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Comcast launches 50Mbps broadband for $150 per month.

Comcast is the first of what is likely to be many ISPs to offer a new tier of internet broadband speed.

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Boldy5880d ago (Edited 5880d ago )

Well at least we're finally seeing some advancements in the internet industry in the USA. Can't wait until the price gets lower though.

still the worst5880d ago (Edited 5880d ago )

fu@k this
$150 is waaaaaaaay too much

Boldy5880d ago

Well some company has to step out of the box sooner-or-later, either that or we would be paying for slow(currently high-speed) internet forever. The prices will no doubt go down. The fact that they are only making this immediately available for the Wisconsin and Minnesota area shows that they are seeing if the anyone wants "super high speed" it or not.

darkshiz5880d ago

They won't get me to pay that much.

If Verizon Fios version comes out way cheaper then that and it's in my area I'm switching in a heartbeat.

Also $50 and under please.

Merovee5880d ago

Living stateside (and in the Mpls./St.P metro area) I agree, but not re-throttling their tiers is a deal breaker for me. I love the advancement and if I was not going back to school might be tempted(not enough though). I would love to see them throttle their 8 meg to a 10/1 (8mbps/756 is a bit low imho for what I pay)connection at the same price, intro a 25/2 or 25/3 at around $90/month and keep their 50/5 around its price point until they make their investment back and reduce all tiers after. I applaud the effort but $150 a month is a bit too steep for most people.

Bleucrunch5879d ago

Waaaay Too much and I love nigh bandwidths.

Genesis55879d ago

They'll think about lowering the price if it's widely ignored. How many people do you know willing to pay $150 a month($1800 a year) for internet?

Young Capwn5879d ago

now all thoes abots that saved money by not buying a ps3 can spend that saved cash on a month of digital downloads! since thats what being a xbot is all about!

JsonHenry5879d ago

What stinks is if we were in Japan this service would be only $30-$45.

gaffyh5879d ago

OMG, I thought UK internet was expensive, but we would pay about £35 I think or cheaper.

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eagle215880d ago

Probably not. $30/month might catch on though...lol :)

Crazyglues5880d ago

but 150 is like just getting robbed by your ISP company...

Thepro3185880d ago

u must be kidding anything over 60 bucks is to much it be 500GB per sec i wouldn't pay 150 dollars a month for that

Sarick5879d ago

I have frontiernet service and they only offer decent download/uploads if there is competition in the area. We pay $50+ for 1meg down and 128k up.

Feel lucky they won't roll out higher speeds unless there's competition. They probably used government funding to roll out the DSL.

Fux4Bux5880d ago

Haha screw that. Don't they get 100mbs connections in Japan for like $30? Comcast blows.

PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt5880d ago

COMCAST 8mbPS AND THATS FAST JUS IMAGINE 50mBPS

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RTX 50 series cooling tested up to 600W, but users want Nvidia to fix the adapter first

Nvidia is allegedly testing GPU coolers to handle up to 600W for the 50 series, reigniting discussion of melting 16-pin connectors.

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Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider pours scorn on EA's AI dreams.

"They want you to believe the devs under them are super stoked to work generative AI into their processes," continued Gaider, "but I assure you what they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair not unlike the time that team was informed of their new 'really cool' live service mandate.".

LordoftheCritics2d ago

Publishers see gaming as another stock market.

isarai2d ago

I think anyone with some common sense knew this, im glad i don't support their games anymore, what a sh!t company.

Psychonaut851d 17h ago

Friends don’t let friends buy EA or Ubisoft.

Chocoburger1d 16h ago

I said this yesterday. AI isn't what we want when it comes to crafting artistry. Alas, these soulless corporate morons don't care about their work, only about cutting corners as much as possible.

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Phil Spencer and the Battle for Xbox’s Soul

Has the rapid growth of Xbox made the ship too heavy? Following the closures of Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and Roundhouse, we explore what the future of Xbox could look like.

LG_Fox_Brazil2d ago

This ship was never meant to sail, this ship was made from the get go to sink as fast as possible. It almost feels that they want to lower the standards of quality in the industry so that they can fit in

rlow11d 19h ago

I disagree, Xbox from the get go innovated and changed the industry. They did a lot of firsts and standardized a lot of others. It wasn’t till the beginning of the Xbox1 era that things started to go south.

Stevonidas1d 15h ago

Yep, although I’d argue it started going to shit when they tried to hock Kinect on their audience instead of continuing to invest in their studios and IPs. 2001-2010 Xbox was peak gaming, though.

rlow11d 14h ago

@Stevonidas
I agree they never should have focused on it after the 360 era. But you do have to remember they were faked out by the huge volumes of Kinects sold. To quote info on Wikipedia, “Project Natal, It was first released on November 4, 2010, and would go on to sell eight million units in its first 60 days of availability.” So if your Xbox and see these huge sales on a peripheral where are you going to put some money? Criticism in hindsight is worthless…..if only we could all see our future. In other wards they had no way of knowing. Plus they had engagement numbers and a lot of signs pointed to people wanting it.

Their biggest mistake wasn’t the Kinect, but unlike Sony after the PS3 debacle. They didn’t double on down on exclusive good games. The other huge mistake was letting Call of Duty go to Sony.

Hedstrom1d 22h ago

Phil wants Xbox to be as soulless as him!

Tacoboto1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

Xbox has no soul and Phil has no confidence, and it's impossible to say either do when they killed Tango and Arkane Austin.

Everything they've said since has only made them look worse to a point that they're actually less competent than Embracer.

Markdn1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

Whe you release something like the series S and expect it not to hurt your business model, and developers have to have parity with games. Then you know Microsoft don't care. Series s is the final nail that broke developers,

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