It pops for me too, about 15% of the time; the other 85% ranges from
"OK" to something reminiscent of my old tin cans & string 20kb dial up deal...
must jes' be me. It's the Geezer discount.

Hey guys...Speaking of speed and cost. I was an early adopter using AOL dial-up when it originated. I remember how slow the connection was and the price...Let's just say I had some internet bills in the $600 a month range. Worst part was leaving AOL in the years after when some competition came around. It took about 2+ years to kill the account with a constant back and forth with their billing department.

It was the wild west back then.

Reminds me of my $2900 car phone, plus installation, plus first month activation and fees:
about a $3200 deal out the freakin door, circa 1983, in metro NY area. The monthly nut/deal
was $75 plus tax and fees before I picked the handset off the cradle.

A "cell phone" then was called a portable phone and looked like a bad Star Trek prop,
with it's own "suitcase", lol!

Just read your post MrLabGuy and ordered up the 16 Mbps service but paying about $60.

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Good job...They advertise all the time about cable Internet with Power Boost but I thought it was the service I already had. Then come to find out while poking around myself they had power boost and a new service called Blast.

All those commercials and yet nothing said that I remember about upgrading your existing service. Yeah...Some Turtles have DSL, but who knew I could be surfing the net at 30,000 + kb/s a second.

Do a speed test when you are done so we can compare. I only wish I had done one prior to the upgrade so I could see if I'm getting my monies worth.

Ok here's what I had before: ...yikes!


Test results with Comcast High Speed Service as of 4/4/08:


Also a little upsetting... In the promo is a free cable modem (after the rebate).
I click the link, pay the $96 - ok fair enough, now they give me the link for the rebate form - download and print it out -
Fine print states offer expires 3/31/08, yet the Comcrap website ad states good until 4/30/08. What a scam.
I order the service with an advertised rebate on 4/2/08 but the rebate expires on 3/31/08! check it out:
http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=B...et%7C966170533

ok now here are the rebate forms stating expires 3/31/08:
http://broadbandoffers.com/rebates/6072607/41
http://broadbandoffers.com/rebates/6072607/42

UPDATE: Broadband offers sent me updated rebate forms via email today so everything's cool

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Just ask to speak to a supervisor and explain the situation. They should grant you the offer which was listed on the site as a gesture of good faith. You paid taking the word of the promo and only after was given a link to the form which was recently expired. This is a no brainer. If they give you any trouble I have a friend who works at Comcast. PM me and I'll see what I can do.

BTW...Going from that to 30,000 + Kb/s will make you dizzy.

Already went that route - Comcast doesn't handle that part of the deal, these guys do: Comcastoffers.com

Its ok, the only way to get out of the deal now is to send back the modem after it arrives. According to this statement on comcastoffers website:

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Should not matter the rebate offer was listed on the comcast authorized website. They should as a matter of good business match the rebate listed. Even if that means giving you a few months of free service to offset their mistake or a mistake of an affiliate.

If you want PM me your contact info. You live in my area and I will see my buddy tomorrow evening where I will bring this up with him and see what he suggests.