I am really finding myself failing to understand how this really is all that exciting. Considering the fact that this ISP has already made it clear that they feel compelled to throttle everything their users do, at the end of the day, it is truly a matter of up to 50Mbps rather than actually using 50Mbps. And because Comcast practically passes out every time something with any real size to it is downloaded, I fail to see why these alleged speeds are going to be of any value whatsoever?

Now to be ultimately fair, I cannot stand DSL. It is indeed slower even if it is more consistent. Yet at the same time as Chris Pirillo has discovered, you cannot share Comcast’s business service with something like a UStream.tv successfully. Why? Because the provided “speed” that Comcast is providing is relative. So in his case, he had to look for a separate option for running his video. Well that and he was growing tired of Comcast overall.

No, I genuinely understand that with a cable network, there are peak periods when my download speed might not be optimum. That is life. But to wave this 50Mbps hogwash in my face and expect me to do anything short of snorting out loud with laughter is just silly. So why not switch then? I chose to continue with Comcast as for me, it is the least of the broadband evils for my  needs. Still, they can keep their empty promise of 50 Kbps downloads. My no sale sign is firmly in place for my own home based business.