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join:2001-05-12
ß | The GLobe generally stinks
But at least they are on top of this one. |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
1 edit | ughhh
Not again |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
1 edit | Double post |
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quatrix
Premium
join:2005-02-11
Davie, FL
4 edits |  .
Enough trolling, Karl. Can we go just one day without a post that's anti-business or pro-piracy? It's far from a unanimous opinion that Comcast should publicize its caps. |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou | How is this "anti-business"? |
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Loker
Premium
join:2004-07-11
Fargo, ND
clubs: | PLEASE!
I am begging you Comcast please do not communicate a clear cap  I don't wanna be limited to 60 GB's a month |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| Poster above me is an "IDIOT"
Anti Business? Wait... so as a CONSUMER who has very few choices, we should sit down, pay the bill, and accept what we get? Seriously? Ok buddy, if you buy a car that's a Lemon DON'T complain. Once again, it's anti business that you complain. Should you win, that business will lose money fixing or replacing your car. Better yet, if you buy a product and it's under warranty, DO NOT USE the warranty. Warranties are ANTI BUSINESS. Comapanies lose money on sales when items are exchanged. If you want to be a top notch consumer.. REBUY the product.... Now you see how stupid your comment seems?
So call me a bit picky, but we're one of those countries PAYING the most for our internet. Hell, half of europe has 10mbit+..... Sure their government subsidizes it but let me ask you.. How does my tax dollars going to build a bridge that costs 300 million in ALaska or the 10s of billion in pork barrel spending not fall under the same guise? I'd rather MY TAX DOLLARS were used wisely to once help companies build a better infrastructure and give me incentive to do so. We pay taxes. We pay these guys A LOT per month... My bill for 5mbit is 55 dollars a month. Give me a break that these companies can't afford to build out and expand....Karl Marx? NO. Reality from someone with a BRAIN? Yes |
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Yauch
join:2005-06-24 | reply to DaSneaky1D
Re: .
I'm with you, I can't find any amount of opinion or social engineering in that summary anywhere. Frankly Karl's unbiased news and summaries are the only reason I come to this site. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
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Re: PLEASE!
said by Loker  :I am begging you Comcast please do not communicate a clear cap I don't wanna be limited to 60 GB's a month Yeah! No shit! 
Inviso-caps are WAY better than 50-60GB stated caps!
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
 ·Fairpoint Communic..
| The average user is 1GB/month
And comcast is charging 60.00 for that. That's right, 60.00 a month for 1GB of data? If that's the case, then that's only about 3 days of DIAL-UP (33,6) speeds. How in the world can comcast justify charging 60.00 for 1GB of data?
So, if you download only 2GB a month, you COULD be cut off by comcast. Don't think it won't happen, if they want to increase profits, they will just put on a 2GB/month cap.
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phattieg
join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to dadkins
Re: PLEASE!
said by dadkins :said by Loker :I am begging you Comcast please do not communicate a clear cap I don't wanna be limited to 60 GB's a month Yeah! No shit! Inviso-caps are WAY better than 50-60GB stated caps! They at least send a letter, or temporarly shut you off, so you can resolve the issue, or switch. I would HATE an actual cap, as I am too lazy to plot my usage, and would hate to have to check a site each day to see where my monthly total is at. But we don't have this problem anyway, so it's all good. 
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Mospaw
New is good. Old owes me 7k
Hawaiian Jellyfish
join:2001-01-08
The Pacific
·Cox HSI
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Automotive
| reply to quatrix
Re: .
I'm not going to argue your opinion, nor am I going to defend Karl's choice of stories, but I'm just curious: Since Karl presumably can only post "anti-business or pro-piracy" stories, how many "pro-business or anti-piracy" stories have you found and submitted to the front page?
It's one thing to simply bitch about the quality of the stories and blast them with no contrary evidence or links, but it's quite another to actually contribute information supporting your allegations of bias. At the very least, I would think that any story so controversial and so biased would have plenty of dissenting articles you could point to.
Or are you doing this and having a contrary opinion quashed by the terrible powers that be here? |
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA
| This will get a Reaction
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts will act swiftly to fix this non published cap issue.
The AGs office will investigate a criminal conspiracy, finding none then civilly sue Comcast for Chapter 93A »www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/gl-93a-toc.htm
violations. There will be a cap publicly posted by then end of 2009. LOL
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kpfx
join:2005-10-28
Kerrville, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to dadkins
Re: PLEASE!
Well, personally I think stating a cap is like placing a food limit on that all-you-can-eat buffet.
For my $6 I do expect to get all the food my stomach can handle, but I also know there's going to be some reasonable limits. There's no way they're going to let me hang out all day while taking whole trays of food back to my table...  |
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FIOS
join:2007-03-10
Netcong, NJ | Net neutrality any one?
Just wait until net-neutrality becomes law; you ain't seen nothing yet. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to quatrix
Re: .
said by quatrix :Enough trolling, Karl. Can we go just one day without a post that's anti-business or pro-piracy? It's far from a unanimous opinion that Comcast should publicize its caps. So accountability is anti-business?  |
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FIOS
join:2007-03-10
Netcong, NJ | The cap depends on how over sold the node is.
Cable TV doesn't want to state a cap because it is not a fixed number. It depends on the `number of people on a node and how much those people use their connection. |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| said by FIOS :Cable TV doesn't want to state a cap because it is not a fixed number. It depends on the `number of people on a node and how much those people use their connection. Exactly. I don't know why people have such a problem understanding this simple fact even when they are told it over and over again. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to kpfx
Re: PLEASE!
If Comcast comes out and states what the cap is, then it wouldn't be like an all-you-can-eat buffet. That's kind of the point of this argument. I would much rather eat at the buffet that costs $6 when I know I can eat 3 plates rather than the buffet that costs $10 when I think I might be able to eat 4, or 5, or maybe 10 plates, but might be cut off by the restaurant at some point during my 5th plate because they believe I'm eating too much. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to FIOS
Re: The cap depends on how over sold the node is.
They don't want to explicitly detail a cap because they enjoy their "unlimited" marketing campaign. The ISPs could (and should, imo) specify what their caps are and they should be irrelevant of number of users on a node. If you've got a node with 100 users, set the cap at 50 GB/mth (arbitrary number) and if you've got a node with 2 users, set the cap at 50 GB/mth. Remove the ambiguity and you will increase customer satisfaction. |
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