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Comcast recently unveiled a 50 Mbps broadband connection for $150/month, and has promised to have it available nationwide (and most likely bring the price down somewhat) by 2010. Verizon is in the process of rolling out a new fiber infrastructure that will allow it to offer a similar deal
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1 year ago
The benefits of competition are apparent when you look at where speeds are highest. Comcast only offers up to 8mbps down in most places, but in areas where FiOS competes Comcast offers 16mbps down for the same price as 8mbps in other cities. And the telcos sticking with copper last-miles are the worst of the bunch, as their only real upgrade path is VDSL, which is expensive and doesn't work more than a mile and a half from the DSLAM.