Gigabit Pro in Atlanta

Ok we are 6 days into may and still radio silence from comcast about this service.

They keep announcing new cities but no new details about it. Even the reps don't know

anything about this service.

I called Comcast.  Nobody knew anything about it.  I'd say they are a couple months away from rollout, at least.

The press release from last month says roll out will begin in May for Atlanta.

Its now May and even the people that work at Comcast have no clue about a service they offer.

So the rumors swirling around are that comcast will charge $300 a month for this service.

Thats more that 4x what google is charging and double what AT&T will be charging residential customers

for 1gbps.

Yes it's 2gbits but unless you plan on upgrading your core network and nic's with 10gb then its a pointless 

to offer a service only business users can afford. Why can't comcast price this around $150 would make more sense.

So It seems that the gigabit pro service has now been "delayed".

This is was what I expected to occur.

No wonder Comcast has been again voted most hated company in America again.

Hate to bump an old thread, but for anyone that's interested. Comcast has launched a new site for their multi-gig fiber service.

http://www.xfinity.com/multi-gig

Should be noted that this does not apply to business class services, this is purely residential. Business class users interested in fiber should see the Ethernet section on the business class website.

That link is still all just marketing speak with no prices or firm details.

Also it makes ZERO sense to offer 2gb service to residential users who don't have the

techinical skills or resources ie: 10gb nics and switches to take advantage of anything greater than 1gb service.

Yes, no doubt the 2Gbps service is a marekting tactic. They are 1) doing 2Gbps so they can uppercut Google Fibers 1Gbps and 2) they are wanting another reason to justify their price. If rumors are correct this service is likely going to cost $300 per month. 

Also, services which offer speeds such as 1-2 Gbps speeds(and even lower) are not targeted at a single users. They are targeted for multi-user environments. Meaning each user could use quite a bit of bandwidth and not really need special knowledge or equipment besides a router capable of doing so. Generally speaking, at those speeds the bottleneck usually comes from the server you're requesting data from. 

Yeah, on the remote server bottlenecks, I actually don't see single file downloads max out my 100/20 connection very often, let alone 1 or 2 gbps. Servers/CDNs/backhauls will need upgrading before we get to that point.

On the 10gbps thing..... while it's not currently within reach for most consumers/prosumers (the cheapest desktop PCIe 10gbps card is still ~$300-400, and replacing all typical inline switches/routers would easily total into the thousands), with a 2gbps connection I could conceivably see someone setting up 2 sepearate single-gigabit routers. At that point, both routers could max out the connection.

Also, see this DSLreports article where the launch of this product has apparently been delayed:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcasts-2-Gigabit-Service-Launch-Appears-Delayed-133985

Saw this today on stopthecap.com

http://stopthecap.com/2015/06/10/comcast-tells-customers-gigabit-pro-service-will-likely-arrive-sometime-in-july/#respond

My firewall has a quad port gigabit nic in it so if the ONT they install is multi port then maybe I can either do bonding if they give me multiple ip's(which is unlikely) or IPV6 is working and I get my own static block.

At this point I am more interested in a symetrical connection since I do a lot of cloud work and need to push stuff to the cloud quickly. 50Mbits down is ok for now and I have aniother 18 months left on my contract I will be looking for something better but im not in a google fiber or gigapower area outside of Atlanta right now even though AT&T says my city is getting gigapower don't believe it untill its hooked up and working properly.

This was posted to Reddit today. Can't confirm how accurate it is though. http://i.imgur.com/5HgWqQq.png

Full post. http://redd.it/3cc75q

I believe that is accurate but I believe also that is not copper, it's fiber.

Correct, it's a FTTH based service which will only be available to select customers within a small radius of the existing Comcast infastructure. 

Does that come with a lifetime supply of lube as well?

Redicoulous! $500 install and $500 activation.

Competition can not come fast enough.