Comcast Roundup: Philly gets faster Internet speeds, a cable guy gets arrested and More

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Philly, your life just got a little more Comcastic.
Comcast has completed its local rollout of “wideband” internet, introducing two new premium tiers of service.
Extreme 50, the higher tier, offers up to 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload. The lower tier, Ultra, offers 22 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up.
In other words, customers in the metropolitan area will soon be able to turn their Internet connections up to 11. The fastest current offering is 16 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up.
The company has been upgrading our tubes since December 2008 and has already covered 50 percent of the nation with the upgraded DOCSIS 3.0 network.
After the jump, a Comcast tech is in to bondage, Comcast helps you go green and how you will soon be able to buy hapiness for under $7 a month.
In order of importance for your convienance.

• Comcast’s usage meter is still being tinkered with, according to CNET. The meter is designed to let power users moniter thoer broadband use so that they do not surpass the 250 GB limit. Currently Comcast reccomends that all users who wish to monitor their usage use McAfee’s Security Suite. Customers can have their account suspended for a year by twice surpassing the monthly limit.
• The Comcast iPhone application we told you about last Thursday�has surpassed 100,000 downloads in the week, making it the third most downloaded�free “entertainment” app and the 18th overall, as company spokesman Charlie Douglas told Technically Philly yesterday.
• Along with Cisco, Comcast has invested in iControl a platform for managing homesecturity over the Internet. The startup is based in Silicon Valley. Some speculate that the company will use iControl to help customers keep an eye on thier energy usage.
• The cable giant has a playful side too. Comcast has annoucned that it has partnered with RealGames and Bunchball to provide games for comcast.net/games. The site will offer premium games for a $6.99 per month subscription.
• KidZui, a kidfriendly browser, has partnered with Comcast. The deal includes prominent placement on the Comcast.net homepage as well.
• Calibre has entered a preferred partnership with Comcast, liscening its TrueDelivery for moving large media files. Presumably, the technology will aid in its OnDemand offerings.
• As we reported last week, a Comcast technician has been arrested in Portland, Oregon for attempting to rob a check cashing store of $3,000. While still in uniform, the tech cut the telephone line and bound and gagged an employee of the store. Comcast is coperating fully with the investigation. Below see the local news coverage of the would-be thief:

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Christopher Wink and Brian James Kirk contributed to this report.