 hopeflickerCapitalism breeds greedPremium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA
kudos:1 | reply to halo5
Re: HAH said by halo5:LOL! So you can hit their 5gig cap in 3 hours instead of 6! I just came over from the FIOS forum and some users are claiming that they are gobbling up multiple terabytes of bandwidth up and down.
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by hopeflicker:said by halo5:LOL! So you can hit their 5gig cap in 3 hours instead of 6! I just came over from the FIOS forum and some users are claiming that they are gobbling up multiple terabytes of bandwidth up and down. LOL You may laugh now, but those are the very people who are going to ruin FIOS for us like they did cable. If that keeps up, caps will be imposed without a doubt.
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 JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD | I don't think a pure fiber network like FiOS suffers from the same congestion problems inherent to a hybrid network like cable has.
Either way, those of us with the good fortune to have FiOS may as well enjoy it while we can. |
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| The same, no as cable is node based. But congestion on a network, yes it can happen regardless of transport.
No matter how they are doing it, if they see people abusing it, especially of all you "online backeruppers, Linux Distro distributers, and daily machine rebuild guys that have to download patches all the time", they will eventually do something as it still cost them.
So yes, you guys that will take all you can as long as you can enjoy your gluttony now. |
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 Vchat20Landing is the REAL challengePremium
join:2003-09-16
Columbus, OH | reply to JTRockville
The local FiOS network may not, but the interconnect to the internet certainly will in short order and will be the EXACT reason to throw in caps. |
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JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD Reviews:
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Sure, congestion can happen on any network. Even with seriously heavy use, I think it would be really hard (maybe even impossible) for a single subscriber to severly disrupt service for other subscribers on a pure fiber network like what happens on a hybrid cable network.
Keep in mind, cost isn't the reason Comcast has given over the years for implementing the cap. Then again, how much is a liar's word worth?
* still puzzled about why heavy users are call abusers * |
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