said by Rick :

Hmm..seems like you're missing a few steps...not to mention the entire point of my comment.

You might want to educate yourself about what happened here in this thread..starting first with the "woe is me..comcast is attacking poor little old me"....which ultimately led up to the "revelation" that perhaps the reason they had something to say about him was because of his undisclosed lawsuit seeking class action ..Ie: support from the members of the board he apparently hoped would be joining in on the suit.

»Complain about Comcast=Have your Reputation Scrutinized

In any event...back on topic...personally I hope they do institute caps. It's time for the high consumption users to pay their share and stop having everyone else subsidize this outrageous behavior and enough..is never enough..usage.

said by Rick :

I think it all has plenty to do with each other.

Isp's including comcast have tried to police their networks in such a way the last few years to be as reasonable as possible IMHO. Instead of putting fixed numbers on bandwidth, they've attempted to be as flexible as possible and to deal with those abusing the networks with cautions to tone down their usage.

I've always thought that was a great way to operate and really resembled in a way the spirit of the internet itself in letting it be as free and open as possible.
In particular, I think that comcast has been one of the most generous ones of all. I have yet to EVER see a post where anyone ever had a problem unless they hit the 300 to 400 gig amounts PER MONTH. And, even that was following a warning letter.

It's really too bad that some couldn't appreciate that and how generous it was. Instead..they criticized and criticized some more.

And now..I think they're going to reap what they've sown.
Not only with comcast..but across the whole ISP world.

Some people have simply treated this 42 dollar a month service as if they paid 2 thousand a month for it.
Their expectations and demands have been nothing short of outrageous. It's a residential service..not a private dedicated line for all their own use.

Maybe now they'll start to get a clue.

But..then again..maybe it will take the first big bill instead.

said by Rick :

As for Rob and his suit..that's up to him if he feels wronged. Personally I'd have to severely question however how wronged someone could be obviously using the connection as much as he did..at the price he paid for it.