According to DSL Reports, Comcast may be offering 250Mbps service by the end of the year. (Thanks to Tim Finnerty for the heads up.) Here are their numbers…

Comcast has already pushed DOCSIS 3.0 past 90% of their footprint, delivering 50 Mbps speeds in the process. While the company only offers 100 Mbps service in one market, a source tells us Comcast will be pushing faster 100 Mbps service to around 20% of their market by year end.

It’s a great glimpse at what DOCSIS 3.0 can do and it’s good to see someone deploying at the high end. But for a glimpse at the broadband discussion throughout the US – check out the comments. Some love Comcast, some don’t. Some will never get enough bandwidth, some wonder what in the heck you’d do with so much. Some blame the users, some blame the providers. Also you can get a history of cable and broadband – it’s personalized and biased but still interesting and still a part of the broadband discussion.