Most Comcast Web service to top 100 Mbps by 2010
Found on Physorg on Thursday, 05 June 2008
Comcast Corp. said Thursday that by early 2010 it plans to offer consumers in most of its markets Internet service so fast they will be able to download a high-definition movie in minutes.
Among cable operators, Comcast has been one of the most aggressive in deploying a wideband technology called Docsis 3.0 to fend off competitors as more users download videos over the Internet.
Except they won't let you. Given Comcasts history in user control it's hard to believe that in 2 years, they will happy let you do what you want on their network. At the same time they accounced this, Comcast tests new throttling technology to limit your online experience. They call it "enhancing the experience for everybody" when they really limit yours. You will have a 100Mbps connection (probably advertised as unlimited), but if you use it too much, Comcast will throttle you. There's no reason to believe that they will drop their hate towards P2P applications anytime soon; and to look at some websites I don't need that connection.