jaminus
join:2004-10-14
Arlington, VA | reply to funchords
Re: Are my Comcast OnDemand HD movies capped? 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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 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5
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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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
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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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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | 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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