| we pay for it so let us use it. "But Comcast does reserve the right to cut off service to customers who abuse the network by using too much bandwidth."
its not really abuse, it's the fact that there network can not handle it is more like it. after all, we pay for bandwith ($60+ a month), therefore we should get to use it regardless the amount downloaded via any means. that is kinda like dial up saying you get a 56k connection but you can only download 200 megs per month. makes no sence to me. afterall, we pay for it, so let us use it. without the customer, the company is nothing. |
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| said by scooterr50:"But Comcast does reserve the right to cut off service to customers who abuse the network by using too much bandwidth." its not really abuse, it's the fact that there network can not handle it is more like it. after all, we pay for bandwith ($60+ a month), therefore we should get to use it regardless the amount downloaded via any means. that is kinda like dial up saying you get a 56k connection but you can only download 200 megs per month. makes no sence to me. afterall, we pay for it, so let us use it. without the customer, the company is nothing. This is an extremely dead horse, so I'm going to put away my stick. I'll summarize by telling you that there are essentially two schools of thought at play when it comes to rate limiting:
Group A - Those who understand that unlike a $500+ T1, broadband is a "time share / best effort" connection which does not guarantee you any set speed. Your ISP's TOS agreement should more or less state this.
Group B - Those who believe that even though it can cost an ISP over $5000 a month for 45 Mbps of bandwidth, they should be allowed to completely max out their broadband connection 24/7 for $50 or whatever a month.
There are many factors at play; economics, potentially shady marketing, and customer ignorance being the key factors in my mind. In the end, I don't think there will ever be a resolution to this argument which pleases everyone involved.
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| how much it cost's is not my point. it's the fact that we pay for it and can not reep the FULL rewards. im sure most of us never read the TOS (at least i do not). just my 2 cents. |
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| said by scooterr50:how much it cost's is not my point. it's the fact that we pay for it and can not reep the FULL rewards. im sure most of us never read the TOS (at least i do not). just my 2 cents.
If you didn't read the contract, how do you know what you are paying for?
You may already be recieving more than the ToS allows, in which case you should be posting how generous comcast has been to you. |
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I am on cable and have never used BT for anything. I don't want my neighbors helping to distribute software for commercial companies that have the money to distribute their own files. My speed is determined by what those around me are doing and legal or not I would rather it not be done.
A lot of BT traffic is legal. Most is not legal. If it weren't for all of the illegal BT traffic, and traffic from commercial companies that cheap out and put the burden for distributing their product on the back of users and their ISP you guys that have a legit purpose wouldn't be having a problem with this. |
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