends $200 a month for an internet connection has a problem.

The fact comcast would offer this but at the same time blocking P2P sites, being opposed to net neutrality, AND having a monthly cap is hilarious.

[mateo124 Posted May 26th 2010 1:29PM]

Jesus Christ they make my 15mbs look so slow

[ShadowGod Posted May 26th 2010 1:33PM]

Ridiculous.

I'll stick with my Cablevision Optimum Online Ultra at 101/15 for $99 a month with no bandwidth caps thank you very much.

[Diversion Posted May 26th 2010 2:23PM]

There is no 250gig cap on the 50meg internet package (that I currently have and pay for). I've downloaded over a terabyte in under a month with no consequences nor a phone call or anything. It seems Comcast realizes how easy it is to get past 250gigs a month and just lets it slide when you're paying $99 a month for internet alone. I couldn't justify $199 a month though, that's ridiculous.

[oliverssa Posted May 26th 2010 5:43PM]

In Brazil, GVT has already those speeds and is about USD 300!

Optical and 100/10Mbits! Very nice!

[Dirtball Rotten Posted May 26th 2010 7:36PM]

lol this is funny bc if the heading read FIOS 105mbps in june for 199.00 everyone here would be talking about how great it is and how they gonna get it.

fact is maybe .00008 % of home internet subscribers will pay for this. none of us here would. its mainly for businesses. no none needs that much speed at their home.

i know no one wants to hear it but its true...

[Dirtball Rotten Posted May 26th 2010 7:38PM]

now that "Comcast 2 go" svc.. maybe is whats good. its home internet and a 3g wireless modem for your laptop for about 60.00

3g/4g modem & home svc for about 74.00

now thats what we here would be interested in.