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 tshirtPremium,MVM
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Re: COMCRAP said by bmn:said by tshirt:even if comcast is blocking torrents specifically (so far un- PROVEN) I would doubt they know or care about the legality of the content, merely that it is interfering with the operation of their network. The statement that Bittorrent is "interfering with the operation of their network" is also an "un- PROVEN" statement... Notice the if (I'm not yet convinced it is happening) In fact I am convinced that ComCast would only choose to do this, if in fact it was interfering with network operations or under legal duress (which I am sure we would have heard about by now.)
The third Problem large numbers of torrents could cause for network operations is the sheer number of connections.
Let's say 2 of CC's 12 million HSI customers are running BT or similar with an average of 50 connections, that's 100 million connections above the normal/expected traffic hitting CC's routers, DNS, CRAN, etc.
If you have been reading the boards here for even a couple years, you might have read about the rapidly rising route congestion, CC routers dropping packets, DNS failing to respond, etc.,etc.
Just like some basic home routers become overwhelmed by excessive connections, so do their big brothers at CC given enough traffic.
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| Then it's time to upgrade to meet user demand. BT users may be a minority, but they are a significant minority. They bring in other low use customers and they may be a minority percentage wise, but in sheer numbers they are large. | |
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| said by grandpinaple:Then it's time to upgrade to meet user demand. BT users may be a minority, but they are a significant minority. They bring in other low use customers and they may be a minority percentage wise, but in sheer numbers they are large. Which CC is constantly doing.
But you (they) don't just run down to walmart and buy 10,000 cisco routers and plug them in.
there are engineering studies, finding/build rack space which means adding power, backup power,power conditioning, cooling, fire suppression, etc. then you probably need to add backhaul fiber, node splits and so on. and more deskspace at the NOC to manage and monitor said equipment, plus more technical staff to maintain it.
Not only are you talking about millions/billion of $ (all within current budget, and with careful choices of equipment, so as not to become obsolete at the next major upgrade), but months/years of planning and design (wasted $ means higher bills to customers)
So demand will always out strip supply.
You suggest a massive, out of planned cycle upgrade to the plant for either
a}a small portion of the customer base, who are using far above the planned typical user resources, and already complain that what they pay is too much and that they will leave at the drop of the hat for other providers
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b} a growing percentage of customers (10-20%) who have recent discovered much higher bandwidth applications, but are likely to feel priced out of the service, if asked to shoulder the true costs of the improvement and bandwidth bills
all of which while attempting to keep the service usable and affordable for the other 80-90% of your customer base (group C), who are paying 80-90% of the income for your business.
a Massive rush buildout for group a} (who are driving peak demand, MAY generate some additional low-use customers (but probably not as much as a similar $ spent on promos and plant area expansions), and certainly promote high churn rates) makes no sense.
a carefully planned buildout to meet the needs of b} as well as bandwidth control to keep it usable/affordable for c} make a better model for continued long term growth.
In this this case being in the a}'s (cutting edge, geeky, elite, greedy) pushes you outside their desirable customer envelope at least under the current flat rate/no contract model (yes there are several tiers, but that's more about speed than volume)
Should they go to a longterm contract, price per byte system?
That introduces something the cable companies have carefully avoided, becoming a creditor......unlike the current prepaid model PPB means you have to collect fees from the user after the fact even some ordinary users might end up using more that they are prepared to pay. and certainly some of the a} group would run up $$$ in bandwidth fees and default (my impression is many of the BT users down load movies, etc. and *nix etc. because it is "free") leaving the company and the remaining customers holding the bag/bill.
monthly fees to c} group would likely not drop, b} group would rise somewhat, and only the most dedictaed, well-heeled a}'s would remain. | |
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