Comcast Broadband Pricing Varies Among Markets

The stand-alone price of Comcast's Performance Starter broadband package, offering speeds of 10 Mbps/2 Mbps, is $49.95 a month in all the major metropolitan markets where it operates, but pricing of its Performance plan -- offering speeds up of 25 Mbps/5 Mbps -- can vary, according to the latest annual broadband pricing the company posted Wednesday in FCC docket 10-56. Comcast said its Performance pricing can be from $64.95 a month -- in markets such as Indianapolis and Nashville -- to $74.95 a month in markets such as metro Baltimore and Pittsburgh. The report also showed different pricing in different markets for some other broadband service offerings, such as its Gigabit service -- 1 Gb/35 Mbps -- ranging from $104.95 to $159.95. The report is required as a condition of Comcast's buy of NBCUniversal. Comcast didn't comment Thursday.