| What about the bandwidth I'm FORCED to use? I can see models moving toward paying for the bandwidth you use. Telephone has been there for years in one form or another. HOWEVER, what about all the friggin' web sites I visit where ads, videos, music are automatically streamed? Who's going to enforce the web designers and companies to stop them from forcing their crap down my throat at my expense? Caps might be plausible but only if users aren't forced to burn up their bandwidth caps without their permission or knowledge. |
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 Ebolla
join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA | you choose to visit those sites, comcast doesnt force you to. Use ad-blocking programs also if you are worried about that as well. |
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 runnoftPremium
join:2003-10-14
Deerfield, IL
kudos:1 | reply to jmbailey2000
Those ads are a tiny part of the bandwidth you use. Even if you browse 24/7, you won't get close to 250Gb because of that stuff. Websearch and download NetMeter and monitor your web use. You'll see it's less than you'd expect. To really get up over 100Gb a month, you've got to be downloading big files, or streaming movies. Browsing, even with the crapware, is a drop in the bucket. |
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| Depends on the caps that are set. Yes, some things are tiny, some aren't. I have no problem paying for what I agree to download, but if caps get implemented, the automatic push BS would have to stop, otherwise it could cause people to pay for bandwidth didn't intend to. Just like junk mail, email, phone solicitation, etc. Could be interesting..... |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to jmbailey2000
ads take up nothing. I've checked. most ads are well under 100 KB and even if the average was 100 KB you'd have to see 3500 ads a DAY to reach 10 GB in a MONTH. |
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 Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
kudos:2
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2 edits | said by BF69:ads take up nothing. I've checked. most ads are well under 100 KB and even if the average was 100 KB you'd have to see 3500 ads a DAY to reach 10 GB in a MONTH. but flash ad's are huge they are about 1 to 2 megabytes or more roadrunners web site is 8 megabytes of flash crap
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by Anonymous_:said by BF69:ads take up nothing. I've checked. most ads are well under 100 KB and even if the average was 100 KB you'd have to see 3500 ads a DAY to reach 10 GB in a MONTH. but flash ad's are huge they are about 1 to 2 megabytes or more roadrunners web site is 8 megabytes of flash crap No they aren't that huge. As I said most are under 100 KB.
Go to buccaneers.com that page is FULL of flash and it's under 4 MB.
That Roadrunner site is about 2.5 MB and that's a whole page. So how is an AD going to be 3-4 MB? |
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