[PLUG-TALK] Comcast Business class service v.s. offsite virtual

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 10:23:09AM -0800, Michael wrote:
> 
> 
> Comcast has - news to me - business class Internet service that is not
> restricted for tyep of use.
> 
> Anyone here tried it?

I considered it, but instead chose an offsite virtual instance at
rimuhosting, with an outbound VPN link to it.  Cheaper and meets 
my needs.  Does the Comcast Business service permit Personal-Telco-
Project style wifi rebroadcast?  That would be the only reason I
would consider it, compared to an offsite server.

I am on Verizon FIOS now, rather than Comcast, with TOS restrictions
loose enough to permit a PTP site.  Same offsite approach.  While it
is possible to host my business sites from home (with dyndns and a
short TTL), the virtual offers much better bandwidth and three nines
reliability.

In general cable broadband is kinda cheesy.   Second rate hardware
on an infrastructure that wasn't designed for moving lots of data.
While I worried about being shut down or throttled, the biggest
actual problem was system outages, often due to overloaded last-mile
distribution amplifiers and such.  I believe Comcast runs fiber out
to the neighborhoods now, but it is still delivered as coax.  When/If
they upgrade the subscriber loop to fiber, they might become more reliable.

Keith

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