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Comcast CEO shows off super quick modem
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| 05/08/07
| RYAN NAKASHIMA
Posted on 05/08/2007 4:42:49 PM PDT by nypokerface
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To: nypokerface
Stanzione also
downloaded the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 and Merriam-Webster's visual dictionary in under four minutes, when it would have taken a standard modem three hours and 12 minutes.
"If you look at what just happened, 55 million words, 100,000 articles, more than 22,000 pictures, maps and more than 400 video clips," Roberts said. "The same download on dial-up would have taken two weeks."
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Show-Off!
I want one,, Fiber Optic, whatever, just get it to me .. Pronto!
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posted on
05/08/2007 4:46:05 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
To: nypokerface
"Where's the fii-yerrrr?"
To: nypokerface
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posted on
05/08/2007 4:54:15 PM PDT
by
rockprof
To: NormsRevenge
I have FiOS 15Mbps down, and my only regret is I didn’t get the 30 Mbps for 69 a month when they first offered it, because they subsequently raised the price to 179.00. I download a 5 gig DVD in about 10 minutes.
FiOS the best invention EVER for all time. All of my friends are jealous, I brag about it constantly. I won’t marry my fiance if she doesn’t agree to live in an area with FiOS coverage.
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posted on
05/08/2007 4:54:19 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: nypokerface
As a Comcast customer, I want it now. This would be 25 times faster than my current speed. I will believe it when I see it.
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posted on
05/08/2007 4:58:02 PM PDT
by
Uncle Hal
To: nypokerface
Wow. That’s faster than an OC-3!
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:02:16 PM PDT
by
Cymbaline
(I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
To: nypokerface
It could be available "within less than a couple years," he said. And the monthly price of broadband cable internet access will rise accordingly. How high can they go?
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:05:45 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
To: Smogger
I suppose it’s asymetric to allow for faster downloads.
Do they allow you to run servers from home? If you had a fixed IP and a decent speed, you could do a lot with this.
To: nypokerface
I just tested my line. 5.1 Mbps
I want that new modem!
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:08:15 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: nypokerface
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:09:45 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: nypokerface
Awesome!!! As a Comcast customer, I hope they roll this out soon!
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:11:53 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: Uncle Hal
AT&T had the local monopoly. They waited until DSL arrived and they had competition, then they doubled their price.
Another "duh" moment. I fired them. So did enough other customers that they became a buyout target. DSL hasn't raised their price more than a couple bucks in several years.
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:23:37 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(www.rinorepublic.com)
To: Smogger
FiOS the best invention EVER for all time. All of my friends are jealous, I brag about it constantly. I'm waiting for FIOS... and waiting... and waiting.
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:31:01 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: NormsRevenge
It’s still connected to COMCAST.....
So it will suck.....
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:36:39 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(?It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.?)
To: nypokerface
Man, I dunno. My acoustic coupler rocks. Yer gonna haveta do some mighty slick talking to get me to upgrade, bub...
To: Billthedrill
I remember my first modem, 300bps. In its days, it was a cool thing to have.
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:55:53 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: nypokerface
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posted on
05/08/2007 5:57:17 PM PDT
by
tje
To: rawhide
Those were the days -- back when my nimble young fingers could type characters faster than they could be sent up the line.
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posted on
05/08/2007 6:05:42 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(The Greens steal in fear of pollution, The Reds in fear of greed; Fear arising from a lack of Faith.)
To: mylife
What did you use to test it?
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posted on
05/08/2007 7:43:23 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... - can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
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