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Re: Cry... And for the record, I agree with all of these things --
- Comcast has the right to reasonable network management
- Comcast hasn't capped people at 5 gigs or 20 gigs or 100gigs. It's been at 300 to 400 gigs for christs sake.
- What REASONABLE people want is for our connections to be fast..and service to be good and consistent.
- I don't want my 24/7 bandwidth hogging neighbor to take down my and others connections. Comcast has the RIGHT..and OBLIGATION..to PROTECT US.
Comcast doesn't have the right to prohibit P2P users as a category, but does have the right to ensure that users don't unduly interfere with other users. And you know I have zero tolerance for that. "Cut 'em off!"
If you don't want to have users that are simply heavy users of bandwidth (that don't interfere), then don't offer services to them. But if you do business with them, you are obligated (ethically, morally, legally?) to serve them and deliver the product that you described when they laid the money down.
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 RickPremium,MVM
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Waterbury, CT | And does your local chinese buffet owe you "all you can eat" for a week, month or year for 6.99 simply because you laid your money down (and they didn't say in their tagline..all you can eat HERE in one sitting)?
I think it's the same thing. It's about being reasonable in ones expectations.
You paid what for your service..42.95? You say here you consumed over 120 gigs a month of bandwidth.
Rob..tell us. If that was a dedicated line...how much would you have paid? You say you're a professional in this industry..you should know or have a pretty good idea.
Did you get your 42.95's worth in that 125 gigs of data you consumed compared to what it cost the provider?
You see Rob..that is where I think you lose the argument completely. And, not just you..but all those consuming mega amounts of bandwidth. You're simply not being reasonable and are spinning words and meanings to fit your needs.
How much would a T1 cost you? 500 a month? And this was at what..4 times those speeds?
Does that make your 125 gigs worth maybe 1600.00 a month..that you paid 43 dollars for?
Perhaps someone can chime in who does buy bandwidth like this because I don't know how much it would cost.
I sure know it's a lot more than 43 bucks though.
Rob..with all due respect I see your suit as being like you hooked up your chain to that buffet table.dragged it home..fed your family and friends..and now want them to replenish it again for you.
And I don't think that's going to fly very well in court.
But..if you feel wronged..then so be it. This is America.the land of the free...and home of the lawsuits.
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
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1 edit | You paid what for your service..42.95? You say here you consumed over 120 gigs a month of bandwidth.
Rob..tell us. If that was a dedicated line...how much would you have paid? You say you're a professional in this industry..you should know or have a pretty good idea.
Did you get your 42.95's worth in that 125 gigs of data you consumed compared to what it cost the provider?
So my 120 GB a month. That works out to about 365 Kbps when averaged over the entire month.
If this was a T1, it would cost about $350 (many sources) to as low as $309 a month (Intercom, promo deal). But keep in mind that's a T1 1500 Kbps in each direction (3000 Kbps combined). I used about 365 Kbps or about 12% of that, so -- guess what Rick -- it works out to around $40.
So you lost your "unreasonableness" case completely. (That is if I bought this apples and oranges comparison, which I don't.)
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
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kudos:5 | I just realized that our 150 GB/mo turned into 125 or 120 GB/mo somewhere in this calculation. That changes things a little bit. |
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