Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds::Comcast says Xfinity offers 10G home internet, but the term “10G” is hazy and potentially misleading—especially because it has no relation to 5G for cell phones.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Even when they use industry-standard terms, like Mbps, they don’t even advertise their upload speed (because it is piss-poor).

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      I’m at up to 250mbps down and 10mbps up for $90 usd a month. In fairness though I do see that max speed, and even a bit over it regularly.

      There is a local Power company around here that started running fiber to their service area, but sadly I am not in it so I am stuck with ComCrap

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        1 year ago

        I just left their service. I was at 1000 Mbps / 20 Mbps (typically around 850 Mbps / 18 Mbps due to equipment) with unlimited data for $120 a month. Such a waste.

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          1 year ago

          I wish I could, but they are the only high speed around me unless I go with LTE, which can be spotty and is more expensive for slower speeds.

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        1 year ago

        I will say I think I’m till in an intro price. But I’m at $60 for 800 down and I think 20 up

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            1 year ago

            Holy shit lol If mine goes up to that I’ll be canceling and making a new account under my SOs name lol. I have my own modem so it would be really simple to switch over lol

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      1 year ago

      I had someone come to me and ask why they were struggling to upload videos to YouTube despite having a slew of expensive gaming and recording equipment. I had to tell them their only option was to hope that Comcast actually honors their advertised up speed for their business lines and to pay for that.

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      Most people don’t even understand mbps. People get the most expensive plans when it won’t even make a difference for what they do, they just believe it will work better.