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openbox9
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Re: If they actually make good on their promise

said by Doctor Four:

Then what they will likely do is throttle BitTorrent
traffic during peak periods

....

Or maybe they'll allow a certain amount, then charge
something like $2.00/GB over that.
These are the management techniques that Comcast should have used from the beginning IMO. It would have avoided some of the bad press and probably generated revenue.

Jim Kirk
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If companies like Comcrap weren't so caught up in the quest for short term profits, they would be upgrading their networks to handle more traffic. The only one that seems to have a clue is Verizon.

LeftOfSanity
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said by Jim Kirk:

If companies like Comcrap weren't so caught up in the quest for short term profits, they would be upgrading their networks to handle more traffic. The only one that seems to have a clue is Verizon.
Docsis 3?
openbox9
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Comcast (and other ISPs) are spending billions to upgrade infrastructure, so I believe they're concerned with more than just short term profits

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said by openbox9:

Comcast (and other ISPs) are spending billions to upgrade infrastructure, so I believe they're concerned with more than just short term profits
They're in a really tough spot right now. Investors want blood. During times like this, the quarterly results often get too much attention and the long term vision too little. (None of that is unique to Comcast.)
openbox9
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We obviously don't know about the next quarter yet, but look at the previous quarters...Comcast and many other ISPs are spending large sums of money increasing infrastructure and capacity, which is what digitalfreak implied wasn't being done.
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said by LeftOfSanity:
said by Jim Kirk:

If companies like Comcrap weren't so caught up in the quest for short term profits, they would be upgrading their networks to handle more traffic. The only one that seems to have a clue is Verizon.
Docsis 3?
Facts don't matter to some people.