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Comcast to start bandwidth caps
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 29 August, 2008
Comcast, the United States' largest ISP will begin bandwidth caps for its subscribers beginning October 1st.
The company says users who exceed 250GB of data for a month will receive a warning and then have their service cut off for a year for a second violation.
The usage policy for the ISP has been updated today however the bandwidth cap policy will not begin until October 1st. Making ... [ read the full article ]
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30. August 2008 @ 12:55 |
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What should I do I have a Netflix Roku Player Which Streams Movies a Tivo, Comcast Phone, Internet I download a few Animations a month
I just Downloaded netstat Live and realize that it will not be accurate because when my Computer is off my Roku Player is Streaming What should I do
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ahiah9
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30. August 2008 @ 15:08 |
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Never had to monitor my bandwidth before. I'm using BW<eter 4.1.3, and would like some opinions on if this is a good app to use. Is it accurate in reporting the usage, or should I get something else? I CANNOT lose my service for a year! I will die if I have to go back to dial up!
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tabenx
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1. September 2008 @ 08:58 |
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I think I went over that amount over the course of last week alone.
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toxlabrat
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1. September 2008 @ 11:11 |
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hmm, i wonder if they could set something up like the carbon tax... those of us that don't reach the 250GB could sell our 'credits' to the people that get up to the cap. ;)
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jobardu
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1. September 2008 @ 11:19 |
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Comcasts' limits will be obsolete within a year. Thinking of this another way, 250gb is about 8gb/day. That sounds like a lot if you aren't downloading or using multi-media. Yet if you are it is nothing. Downloading a TV show (producers now routinely supply earlier episodes online) is a couple of gb, as is a lecture in a course. I high definition movie is over half the daily quota. Combining this with uploading videos to you tube, video chat and conferencing from working at home or sharing work product and a normal tech savvy family of three or four will crash through the limit immediately, a couple will begin testing it soon and individuals will push it pretty soon.
Limiting internet use is not in the national interest on any level. Adding capacity is ultimately limited by obtaining right of way for cable. In the near term there is no limit since all cable companies have substantial amounts of "Black Cable", cable that isn't connected to repeaters/receivers at both ends (each connection is moderately expensive at tens of thousands of dollars, but is cheap compared to the income obtained from increased advertising and user fees.
Basically, this is just another attempt by the Telcos to get a license to print money. If the internet cable was opened up the way the telephone lines were 25 years ago competition would make all this go away.
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mufin_man
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1. September 2008 @ 13:19 |
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So much for Net Neutrality !
AT&T agreed to 2 years of Net Neutrality before they slammed their customers with limitations on their Internet service, that waiting period is just about up. Why should they be afraid of customer reprisals, Bush gave them a 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card recently that saved them billions that would have been required to fight hundreds of law suits filed by customers who were illegally monitored by the government with AT&T's assistance. They now have the right to slash and burn indiscriminately, a right given them by the authoritarian Bush dictatorship.
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GMEaton
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1. September 2008 @ 13:28 |
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It seems to me that this is still access restriction, with being banned for a year the ultimate restriction. I bet it can be challenged in the courts given the monopolistic control Comcast has in many regions. Certainly, vendors who depend on the internet for expanding their business/sales ought to consider the ramifications of having an ISP disrupt the prospective economic advantage of unlimited access. With gaming, telephony and video services being some of the biggest players in the expanding on-line market, maybe they need to step up to the plate and head this off at the pass. At my home we have 4 ethernet networked computers, a PS3, and an Xbox; we also have Verizon FIOS thank G_d! The people using the most bandwidth are the pioneers of what the internet "will be' to users of the future...[b]Good job crushing the future Comcast (and others) I hope your shareholders support what you do now as strongly in the future when your subscriber base runs screaming from you as soon as they can.[b]
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jetyi83
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1. September 2008 @ 14:55 |
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they forgot to mention, streaming 1080p hd movies can be 10 gigs each at least. so that could mean 20 movies in a month. and maybe some emails and regular use?
thats impossible no one would watch 5 movies in a week
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bubbah
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1. September 2008 @ 15:47 |
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these comcast people are ignorant ...why not force subscribers to agree in advance to some fee for overage ...that way they make a little money while not pissing off most of these few big users...
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leglessoz
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2. September 2008 @ 03:08 |
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Originally posted by pensfan12:
...And to think in Australia they call 3gig a month 'generous'.
...and 'unlimited' is 10gig.
It might suck for some of you but look at other countries and the 250gig seems like alot.
You so need to get over this "terrible imposition" on your surfing habits. 250GB/month is huge.
I am in Australia and on cable and I get 25GB/month but it does cost me quite a bit and all traffic is counted (both downloads and uploads) although I have access to 100GB/month of unmetered content on my ISP's site. However I don't watch sport, play online games or have need of most of what is there for download so it is mostly useless to me.
If I go over the limit my speed is slowed to an almost unusable crawl for the rest of the month. Most capped accounts are like this although my 25GB is good compared with some others and not so good compared with some. I used to get 12Gb/month until I changed to a higher usage plan recently.
I think with time you will find many more ISPs starting to impose caps on you. Maybe you need to prepare yourselves for the inevitable.
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Renfraus
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2. September 2008 @ 03:19 |
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Australians do get ripped off completely when it comes to broadband... but I agree that there is the principle of selling a service as "Unlimited" when there are in fact limits.
Besides, if Comcast says the "typical" users are 2-3gb per month, then the big downloaders must be in the minority... so why doesn't Comcast stop worrying about it and enjoy some good P.R.?
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2. September 2008 @ 04:43 |
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This is really sad to start this crap with people.I was over in England and dam they have some really fast internet there.I only see in the USA where we are getting so screwed badly.I see other countrys enjoying some decent speed and unlimited internet without all this bs.
I say if they start this then how long before all the others start to follow.Why do we have to put up with such crappy serveice we pay the bill.We are the people they need to survive off of so cant we have some say in this.I see a terriable injustice to people trying use something everyone has promoted to us for years including our goverment.
Comcast and all these other cable companys are so full of BS..
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emugamer
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2. September 2008 @ 11:50 |
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Who's complaining about 250GB/month when you have this:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/690898
5GB per month proposed. Probably not going to happen (may be more once they learn how the internet works), but I have until January to DL all I want before I switch to something else, because 5GB barely gets me past a single day in DL alone.
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leglessoz
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2. September 2008 @ 14:40 |
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Originally posted by Renfraus:
Australians do get ripped off completely when it comes to broadband... but I agree that there is the principle of selling a service as "Unlimited" when there are in fact limits.
Well my account is "unlimited" as far as downloading goes. However if I go over 25GB in a month the rest of those "unlimited" will be at a very limited speed.
They are calling the plan unlimited as far as traffic is concerned not. This does not necessarily mean unlimited speed for the entire month.
There is an ISP offering 150GB/month here in OZ but that is the exception.
I wonder what will happen if they ever get their act together and do manage to complete the new National high speed internet rollout.
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gmontalc
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2. September 2008 @ 14:40 |
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Comcast to start bandwidth caps
I can't believe it, Unite States Of America... "Land Of The Free".
Of the what?...
USA is becoming the biggest jail in the world, that would be the thing that it need to be done, POLICING and CONTROLLING of what you do... "when, what and why ???".
I said this before,... it won't be long, that must be ordered by the law of the Supreme Court of the USA a must have microchip implanted in your brain, whether on birth and/or upon receiving US. citizenship. this connection will be via satellite to mainframes computers locate in the CIA, IRS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Centers, Video Stores, Groceries Stores, Hospitals.... You name it!.
And also to be certain that you're honest, it must be verified every week, you must give a report of all of your activities by connecting an "iLink" WIFI connection from your brain to your computer and "upload" respective information to indicated Headquarters.
This way the Police, the Court system, and all beuraucratic branches of the Government will fight against of all kind of terrorists, all kind of criminals, illegal entry and working in the US. scam artists, identity theft...etc, and of course the use of your paid Internet.
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bubbah
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2. September 2008 @ 15:17 |
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hooowwweeee ...I already got my iLink chip put in ...didn't hurt a bit ...now I can pay for my $4.00 a gallon gas at the pump by simply putting my head down in a "for shame" position ...for that, a pictogram on the pump is an image of Bush giving a big hug to Musharrif ...that assures assumption of the proper position... we are the walrus!!
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3. September 2008 @ 12:48 |
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Na another civil war would break out before they chipped anything, bet your head on that.
btw your allot more free than Russia is.
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bubbah
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3. September 2008 @ 14:28 |
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waaaaaat?? (in borat's voice) ...russia is totally free (so long as you pay off coupl'a people in the local administration and spread around some WAM)!!
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FrmDstryr
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3. September 2008 @ 15:48 |
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That sucks, my internet is worse (15g down 10g up). I have to watch my usage towards the end of the month and I cannot watch near as many youtube clips and the sort. I hope people stop dealing with all of comcast's sh## and drop them for treating their customers horribly. We need more competition in the isp department haha.
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4. September 2008 @ 03:14 |
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so if you don't use 250BB of data are we going to get a price break? lol
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bcshepard
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7. September 2008 @ 01:38 |
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Well here's my take. I have comcast service. Pay for their extra speed... so I'm paying above and beyond. I'm actually disabled.. I have cancer and basically am unable to work for some time so all I have to do is sit around and play PC games online. so I use a good deal of bandwidth I'd imagine. then there's other people in my household.. my brother plays games.. and a few other basic users. No idea if I'd push the limit but I think it would be a bit rediculous if they decided to terminate my connection. Our monthly bill to them is closely 200 dollars and I imagine other peoples are as well.. So why is comcast whining about capping peoples connections? bury more fiber.. stop getting cheap and build a better network!
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SCT123
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7. September 2008 @ 02:39 |
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Last I heard there were 500,000 people subscribing in Florida at $40 per month. 500,000 x 40 = 20,000,000
$20,000,000 DOLLARS A MONTH!?!? How much money do these people need?
That isn't even including TV or their new phone service
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7. September 2008 @ 03:10 |
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the 20,000.000 dollars isn't a net gain lol
you have bills to pay right
so does comcast but much bigger ones like payroll etc.
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jobardu
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7. September 2008 @ 12:36 |
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The key point here is that the increasing use of the internet has driven productivity, collaboration, commerce and innovation. Our global competitors, especially in Asia, are pushing more use of the internet and faster bandwidths. A regime that causes people to use less internet or be very conscious of limiting use will limit the resources of its users. Ergo, the US will fall behind our global competitors in the tools, collaborations, and computer hardware and software technologies that drive the military and standard of living in this country.
Is this a sacrifice we want to make in order for a small group to get filthy rich? Arguing with Comcast is fruitless. Competition from other companies and other technologies is not. That is what drives price reductions. Hewlett Packard would have delayed personal computers for a decade if Steve Wozniak decided to stay at HP instead of joining Apple. The internet in the US would have been delayed an additional decade if the court hadn't broken up Ma Bell. We can't let Comcast become the new Ma Bell if we want to remain competitive technically and economically.
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bubbah
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7. September 2008 @ 20:05 |
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we live in an anything but affluent small town in the pine barrens of nj ...I am on the PlanningZoningBoard ...lately sprint came to us to put up a tower ...I suggested we ask in return for them to supply free wifi access to the whole town (one school nearby and maybe 1100 population) ...the town committee laughed ...why not? They're stickin' the tower on our firehouse lawn. The whole country is getting tower'd. Soon all we'll see is towers&windmills. In Europe this summer the beautiful landscapes I shot all need to have the ubiquitous towers photoshopped out. Aren't the chinese doing it with satellite technology instead? How come? This unweildy infrastructure makes no sense. Years ago they strung fiber up our little street; there it sits with no use. They say we can forget ever getting fios. I'd rather eat dirt than deal with comcast. Too far from the switch for dsl. This isn't irak, for heaven sakes!! It's jersey!! What's with that??
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