{"id":125,"date":"2010-03-10T02:45:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T02:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikepellegrini.com\/wordpress\/?p=84"},"modified":"2010-03-10T02:45:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T02:45:07","slug":"is-click-network-trying-to-commit-suicide-looks-that-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikepellegrini.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/03\/10\/is-click-network-trying-to-commit-suicide-looks-that-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Click! Network Trying To Commit Suicide? Looks That way…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"D'oh!\"Comcast started offering DOCSIS 3.0 connections here in the Seattle-Tacoma area over a year ago. Where is DOCSIS 3.0 for Click customers?<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/big>An open letter to Click! Network Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sirs:<\/p>\n

Comcast started offering DOCSIS 3.0 connections here in the Seattle-Tacoma area over a year ago. At the time Comcast premiered it’s product here, I called Click! customer service and was assured you were “working” on our DOCSIS 3.0 upgrade and that it would happen sometime relatively soon.<\/p>\n

Well it’s a year later, and we still have no upgrade. Comcast customers get twice (or more) the bandwidth we do.<\/p>\n

Put this another way – say both Click! and Comcast were selling electricity. Click! sells 10 kWh for $62, but Comcast sells 30 <\/em>kWh for the same price. That’s what we have with internet bandwidth – Comcast gives their customers double or triple the bandwidth for the same exact price<\/span>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And this is a city owned utility! Why should Tacoma residents – who own<\/em> Click! – pay more for their internet through their own utility? If anything, city utility prices should be less expensive!<\/p>\n

Is Click consciously trying to commit business suicide? Are you completely unaware of what the competition currently offers, not to mention what they’re planning? Check out this article.<\/a> Comcast is planning to offer 250 Mbps service – in the next year or so! And then: read this more current article from CNET.<\/a><\/p>\n

I would hate to see you guys lose all your customers because you can’t offer competitive packages…<\/p>\n

Current Comcast prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n