Comcast Offers Broadband Price For Life Promotion - $42.95 for 12Mbps (if you bundle our endless TV service price hikes), forever...
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Comcast Offers Broadband Price For Life Promotion
$42.95 for 12Mbps (if you bundle our endless TV service price hikes), forever...
01:04PM Friday Mar 21 2008 by Karl
tags: prices · competition · business · cable · Comcast · Qwest.net
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BizJournals is reporting that Comcast is now offering customers a fixed price for life without a long term contract. Qwest offers their own fixed DSL price for life plan, but it requires a two-year contract, and our users have stated that since you can often negotiate a better deal after one year, it's not particularly worth it. At the moment this appears to be a New Mexico deal aimed at countering Qwest's offer: The service offers up to 12 megabytes of download speed (sic) with Comcast's patent-pending PowerBoost technology. It costs $42.95 per month for Comcast cable video subscribers. And, unlike other price-for-life offers, the program does not require a long-term contract, so customers won't be strapped to early termination fees. Perhaps our resident Comcast users can mention in the comment section below if they've seen this promotion elsewhere. Comcast originally started offering two-year contracts in response to Qwest and Verizon's own long-term lockdowns, but this non-contract promotion is new. If evil robot overlords attack, our infrastructure crumbles and the price of bandwidth skyrockets -- this could be a very good deal in 2024. Otherwise, with the cost of bandwidth consistently dropping and DOCSIS 3.0 coming, most are probably better off waiting, watching, and negotiating better deals with the company every so often. update: a user points out Comcast has a website for the promotion.
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TuPaK @ 21st Mar 01:06PM:
P2P throttling included free
amirite
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newview @ 21st Mar 01:07PM:
Where is the deal?
Exactly WHERE is the deal to customers?
I fail to see where there is any benefit to consumers to this?
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nokiatech @ 21st Mar 01:11PM:
Re: Where is the deal?
Well seeing that that is the normal price for the normal speed (with tv service) there really isn't any other then possibly a "price guarantee"
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smcallah @ 21st Mar 01:16PM:
12 megaBYTES?
The service offers up to 12 megabytes of download speed with Comcast's patent-pending PowerBoost technology.
I want 12 megaBYTES of download speed for $42.95 immediately.
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newview @ 21st Mar 01:21PM:
Re: Where is the deal?
said by nokiatech :
Well seeing that that is the normal price for the normal speed (with tv service) there really isn't any other then possibly a "price guarantee"
So is this Comcast's way of telling us to expect a HSI price increase soon?
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Rob @ 21st Mar 01:22PM:
Re: 12 megaBYTES?
said by smcallah :The service offers up to 12 megabytes of download speed with Comcast's patent-pending PowerBoost technology.
I want 12 megaBYTES of download speed for $42.95 immediately.
"with Comcast's patent-pending PowerBoost technology".
Most of us already get more than 12mb, like 20mb+.
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dadkins @ 21st Mar 01:22PM:
Contract?
F*** a contract!
I'm paying $52.95 per month for 16/2... I'll live.
No contracts, no ETF, no BS!
PASS!
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dadkins @ 21st Mar 01:23PM:
Re: 12 megaBYTES?
said by Rob :said by smcallah :The service offers up to 12 megabytes of download speed with Comcast's patent-pending PowerBoost technology.
I want 12 megaBYTES of download speed for $42.95 immediately.
"with Comcast's patent-pending PowerBoost technology".
Most of us already get more than 12mb, like 20mb+.
*cough* 33-35mbps! *cough*
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Rob @ 21st Mar 01:23PM:
Re: 12 megaBYTES?
said by dadkins :
*cough* 33-35mbps! *cough*
Hey that's falls under my "20mb+" point! :D
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smcallah @ 21st Mar 01:23PM:
Re: 12 megaBYTES?
Really, you get 12 to 20 megaBYTES?
I'll take that too!
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kelso @ 21st Mar 01:25PM:
Price for life - What about Bandwidth
So, you get the price for life.
What if you use too much bandwidth (amount not published) ? Can they give you the boot.
Assume in a couple of years, its time for a price hike. Can they give you the boot saying you use too much bandwidth ?
I would say it is not price for life, but, price for now.
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anon @ 21st Mar 01:28PM:
Re: Where is the deal?
only if you upgrade to a faster speed.
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anon @ 21st Mar 01:29PM:
Re: Price for life - What about Bandwidth
companies always reserve the right to cancel subs. you would have to use a lot of bandwidth for them to turn you off. people would have to download movies like all day. i download lots of stuff and never have any issues with them
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guhuna @ 21st Mar 01:31PM:
Contracts?
They are so 1990's.
I haven't had a contract with my ISP since ever!
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axus @ 21st Mar 01:38PM:
doesn't sound so bad
It depends on the upload speed, of course. There's no risk involved for the customer, if they can cancel without termination fees. I'm not sure why Comcast bothers with calling it a contract, but whatever.
They'd probably attract more customers if they just advertised that they will never raise the price on their 12Mbps service, and no contract. I guess the trick is the bundling, they can raise the price on the TV service and you're still paying more. A contract implies a 2 year price guarantee for the whole bundle, however.
I don't see a downside for consumers, if there is a better deal then take it :)
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ME432ME @ 21st Mar 01:40PM:
well...
hey, don't discount those evil robot overlords attacking just yet.
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RadioDoc @ 21st Mar 01:43PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
* ding! *
This come-on requires you to keep Comcast video product which has never seen a price increase it didn't like. If you decide to go to satellite you lose your "lifetime" pricing for HSI.
This is nothing more than a way to lock people into their bundled product (which certainly will not be price-frozen) while keeping the easily-distracted confused into thinking they are getting a deal.
They aren't. It's a scam.
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booticon @ 21st Mar 01:45PM:
Re: Where is the deal?
said by newview :said by nokiatech :
Well seeing that that is the normal price for the normal speed (with tv service) there really isn't any other then possibly a "price guarantee"
So is this Comcast's way of telling us to expect a HSI price increase soon?
Do really expect HSI to be the same price forever?
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booticon @ 21st Mar 01:46PM:
Re: Contract?
Do you bother reading the articles anymore? This particular promotion doesn't force a contract. In fact it says that a couple of times.
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smcallah @ 21st Mar 01:52PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
It's not really a scam if the Internet price doesn't rise and the video price does. They're still holding to their word, if their word only says the Internet price won't rise.
Otherwise, how is it a scam? No one is going to deny that Comcast raises rates on video service.
So wouldn't it be more of a scam, especially since there are no contract penalties with this deal, to NOT get the $42.95 deal? I mean, if the price on your TV is going to raise then the price on the Internet is probably going to raise too. So why not get a fixed price on the Internet?
It's only a scam if they trick you into buying video from them when you don't already have it just to get the low Internet price.
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voyager6868 @ 21st Mar 02:10PM:
56K modem for life
Imagine 10 years ago if a company was offering a 56K modem connection "for life" for $17.95. Might have sounded good at the time, but probably not too useful for most of us now. I suspect 12Mbps will be viewed in the same light in 10 years, esp. with the presumably crappy upload speed that is part of this deal.
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Mark78 @ 21st Mar 02:17PM:
Denver Metro
They're running ads here in the Denver metro area for the same thing. They're directing customers to »www.comcast.com/pfl/ in the commercial. Pretty funny commercial actually.
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sapo @ 21st Mar 02:20PM:
Re: Where is the deal?
said by booticon :said by newview :said by nokiatech :
Well seeing that that is the normal price for the normal speed (with tv service) there really isn't any other then possibly a "price guarantee"
So is this Comcast's way of telling us to expect a HSI price increase soon?
Do really expect HSI to be the same price forever?
No, I expect it to drop and for speeds to increase.
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RadioDoc @ 21st Mar 02:27PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
Now seriously, you don't think that requiring cable TV service to get a "lifetime price" on HSI is not a come-on?
So you've got your guaranteed forty-three bucks of HSI but in order to keep it you have to pay an additional $25 per month (for the sake of argument) in video service fees over the next five years. You don't think that somewhere in that video price increase is not a hidden HSI price increase? What's the difference? You really think that Comcast does not cross-subsidize in order to keep the only part they have any local competition on--HSI--artificially priced?
And what if you decide to go to satellite like I said? It's a marketing parlor trick. A way to "offer" something of zero value.
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BabyBear @ 21st Mar 02:40PM:
Makes ya wonder
Gee, wonder why they don't offer this for TV. ;) Oh thats right cause they raise it just about every year since deregulation. :mad:
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T1 Rocky @ 21st Mar 03:01PM:
Help me out
I thought comcast was no more as they were bought by Time Warner? Or was that only in certain markets?
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TIGERON @ 21st Mar 03:11PM:
NO THANKS
Twilight-zone bandwidth limits, bad service, blocking of Bittorent, oversold network, NO THANK YOU.
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smcallah @ 21st Mar 03:20PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
Since there is no contract, I don't see a scam.
If you notice that your video price increased more than normal customers, then you cancel your service.
If it was in a contract with an ETF, then you'd have a point.
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jonnyb @ 21st Mar 03:22PM:
Re: I will take it....
said by TIGERON :
Twilight-zone bandwidth limits, bad service, blocking of Bittorent, oversold network, NO THANK YOU.
I have had comcast for almost 7 years with no issues with bandwidth,blocking of bittorent or any other such issues that some of you people are having. For you to get twilight-zone bandwidth and blocking of bittorent you have to be doing some seriously shaddy $hizzit so for me i am a COMCASTER FOR LIFE otherwise known as CFL hommie.
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iampedro @ 21st Mar 03:31PM:
Re: I will take it....
Download is fine I don't really care that much it is just the upload speed of comcast that is slow...
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jonnyb @ 21st Mar 03:35PM:
2 megs up is slow????
i get 2 megs up from comcast that is pretty damn good if you ask me :D
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RadioDoc @ 21st Mar 03:44PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
Then it's not really a "lifetime" deal, is it?
Pure unadulterated marketing hooey.
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newview @ 21st Mar 04:01PM:
Re: Denver Metro
Thanks for that link.
I've saved it as a PDF file . . . for the future.
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Jerm @ 21st Mar 04:11PM:
Re: Denver Metro
In 2009:
Comcast: Sir the new rate structure requires us to raise your rate to ...
NewView: What are you talking about I have this PDF tha proves...
Comcast: I'm sorry sir I have no knowledge of that promotion you must be mistaken...
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Jerm @ 21st Mar 04:12PM:
Re: 2 megs up is slow????
2megs for the first few seconds...
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Cheese @ 21st Mar 04:17PM:
Re: Help me out
said by T1 Rocky :
I thought comcast was no more as they were bought by Time Warner? Or was that only in certain markets?
Obviously Comcast is still around, it was only in certain markets.
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anon @ 21st Mar 04:27PM:
Re: 12 megaBYTES?
I fell for this before! Actual download speed will be capped at 8.5MB after the 10-second PowerBoost. Went back to 6.4MB for $36 (grandfathered from Adelphia.)
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Unreasonable @ 21st Mar 04:32PM:
Re: I will take it....
I've had Azureus running pretty much non-stop since back when ET was still online.
Never had an issue with BT blocking, never had a nasty letter from Comcast.
I've had the modem upgrade once due to age, and one defective unit replaced.
I've had two outages in that time, neither of which exceeded 4 hours.
We have the deal where if you have HSI, *basic* cable is $5 a month. That's the only reason I even have any sort of cable TV.
I don't get why people think they *need* all possible cable channels. Is it the same dynamic that requires people to eat themselves sick at a buffet to avoid feeling 'ripped off?'
I just download the shows I actually want to see via BT and be done with it.
I watch at most 2 hours of TV a night.
That still seems like a lot to me.
I'm confused also why people think everything must always get cheaper forever.
There is a certain floor for everything.
HSI prices are not going to be suddenly be cut in half, and I'd very glad of that.
To cut prices in half would require outsourcing more jobs, and I doubt there are enough left to make the nut anyway.
Comcast isn't perfect, but they provide more reliable bandwidth cheaper than anyone else in my area.
DSL is a joke.
The bright lights that pioneered the technology left for greener pastures 20 years ago and haven't looked back.
What's left are some talentless hacks trying to milk the last profits out of a dated technology, rather than trying to actually innovate anything.
Rabid DSL FanBuoys can line up here ----> X to kiss my ass.
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ptrowski @ 21st Mar 04:46PM:
Re: I will take it....
One nice thing about my DSL, albeit slower than what Comcast offers, is stability. I don't see fluctuations when people come home due to being on an oversold node.
And my traffic is not throttled. :)
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TIGERON @ 21st Mar 05:44PM:
Re: I will take it....
»comcastissue.blogspot.com/index.html
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newview @ 21st Mar 08:10PM:
Re: Denver Metro
said by Jerm :
In 2009:
Comcast: Sir the new rate structure requires us to raise your rate to ...
NewView: What are you talking about I have this PDF tha proves...
Comcast: I'm sorry sir I have no knowledge of that promotion you must be mistaken...
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
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newview @ 21st Mar 09:46PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
said by RadioDoc :
This is nothing more than a way to lock people into their bundled product (which certainly will not be price-frozen) while keeping the easily-distracted confused into thinking they are getting a deal.
They aren't. It's a scam.
I think you hit the nail on the head.
This particular Comcast "three card monte" is marketing drivel at it's worst.
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dvd536 @ 21st Mar 10:27PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
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dvd536 @ 21st Mar 10:29PM:
N O W. . . . .
if someone would have the balls to do price for life on VIDEO!
that would be something.
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Samwoo @ 22nd Mar 12:50AM:
Re: N O W. . . . .
actually.. it doesn't really matter. The extra $1 in taxes aren't part of the "price" anyways.
And in a couple of years they can add some sort of $10 legacy programming charge when they want to move people over to new service agreements.
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ebubman @ 22nd Mar 08:17AM:
Re: Where is the deal?
typically purported "deals" offered by companies are rather weighted in the company's favor----were it weighted in the customer's favor the company would eventually go out of business. i for one think comcast grossly overcharges---particularly in areas lacking fios competition. i'm considering going to directtv soon & saving circa $30/month. bub
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TD Nickell @ 22nd Mar 08:27AM:
Ad's also running in the Seattle area!
Just more of the same marketing crap! :(
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cerone @ 22nd Mar 08:43AM:
Comcast?
As far as I am concerned, Comcast can kiss my ___. If Comcast can come up with a non-shared network system and TRULLY give you what you pay for, then maybe and I mean maybe I'll think of going to them, until then....Hi Directv.
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LeftOfSanity @ 22nd Mar 10:45AM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
said by RadioDoc :
Then it's not really a "lifetime" deal, is it?
Pure unadulterated marketing hooey.
Marketing 101.
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demoniacs @ 22nd Mar 10:56AM:
Now tell me...
where's the punch line?
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LeftOfSanity @ 22nd Mar 11:00AM:
Re: Comcast?
said by cerone :
As far as I am concerned, Comcast can kiss my ___. If Comcast can come up with a non-shared network system and TRULLY give you what you pay for, then maybe and I mean maybe I'll think of going to them, until then....Hi Directv.
All for $19.99 right? :uhh:
What residential service isn't shared?
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RadioDoc @ 22nd Mar 01:43PM:
Re: doesn't sound so bad
Indeed.
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adampak20 @ 23rd Mar 04:45PM:
Re: Now tell me...
Currently, the Program is only available in participating Comcast systems in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Please call Comcast for information about Program availability in your area
guess they are just trialing it?
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rcannon100 @ 24th Mar 05:50PM:
Re: Help me out
That would be AOL
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cyclone_z @ 24th Mar 06:33PM:
what about throughput?
The TV price will continue to rise, and the actual broadband throughput will probably go down. You'll eventually have "12 Mbps" service but see only 13K/s throughput unless you're using it at 5 AM. Comcast 12Mbps service is more like 3Mbps much of the time; at least that's what I experienced at a friend's place in Minneapolis.
At least with Qwest you get the advertised speed (minus ATM overhead).
EDIT: This was SUPPOSED to go as a reply to a news article. I have no idea why it didn't get added to comments there. Please delete.
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TheBigCheese @ 25th Mar 08:24AM:
What Baloney!
The guarantee is totally worthless for these reasons:
1. You have to buy TV with it and they raise the price of TV at 3-4X the rate of inflation.
2. Soon, Comcast will be going to a pay-per-bit price model so all current plans will be discontinued and you'll surely see a price rise for the new plans in areas with no competition.
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anon @ 27th Mar 09:41AM:
Lousy Service For Life?
Even at a fair price, is it worth it to have to deal with Comcast? every other month I get a billing error (always in their favor.....) calling them is becoming a nightmare with dropped calls, long hold times and rude customer (di)service. Comcast has gone downhill since they adopted the new corporate philosophy of cut-rate service and multi-million dollar ad campaigns.
In short, they suck at any price.
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