| Give them incentive to not upgrade the lines Oh... we can cause congestion if we don't upgrade these systems. Then price gouge those using it, while also saving money by not doing those upgrades....
win/win
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 ShadowMastrMaster Of All Shadows
join:2001-09-01
Fort Pierce, FL | Awesome Ideas The bill has some great ideas, and looks to address issues that most consumers aren't even aware of. This of course, pretty much means it's defeat.
Too much lobbying by the big guys, plus the lack of knowledge or even interest by the average consumer will make it too hard to get it passed.....
Too bad, we could really use some help in this area.....
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| Too funny... "...ensuring ... that caps and overages are actually being used to manage network congestion..."
means it would outlaw caps entirely (so, either no bill being passed at all or plenty of loopholes being added before being passed). Yep, works in theory.
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | How long before we see the "DCIA Tax"? This will only result in higher bills, and another round of finger-pointing when carriers try to innovate.
Industry had better counter this nonsense, and agree upon a metering standard, both software and hardware. |
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SunnyD
join:2009-03-20
Madison, AL | I'd settle for truth-in-advertising requirements. How about just mandating that using the word "Unlimited" actually means "Unlimited" without any sort of encumbrance (soft cap, throttle, hard cap), otherwise you have to explicitly state the limitations and not be allowed to use the word "Unlimited" at all in your advertising, period.
I don't care if there's limitations, but don't try to bury them underneath an asterisk. Maybe if consumers actually could find hard information about what they were signing up for, they would be a little more picky about where and how they choose to spend their money. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to ShadowMastr
Re: Awesome Ideas said by ShadowMastr: plus the lack of knowledge or even interest by the average consumer Because the average consumer only uses 50 GB a month. So if one has a 250 GB or 300 GB cap it's not an issue. Not to mention the average consumer doesn't have a clue how much a GB is and how much data their internet usage uses. |
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MTUPremium
join:2005-02-15
San Luis Obispo, CA | Oh, woe is us What will the GB's (greedy bastards) do? |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | reply to BF69
Re: Awesome Ideas Yep. How much download did the average user make 10 years ago? I think it's very likely we'll be over the 250 GB cap in another 10 years. |
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| monopoly bill of right$? WIRED broadband has no need for caps!!!
Stop protecting monopolies! DO something to increase competition to lower current prices! |
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Kamus
join:2011-01-27
El Paso, TX | I continue to be an optimist on this issue. For now it does suck that we have these people getting lots of money for simply being the only game in town. But this can't stay like this for too long. Technology advancements will make sure of that. I think we only need to hold tight for 5 years or so before we see some real alternatives to these clowns. |
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 FBGuyPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | reply to tmc8080
Re: monopoly bill of right$? I F**KING LOVE THIS COUNTRY! |
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Re: Awesome Ideas Nice to see the both of you getting along so well together under that rock, technologically shielded from the outside world and all it has to offer. Legal or not. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to BF69
Unless they drop their cable video package and seek video options from an alternative like Hulu or NetFlix. Then they will quickly realize what their cap is and the relative size of a GB. (At least in terms of how many movies fit in their cap.) |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to NotTheMama
Re: Too funny... Well -- it could mean that providers stop investing in upgrades in an effort to guarantee congestion. The problem is, Internet traffic is like the rush hour traffic. Everyone wants their stuff in the evening hours and monthly data CAPS don't address this problem at all. Perhaps daily "peak period" caps would address the issue. This would be similar to easing rush hour traffic by eliminating non-commuters from the roads during rush hours. |
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 60632649Premium
join:2003-09-29
New York, NY | We're from the government and we're here to help Run for the hills! |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to axus
Re: Awesome Ideas said by axus:Yep. How much download did the average user make 10 years ago? I think it's very likely we'll be over the 250 GB cap in another 10 years.
Probably sooner. The point is until people go over that 250 GB and get charged or disconnected they aren't going to care. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to AlfredNewman
said by AlfredNewman:Nice to see the both of you getting along so well together under that rock, technologically shielded from the outside world and all it has to offer. Legal or not.
I have no idea what that is suppose to be referring to or mean. |
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 MSaukMSaukPremium
join:2002-01-17
Sandy, UT | Yikes! Caps, Doesn't sound good to me There is no congestion, period. It is all made up, BS.
Upgrade your network and use the Billions we give you every year. Stop worrying about stock prices and upgrade your network.
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to tmc8080
Re: monopoly bill of right$? How do you increase competition? A cable company is not going to go into another cable companies territory especially fi the area also has U-verse or FiOS too. There isn't any money in that. Also no one is going to like another cable company putting up more wires and digging up their yards for more cabling for a service they probably won't be using anyway. |
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Re: Too funny... said by rradina:Well -- it could mean that providers stop investing in upgrades in an effort to guarantee...
customer dissatisfaction and disaffection.
Real networks--without caps--manage congestion automatically in way that's the most fair to each user of the network--not that your typical ISP has a "real" network. Caps--for monthly usage or otherwise--do nothing useful, nothing good for users of a network. They're entirely about marketing and money (for the ISP).
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