Re: Comcast 20 megabits?

From	Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL>
Newsgroups	comp.dcom.modems.cable
Subject	Re: Comcast 20 megabits?
Date	2015-04-30 03:52 -0400
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*-* On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, at 13:19:59 -0700,
*-* In Article <55413cf0$0$54602$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com>,
*-* Fritz Owl wrote
*-* About Comcast 20 megabits?

> When did Comcast go to 20 megabits plus on their residential service?
> I always thought those kinds of speeds were only avaialble on their
> Business Class service.

     Boy, are you behind the times!!!!! ;-)  Comcast has had
residential speeds up to 105 Megabits for a few years now.

> The 10-watt USB adapter I have on my laptop connects to whatever
> unsecured wireless it can find, and at one Fish and Chips shop on
> Stockton Blvd in Sacramento, my laptop uses on Comcast residential
> connection running an open WiFi. I was surprised to find that
> Comcast residential service has 20 megabit speeds. I have always
> thought you had to get the more expensive business class service if
> you wantd that kind of speed. Speedtest shows the connection speed
> at about 20 megabits.

> The software driver for my USB adaper looks for and connects to
> whatever open WiFi it can find.

> And I always thought that runnng open WiFi was verboten on Comcast
> residential services.

     Are you sure that it was residential, and not one of the WiFi
"Hot Spots" that Comcast itself operates, "piggy-backed" on the combo
modem/routers they supply to their customers?

                                        Ken Whiton
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