Friday, March 21, 2008

Comcast CV Internet Special Deal????????

I have Bell South Ultra 1.5Mbps/256Kbps. Is the CV 19.95 internet deal faster than what I have ? I understand the Comcast deal costs 24.95 after 1 year. Mike

Posted by Mike at 3/21/2008 06:54:00 PM

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14 comments:

Topper said...

Hi Mike. A neighbor of mine just signed up for the Comcast this week and got the fast one for $24 a month for 6 months.
After the 6 months it goes up to $42.00 a month.

Mar 21, 2008, 7:11:00 PM
Mike said...

Hi Chris , thats not the CV deal but thanks. mike

Mar 21, 2008, 7:20:00 PM
Topper said...

I remember that there was a special deal for CV people for $24.00 a month - but I don't think it was the fastest one. There was a man's name to call, but I don't remember where I read it. He handled the deal for the CV people.

Mar 21, 2008, 7:23:00 PM
Mike said...

Thanks Chris , Dave or Larry might know the speed comparison. Mike

Mar 21, 2008, 7:40:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Comcast is offering high speed internet service for $19.95 for one year, and $24.95 for the second year to ALL Century Village Residents. This offer is for new subscribers only. Sign up now, before this offer expires. Call Rob Siebeneck, ONLY, at 561-227-4210 or 561-309-8763. Rob is the only person at Comcast who knows we have this special offer.

Mar 21, 2008, 7:58:00 PM
Mike said...

Hi Anon , thanks but I'm trying to find out the speed of the offer . Mike

Mar 21, 2008, 8:01:00 PM
Topper said...

Mike,
In answer to your question, I just pulled this off the Blog from January 21st. Let's see what happens when I copy it to this comment.

Monday, January 21, 2008
Comcast - What's the difference in speeds?
I have a question for all you smart computer geeks out there. I have my service through Comcast and pay $42.95 a month for the fast speed. A friend just told me that she was paying that with Comcast but now has gone down to the slower speed and is paying $24 a month and she can't even tell the difference. She said you only need the faster speed if you are downloading movies or music. Any opinions on that out there?

Posted by ChrisJ at 1/21/2008 08:55:00 PM

Labels: Technical question


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CVBLOGGER said...
Hi Chris,
The terms speed or the somewhat more descriptive term Bandwidth, is all about how fast you can move Data across the WWW. There are a number of factors that affect the speed of execution that you experience on your Computer, not the least of which is the clock rate of your CPU. As you note, if you download Videos/Movies or Hi-Fi Audio, the higher speed is almost mandatory; or you will wait quite literally for hours. Higher data rates are also good for opening Web
Sites faster. Also if you like to send and receive Photographs, higher rates are very useful. However; if all you do is simple Email, High Speed INTERNET is a flat waste of money.
But, think ahead; You may one day discover the joys of INTERNET Telephony, such a SKYPE, in which case you will require High Speed. There is a saying in Geek circles; "Bits is Bits", the only real question, is How fast do you need to move them around.

Jan 21, 2008 10:16:00 PM
CVBLOGGER said...
Hi All,
If you would like to test what sort of data rates you are actually getting; here is a neat site where you may test both Upload and download speeds. Try a few of the Servers, as distance can make a difference, due to the number of switches your signal must pass through.
Try it, it's fun to find out if you are getting what you are paying for:

http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Dave

Jan 21, 2008 10:23:00 PM
Capt John said...
What are the AVERAGE speeds for the various functions (ie: download movies, etc.) ? Thank You (ps: I am using a Verizon, USB 720)

Jan 21, 2008 11:55:00 PM
CVBLOGGER said...
Hi Capt. john,
Any data set will download at the maximum speed of the service you have subscribed to; so, if you have Dial Up, your theoretical maximum is 56Kbit per second. So, I think the real question you want to ask is How long on average does it take to download a movie, given a certain rate? The following little table will put you in the picture:

To download a 2 hour movie, the following are the time lines to expect:

Connection speed
56Kbps
128Kbps
256Kbps
512Kbps
1Mbps
2Mbps
10Mbps
Transfer speed
7 KB/s
16 KB/s
32 KB/s
64 KB/s
128 KB/s
256 KB/s
1.25 MB/s
Transfer time
28 hours, 27 mins
12 hours, 27 mins
6 hours, 13 mins
3 hours, 7 mins
1 hours, 33 mins
47 mins
12 mins

So, to download the movie on a Dial-Up connection
would take 28 hours and 27 minutes.

To do the same on COMCAST High Speed INTERNET's fastest speed, would take about 15 minutes.

I hope that helps.
Dave

Jan 22, 2008 12:50:00 AM
ChrisJ said...
Thanks for the information Dave. Very interesting. I went on that website you mentioned and tried several locations. For example, from Washington it gave me 11934 kbps for the download and 1368 kbps for the upload. From NY it was 9865 kbps for download and 1274for upload. Like you said, it varied with each location.

Nope - it didn't work.
MIKE - Go back to the oldest January 21 post. Dave and Larry talk all about the speeds.

Mar 21, 2008, 10:03:00 PM
Topper said...

Nope, I guess that doesn't really answer your question either. I know it was here somewhere back in time.

Mar 21, 2008, 10:05:00 PM
Mike said...

Hi Chris thanks for the research . I'll get ahold of Dave and torture him till he answers my ?. LOL

Mar 21, 2008, 10:12:00 PM
UCO President said...

Hi Mike,
Here is a general comparison of Speed and costs; these cost are averaged Nationally.
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Service / Upload / Download / Price

Dial Up / 56 Kbps / 56 Kbps / $10 to $25

Accelerated Dial Up /56 Kbps Up To 5X Faster /$15 to $30

DSL /128 Kbps to 384 Kbps /768 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps /$15 to $30

Premium DSL /384 Kbps to 768 Kbps / 3 Mbps to 6 Mbps /$20 to $45

Cable
384 Kbps to 768 Kbps /4 Mbps to 6 Mbps
$40 to $55

Premium Cable /768 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps
/8 Mbps to 16 Mbps /$50 to $80

Satellite /128 Kbps to 256 Kbps
/512 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps /$50 to $120

Wireless
/128 Kbps to 768 Kbps /384 Kbps to 2.0 Mbps
/$22 to $60
---------------------------

As for our special deal on COMCAST Cable Broadband; expect 384Kbps Uplink and 4Mbps Downlink. The price is not bad but look for
COMCAST to sneak back the rates to 256Kbps/3Mbps and do not expect prices to last.

Dave

Dave

Dave

Mar 22, 2008, 12:05:00 AM
Mike said...

Hi Dave, Even if they go back to 256 upload and 3 download . it's a better deal than I'm getting from Bell south. 3 download is twice as fast as my 1.5 now. I'll call the cable guy and inquire about his deal. Thanks mike

Mar 22, 2008, 12:26:00 AM
Topper said...

Hi Dave. This blog just isn't the same without you. From now on we take no excuses. You must be here at all times. You are no longer allowed vacation time, sick time or any other time! We just can't do without out you.
Let's all give Dave a raise. We're going to double your salary! Everybody in agreement?
(oh boy, Dave's going to tell me I'm a threadbreaker)!

Mar 22, 2008, 6:18:00 AM
Mike said...

Chris, Easy girl, money is tight right now. LOL

Mar 22, 2008, 9:11:00 AM
LARRY KALL said...

If you are planning to look into the Comcast Century Village offer I suggest that you contact Rob Siebedeck as soon as possible as there is no guarantee the the offer will continue much longer. It appears that it did not draw as much business as Comcast would have liked. It is also interesting that even though the Clubhouse is now a wifi hot spot you do not see many people sitting around the clubhouse with their laptops.

Perhaps the answer is that MOST of our residents do not have a computer and do not plan to get one in the near future.

It would also appear to me that the UCO Website,the Q& A and this Blog site only reaches a small number of our residents. Perhaps I am wrong in my assessment? What do you
( or as they say in many places in the south) what do youall think?

Mar 22, 2008, 1:30:00 PM

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