fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to fldiver
Re: 250GB sounds low said by fldiver:Excuse me, I think you are overlooking the obvious; DTV pays a great deal of money to whatever backbone provider they use to host the service, so how is it that you feel they are doing it on the backs of ISP's? First off, you really don't know WHAT they are paying.. it could be a lot of money, or it may not. We do know they are paying for some sort of bandwidth, yes.
That it just an incorrect conclusion on your part. The truth is, that Comcast and other ISP's have over SOLD their capacity and as usual now they want to penalize the people who pay for the service for legitimate uses. What you don't understand is the difference between residential and business use services. If you want dedicated bandwidth to do as you please, buy business service. With that, be prepared to pay for the line and for the transport as well. (Nothing is unlimited) Residential services are always oversold - be it DSL, CABLE, or yes, even the grand old Fios. The ENTIRE INTERNET is oversold. If you built the internet at large to be able to handle use by EVERY person at the same time, all the time, you're head would spin with the bill.
Your assumptions are wrong.
I am sure it sticks in Comcast's crawl when their competitor can use their backbone to provide entertainment, but guess what, suck it up and deal with it, I pay Comcast for a pipe to the NET, nothing more nothing less; what I do with it (as long as it is deemed legal) is MY BUSNIESS.
Um, again, you're wrong. What you do with the pipe is partially their business - read your AUP. And you are right.. it IS sticking with ISPs (You single out Comcast, who by the way, of all plans out there to cap, so far, has been the most generous..)but, as I've said before, what do you think will happen? CAPS!
While DTV may pay an alleged huge sum of money for data, it doesn't mean you do. You also forget that you pay for speeds to the internet, you do not pay for transport. Your line is rated/priced for residential use. SOME people believe that residential use is to download torrents 24/7, too. At present, 24/7 use is NOT typical residential use.
Take that term to court.. typical residential use. A test will be placed on that claim that 24/7 torrent is typical use. A study will be done, a large amount of people will be shown they don't use 24/7 service as residential use, and your claim is invalidated.
What you think in your mind as right, I'm sorry to say, isn't. MANY of the arguments here, are not. You guys also forget that companies, as much as you want to hate them into non-existence (which won't happen) HAVE RIGHTS! Why do I stand by them a lot of the time? .. because the reality is that there is a balance in the market place that exists between consumer and provider. While the consumer may want want want, they never want to give in return and their desires, if they got their way, would put businesses out of, well, business.
People HAVE to be realistic. What's the alternative? Socialism. ... and I will defend against that. The sad truth is that people simply don't think! |
fldiverPremium
join:1999-12-27
Jacksonville, FL
1 edit | You certainly do praddle on a lot; I did say legal so unlike some others I actually have read the AUP with Comcast; and regardless of what DTV pays, they pay something, do not think for a minute that Comcast doesn't pay pennies per MB in backbone charges.
Moving on, nothing worth reading here  |
