http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19120341 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:14:02 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:14:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19121081 racer9876 : Well you have to remember this, satellite is a totally different beast from cable.
In cable it is a closed system that can use any of the available spectrum ranging from 0-750MHz or more depending on the cable plant's configuration. If they need extra capacity they can split nodes or lay new cable.
Satellite on the other hand is a open system meaning its broadcast over the air and uses a much smaller part of the spectrum. I would guess around 100-200Mhz of bandwidth. This same signal is broadcast over the entire country meaning it has a single data pipe to move all that information through for everyone not 50-300 homes like cable.
So that is why they have to institute caps to insure that their is enough available bandwidth for everyone. Yeah I know that sucks but hey that's physics for ya.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19121081 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:18:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19120341 tmc8080 : >WildBlue does cap their users, but, like HughesNet, calls >such caps their "fair access policy" or FAP(pdf). The cap is >a rolling thirty day limit on data use that varies by tier, >but if exceeded results in the customer's broadband >connection being throttled to 128kbps/28kbps.
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stop giving comcast ideas...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19120341 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:11:36 EDT