inferno
join:2008-07-06 | This is pathetic...
Comcast... wtf are you smoking? |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | It's not like they have a choice. The FCC already slammed them on network neutrality, do you think they want to be slapped up again? |
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anony501
@comcast.net
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TKJunkMail 
| Q: What are CAPs for?
A: To differentiate commercial level usage from residential level service (and the cost to deliver it).
If you use far more than everyone else, it cost more than everyone else and you should pay more than everyone else (i.e. commercial service)
Even with this service offering combined with Hulu, Netflix, etc the vast majority of users don't come close to the 250G threshold. There needs to be some sort of line in order to ensure the cost to deliver residential service is not inflated for all by a minority of a few.
»Editorial: Caps are welcome
{insert OB CAP discussion here} |
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Toymaster
Premium
join:2001-12-27
Flint, MI
clubs:
 ·AT&T Midwest
| I wondered...
I was wondering as I saw a comcast truck go by with the big wordss More Video OnDemand if that would count against the cap and now I know. So how can you have more OnDemand when you reach you cap? Will there be a display saying "Sorry but you have reached you monthly allowance of OnDemand"
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Eat Me
Re: This is pathetic...
said by Eat Me :It's not like they have a choice. The FCC already slammed them on network neutrality, do you think they want to be slapped up again? then they need to up them caps now don't they? |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| reply to Toymaster
Re: I wondered...
When you exceed your cell-plan minutes do they stop you from making calls? Of course not! That's when the "real" profit starts!
We must be thankful that out of the goodness of their heart they only charge us for extra minutes! If the cell/cable industry takes a queue from the credit card industry, they will not only charge for the extra but there will be a monthly "thank you for going over" fee. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to inferno
Re: This is pathetic...
the FCC can cry but they really couldnt do anything to comcast if their broadband VOD didnt effect the cap. just claim it is an extension of the existing TV service and not a new data service.
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MalibuMaxx
join:2007-02-06
Chesterton, IN | Unless your not on their network...
I hope! |
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FicmanS
Premium
join:2005-01-11
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | reply to inferno
Re: This is pathetic...
+1
Agreed... this is getting nutz... |
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jacour
join:2001-12-11
Ypsilanti, MI
 ·Comcast
| reply to Toymaster
Re: I wondered...
The way I read this, it is only for Comcast Internet users. Those with digital Comcast television service with OnDemand service will still have the same options to watch OnDemand programming and there is no cap on that since it is treated as a different network.
However, if you use your Internet connection to stream something, then it will count against the 250GB. This gets rather silly at some point, right up there with the electric company trying to charge one price for using the toaster and a different price for turning on the lights. Once of these days the FCC is going to realize that bandwidth is bandwidth. |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs:
| reply to Eat Me
Re: This is pathetic...
said by Eat Me :It's not like they have a choice. The FCC already slammed them on network neutrality, do you think they want to be slapped up again? Not like they HAD a choice? I highly DOUBT the FCC is MAKING Comcast count the cap AGAINST thier OWN services  |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Yes, the FCC really beat them up last year about their network management practices. With the new FCC chief being pro net neutrality, you're not going to see the FCC welcoming Comcast's unfair treatment of its own services. |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| It's a great scam
Comcast has a great scam going. Rather than spend money to expand network capacity, they pretend there is scarcity and charge extra for using more bandwidth, thereby increasing profits.
It's not unlike a congested highway. The government responsible for it could add lanes, which would ease traffic flow, but that would cost money. So instead, they turn it into a toll road, thereby reducing traffic and increasing revenue without any significant cost increase. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
| reply to jacour
Re: I wondered...
said by jacour : This gets rather silly at some point, right up there with the electric company trying to charge one price for using the toaster and a different price for turning on the lights. Once of these days the FCC is going to realize that bandwidth is bandwidth. The electric company already does that, except that it's not the toaster, it's your heating system when heated with off peak electricity. |
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danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| And This is why Caps will disappear in the future
so as to allow the market place to decide who delivers the best content.
Comcast can still make a killing by providing a quality high speed experience and quality local high speed content thats stutter free and locally cached to their subscribers which will make it appealing to subscribers to pull down and wont bog their interconnects down. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to BF69
Re: This is pathetic...
Does any data exist showing the cap to be an issue for the vast majority of Comcast customers? |
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Hangmn
Don't Fight It...It's Inevitable
Premium
join:2000-04-08
Philadelphia, PA
| reply to Eat Me
said by Eat Me :Yes, the FCC really beat them up last year about their network management practices. With the new FCC chief being pro net neutrality, you're not going to see the FCC welcoming Comcast's unfair treatment of its own services. Come on now the FCC is a toothless bureaucracy and did NOTHING to Comcast, Public Perception on the other hand had to sting a little.
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs:
·QuantumVoice
·AT&T Southeast
·RoadRunner Cable
| humm its see
how much more longer will it take before they start to bitch out losing people and they are not making enough money to pay there bills then what? They get what they wanted, to drive your self in the ground as fast as you can.
I once thought that the big three auto makers really had some stupid ideas about 5 years ago, and look where they are at now. Now look at comcast with this mess how much longer will it take them,before they are in the same boat bitching they are poor. |
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kpatz
MY HEAD A SPLODE
Premium
join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH
| reply to rradina
Re: I wondered...
said by rradina :We must be thankful that out of the goodness of their heart they only charge us for extra minutes! However, Comcast doesn't charge for going over the cap. Instead, they give like 3 warnings and then you get booted off.
With VOD and other services provided by Comcast counting against the cap, they'll need to allow for overages, say by charging extra for going over, or allowing for higher-cap tiers.
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sturmvogel
Obama '08
join:2008-02-07
Houston, TX
| reply to anony501
Re: This is pathetic...
"If you use far more than everyone else, it cost more than everyone else and you should pay more than everyone else (i.e. commercial service)"
And if you want to purchase that, it is NOT offered.
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