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8/6/12 at 12:20am

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Wish we had FiOS or something faster then Cox

But Cox served me well better the CenturyLink.

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8/6/12 at 1:31am

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And all of this because they have Google Fiber slowly expanding through the territory with speeds that usually come at 10X their offerings at lower price points...

Let the fear and the hate flow through you...

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8/6/12 at 1:55am

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Been waiting for this.

I am in Southern New Hampshire and the Comcast website said we are part of the upgrade.

But nothing yet...nothing yet.

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8/6/12 at 4:52am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Been waiting for this.
I am in Southern New Hampshire and the Comcast website said we are part of the upgrade.
But nothing yet...nothing yet.

im in nashua and i got the upgrade.

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8/6/12 at 5:42am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Been waiting for this.
I am in Southern New Hampshire and the Comcast website said we are part of the upgrade.
But nothing yet...nothing yet.

Just count yourself lucky you aren't aussie...

And that is considered pretty quick......
Edited by Nemesiswho - 8/6/12 at 5:45am

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8/6/12 at 5:45am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nemesiswho

Just count yourself lucky you aren't aussie...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2104235907.png
And that is considered pretty quick......

i had .75/.75 in my last place lol.

also according to that speed test it says you are faster than only 53% so it sounds like a lot of people have faster than that there?

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8/6/12 at 6:11am

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my comcast speeds just increased I noticed last week, I was getting like 32mb/s down and 6up, now its 53 down and 11 up.

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8/6/12 at 6:13am

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Meh, Comcast released the 300GB bandwidth cap in Tennessee a couple of days ago. Netflix and other streaming content being used throughout the house RAPES the 300GB hard.

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Meh, Comcast released the 300GB bandwidth cap in Tennessee a couple of days ago. Netflix and other streaming content being used throughout the house RAPES the 300GB hard.

pretty sure right now they are just testing different options

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Blindsay

pretty sure right now they are just testing different options

What do you mean?

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