 ztmikeMark for moderationPremium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | Caps=Cheap ISP Can someone please tell me why they even bother with 30mbps+ with CAPS? 30-50GB is just absurd.
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Clear Wireless
| said by ztmike:Can someone please tell me why they even bother with 30mbps+ with CAPS? Rate and quantity are not necessarily directly related. If they raise the speed limit on the road I take to work, it doesn't mean that I drive further to go to work -- it means my trip to the office is completed faster. |
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~$0.50/minute is why. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to ztmike
It's not absurd for a large number of consumers. I consider myself an "active" user of my connection and I routinely average 20 GB/mth, so 30-50 GB is great. Now, the reason for 30+ Mbps connections with caps is to allow customers to do what they need to do in a efficient manner while controlling the hogs that have a potential to crush the network. For example, I wish that I had 30+ Mbps last night when I downloaded Xcode at ~1 GB. I could have cut my 15 minute download time to less than 5 minutes. |
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said by espaeth:said by ztmike:Can someone please tell me why they even bother with 30mbps+ with CAPS? Rate and quantity are not necessarily directly related. If they raise the speed limit on the road I take to work, it doesn't mean that I drive further to go to work -- it means my trip to the office is completed faster. And also you can go more places that you need to go in that time. Why make it a toll road? |
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 TigerLordResident pentaxianPremium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Montreal
kudos:6 | reply to ztmike
Yes it is.
However its only competitor is Symcraptico, so let's just hope they don't anhilate the service quality further down to Bell's levels. |
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Wrong analogy IMHO,
I'd say, they raise the speed limit, but my tank of gas stays the same... So I burn through it faster  |
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