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 tekmunkiTekmunkiPremium
join:2001-12-06
Lake City, FL | Bad at math? "a fraction of one percent of our customers"
A fraction, say 9999/10000 or .9999% That's basically 1%.
Note they didn't word this as "high speed" customers, merely customers.
From Wikipedia: (Yes i know, bad source- but these seem fairly accurate)
"Comcast serves a total of 24.2 million cable customers, 14.7 million digital cable customers, 12.9 million high-speed internet customers, and 4.1 million voice customers."
So, you could play with numbers and say Comcast has 55.9 million customers, even though these services likely overlap the larger number. We'll be fair and just use the 12.9 million, as we're talking about highspeed.
Now we don't know WHAT fraction they were saying--- it could be 1/100000... I guess that's why they hired lawyers to cover press releases.
By my math - "UP TO" ~128,999 customers are affected by this change.
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|   dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | Re: Bad at math? 14.4 million HSI customers(households/connections).
14,400,000
High-Speed Internet
-- Added 278,000 high-speed Internet subscribers during the second
quarter -- penetration reached 29% of homes passed or 14.4 million
customers.
»biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080730/new005.html
All things I have read state that for the past few years, the top 0.1% are getting "The Call" or "The Letter"
14.4 million would make that 14,400 "bad" customers.
Seeing as they added 278,000 *NEW* customers in the last quarter - I doubt they are worried about 14,400 leaving/getting booted.
Good riddance!
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| |  cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
 ·Frontier FiOS
| Re: Bad at math? said by dadkins:Seeing as they added 278,000 *NEW* customers in the last quarter - I doubt they are worried about 14,400 leaving/getting booted. Good riddance! Remember though, that there is always going to be a "Top .1%". You may not be in it today or tomorrow....but eventually.
First they came for the... | |
| | | dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | Re: Bad at math? 200-300 Inviso of yesteryear...
250 as of Oct 1st...
I am going out on a limb here, but by the time *I* am a "bad" customer, I will have been dead for a decade or two.
No worries! 
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| | | | cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5 | Re: Bad at math? It depends on if they are chopping off the Top .1% of customers, or the top .1% of bandwidth users. There could theoretically be a difference in those numbers. | |
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| |  espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Clear Wireless
| said by cdru:Remember though, that there is always going to be a "Top .1%". You may not be in it today or tomorrow....but eventually. How will you be in it eventually if there is a stated value of 250GB?
It's possible for 100% of the subscriber base to comply with that restriction and not get cut. | |
| | | | cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5 Reviews:
·Frontier FiOS
| Re: Bad at math? said by espaeth:said by cdru:Remember though, that there is always going to be a "Top .1%". You may not be in it today or tomorrow....but eventually. How will you be in it eventually if there is a stated value of 250GB? It's possible for 100% of the subscriber base to comply with that restriction and not get cut. 250GB is just an arbitrary value that Comcast decided to pick. Supposedly .1% of their customers exceed 250GB per month. Eliminate those customers and everything is fine and dandy.
But now there are a new group of "Top .1% Users". Say they download 225GB+ /month. What's to stop Comcast from cutting of the new block of users...it's only the top .1%. They deserve to be cut off, right? Rinse, repeat.
Yes it's a worst-case type of scenario, but do you really think it's going to stop just at 250GB? | |
| | | | | espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Clear Wireless
| Re: Bad at math? said by cdru:Yes it's a worst-case type of scenario, but do you really think it's going to stop just at 250GB? Yes. I really think it's going to stop at 250GB, unless technology and market forces are going to change significantly in the near term. | |
| | | | | | cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5 Reviews:
·Frontier FiOS
| Re: Bad at math? said by espaeth:said by cdru:Yes it's a worst-case type of scenario, but do you really think it's going to stop just at 250GB? Yes. I really think it's going to stop at 250GB, unless technology and market forces are going to change significantly in the near term. Bandwidth usage is only going to increase. So while grandma isn't downloading full length blu-ray HD DVDs today, it's not too far off. If Comcast can't or won't scale up their network, I place my money on another round of caps to help ease the "growing pains". | |
| | | | | | | espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Clear Wireless
| Re: Bad at math? said by cdru:Bandwidth usage is only going to increase. So while grandma isn't downloading full length blu-ray HD DVDs today, it's not too far off. If Comcast can't or won't scale up their network, I place my money on another round of caps to help ease the "growing pains" That's not the same as saying bandwidth caps will decrease.
As long as the increase in usage roughly correlates to advancement of broadband delivery technology deployment then there's not an issue. The problem is explosive growth against an infrastructure that has limited scaling opportunity.
In terms of short term impact, it's unrealistic to expect that your usage of broadband can change drastically (in the way you are suggesting) and not have that affect the pricing / feasibility of the service. | |
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cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5 Reviews:
·Frontier FiOS
| said by tekmunki:"a fraction of one percent of our customers" A fraction, say 9999/10000 or .9999% That's basically 1%. 9999/10000 is .01%. 1% of 10000 is 100.
According to the previous article: quote:
According to this source, the new system should only impact some 14,000 customers out of Comcast's 14.1 million users (i.e. the top 0.1%).
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