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Coming Soon: Relatively Fast Broadband With "Unnecessary Superlative Boost"™

John Paczkowski in News on October 22, 2008 at 4:31 pm PT

With U.S. broadband speeds lagging far behind European and Asian countries, Comcast is finally doing its part to bring the country’s lousy broadband Internet services into parity with those of other industrialized nations. You know, like Iceland. Or South Korea.

Coming Soon: Relatively Fast Broadband With “Unnecessary Superlative Boost”™

John Paczkowski in News on October 22, 2008 at 4:31 pm PT

With U.S. broadband speeds lagging far behind European and Asian countries, Comcast is finally doing its part to bring the country’s lousy broadband Internet services into parity with those of other industrialized nations. You know, like Iceland. Or South Korea.

Mind if I "De-Prioritize" Comcast as My ISP, Then?

John Paczkowski in News on August 21, 2008 at 2:27 pm PT

My apologies. Comcast has made no final decisions about its future network management practices; nor has it committed to slowing the Internet connections of heavy users for up to 20 minutes during network congestion, though Comcast senior vice president Mitch Bowling convincingly told Bloomberg just that on Wednesday. Rather, that technique–which the company prefers to describe as a “de-prioritizing” of heavy user traffic–is one option among the many Comcast is considering.

Mind if I “De-Prioritize” Comcast as My ISP, Then?

John Paczkowski in News on August 21, 2008 at 2:27 pm PT

My apologies. Comcast has made no final decisions about its future network management practices; nor has it committed to slowing the Internet connections of heavy users for up to 20 minutes during network congestion, though Comcast senior vice president Mitch Bowling convincingly told Bloomberg just that on Wednesday. Rather, that technique–which the company prefers to describe as a “de-prioritizing” of heavy user traffic–is one option among the many Comcast is considering.