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Re: Are my Comcast OnDemand HD movies capped?
Comcast OnDemand is not IP-based and it does not contend with Internet traffic. Even if everybody tried to order an on-demand movie at once, that would have no effect on Comcast's Internet service (though it might cause glitches with video programming) |
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| said by jaminus  :Comcast OnDemand is not IP-based and it does not contend with Internet traffic. Even if everybody tried to order an on-demand movie at once, that would have no effect on Comcast's Internet service (though it might cause glitches with video programming) Nothing you've said contradicts my point at all.
And (off topic) ...
said by jaminus :Comcast OnDemand is not IP-based I'm pretty sure it is, but it's IP on a closed system as you point out. In either case, the method is irrelevant.
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| Why'd you even bring up OnDemand? It's a separate service operating on a different frequency and it does not contend with Internet traffic for bandwidth. You ask, "are my OnDemand HD movies capped?" and I simply do not see why you would expect Comcast to do such a thing unless congestion was an issue.
And you're right about OnDemand being IP-based. I don't know why I thought otherwise. |
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1 edit | said by jaminus :Why'd you even bring up OnDemand? Because of the anti-competitive effect of a bandwidth cap that is driven by a user's psychological behavior.
If I'm a Comcast HSI user and a Comcast TV subscriber, am I going to sign up with NetFlix and watch their 2 Mbps stream -- knowing that some counter somewhere is racking up? Or am I going to quit NetFlix and pay Comcast a PPV fee, instead, knowing it's not "on the clock"?
edit: Most people under the clock overestimate their usage and will vote for "unmetered" thinking their consumption will be worse than it is. So, most will probably ditch Netflix. In reality, though, they'll still not likely hit the bell by watching NetFlix a lot. It burns roughly 1 GB/hour.
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| said by funchords :If I'm a Comcast HSI user and a Comcast TV subscriber, am I going to sign up with NetFlix and watch their 2 Mbps stream -- knowing that some counter somewhere is racking up? Or am I going to quit NetFlix and pay Comcast a PPV fee, instead, knowing it's not "on the clock"? Or you could rent your Blu-ray movies on the $16.99/mo 3-out unlimited plan.
Assuming the average Blu-ray movie is 30GB, and you have a 3 day turn-around on movies, that's 2.78mbps (90GB over 72 hours) on average through the USPS, and it's fully unmetered! |
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| I'm still pretending Blu-ray doesn't exist. Besides, if I ever told the postman how much data he's carried, he'd have a retroactive hernia!     |
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