Comcast must provide Internet-only option

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Thanks to Ann Higgins from League of Minnesota Cities for the heads up on the latest on the FCC’s draft approval of the Comcast/NBC Universal joint venture. Apparently…

The cable company will be required to deliver standalone Internet access for at least three years at a monthly base price of $49.95 and a minimum speed of 6 Mbps downstream.

So that’s good news for three years. The issue is affordable service after the three year period.

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Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

3 thoughts on “Comcast must provide Internet-only option”

  1. This is interesting. I know of multiple rural telephone companies that require Internet subscribers to purchase dial-tone to get broadband.

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  2. With Qwest we went with broadband and no dial tone for a while when we were in Ireland and had renters. I don’t recall saving a ton of money, that wasn’t really even the goal, but Qwest was nice enough about it.

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  3. Comcast currently has stand alone internet service as follows:

    50 Mbps – $114.95/mo.
    22 Mbps – $77.95/mo.
    16 Mbps – $67.95/mo.
    12 Mbps – $57.95/mo.
    1 Mbps – $39.95/mo.

    So under this part of its agreement with the FCC, Comcast would simply add another stand-alone speed tier into the mix … 6 Mbps service for $49.95. It seems to fit consistently within the pricing/speed tiers Comcast already has in place.

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