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Old 10-30-2012, 12:19 PM
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Their are several providers out there peddling high speed internet service. But when you quiz them on the actual speed of the signal, the standard answer for everyone other than Comcast is "up to 10 megabytes per second". I just ran a speed test on my Comcast line while writing this response and I got 25.18 Mbps downloading and 3.75 Mbps uploading. Obviously, that's way faster than the service promised by Verizon, Embarq, Brighthouse, etc. When they call, I listen and then ask the querstion on speed. Their sales pitch is usually over very quickly.

Believe me, unless all you do is e-mail, you will notice the difference between 10 and 25 Mbps speed.

I'm no great fan of Comcast, wishing they had some competition with truly high speed internet. But so far, they have the really high speed market to themselves.
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