| Why bother - Usage caps will stifle use Why bother - Usage caps being but in place by Comcast will stifle use. The higher speeds only let us reach the caps sooner. |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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1 edit | said by Youngjm:Why bother - Usage caps being but in place by Comcast will stifle use. The higher speeds only let us reach the caps sooner. My Comcast speeds have multiplied over the past 5 years - my consumption has not.
I pay for speed, not volume.
1500kbps to now 16,000kbps(17,600 provisioned and 17,300 actual)
Instead of a large file taking hours, it now takes minutes.
Upload - 256kbps 5 years ago, now 2200kbps.
THIS may increase usage a bit now, but my combined usage on Comcast's network is still in the 30GB per month range.
With 320mbps, if the supplying servers could push it, my downloads would not be minutes but seconds.
I cannot see *MY* consumption increasing to anything remotely close to 250GB in a month - no matter what speeds I might have.
Screw the cap!
EDIT: Typo
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yep. higher speed and usage caps are contradictory things - you don't do both, you do one or the other.
we know what the major cableco choice is in the near term (caps), which makes me wonder: how much is the "docsis 3" talk just for advertising cableco competitiveness with FIOS speeds and the cablecos have no intention of substantially increasing speeds in the near future? |
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 Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
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said by Youngjm:Why bother - Usage caps being but in place by Comcast will stifle use. The higher speeds only let us reach the caps sooner. Lol comcast caps are much better then twc's 5GB cap LOL!
any one that needs more then 250GB per month must be a thief |
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| said by Anonymous_:any one that needs more then 250GB per month must be a thief how about: is most likely a 'thief'. There must be a few individuals out there who legitimately use over 250GB without the use of heavy, illegal torrenting. |
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 MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
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1 edit | reply to Anonymous_
said by Anonymous_:Lol comcast caps are much better then twc's 5GB cap LOL! any one that needs more then 250GB per month must be a thief With TWC, that 5GB limit is a trial in one area for the lowest tier, with usage above that charged extra. NO OTHER systems outside that one around Beaumont, Texas has "caps". Higher limits for higher tiers of service, with usage above the limits charged extra.
With Comcast, 250GB is going to be grounds for getting your service cut off for all residential users no matter what the tier. Paying for usage above that isn't an option.
Then again this sort of DOCSIS 3 upgrade is an increase in bandwidth CAPACITY which will allow end user bandwidth and caps to be increased. |
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 CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX | reply to nasadude
When they raise the speed limit on the highway, do you drive further to work? I don't. |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | said by Cabal:When they raise the speed limit on the highway, do you drive further to work? I don't. No, but if you drive faster you consume more fuel.
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said by Cabal:When they raise the speed limit on the highway, do you drive further to work? I don't. But... users may be more inclined to download more since it is that much quicker (or from a p2p user standpoint, they can set their upload at a higher rate, therefore using more bandwidth). For those that like to use their connection 24/7, a higher provisioned speed just lets them gobble up more.
If I could take two different routes to work, one longer than the other, and it takes the same time to traverse both, then it doesn't matter which I take (neglecting cost of fuel, etc, since we are talking about a flat-rate subscription cost).
All depends on the user. |
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to MacLeech
said by MacLeech:With TWC, that 5GB limit is a trial in one area for the lowest tier, with usage above that charged extra. NO OTHER systems outside that one around Beaumont, Texas has "caps". Higher limits for higher tiers of service, with usage above the limits charged extra. While I am against Caps, I feel that the cap should be based on full speed usage measured in connect time.
IOW: If it would take me X Minutes at full speed to reach the lower tier cap, if the highest tier has a max speed of 5 times the lower tier, its cap should ALSO be 5 times as large so I get the same amount of full speed time. Any cap based on GB is cheating if I can reach that cap faster on the faster tier. Basing the caps on Usage Volume not Usage Time to get that Volume is smoke and mirrors not a true method of allocating the access. |
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Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
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said by MacLeech:said by Anonymous_:Lol comcast caps are much better then twc's 5GB cap LOL! any one that needs more then 250GB per month must be a thief With TWC, that 5GB limit is a trial in one area for the lowest tier, with usage above that charged extra. NO OTHER systems outside that one around Beaumont, Texas has "caps". Higher limits for higher tiers of service, with usage above the limits charged extra. With Comcast, 250GB is going to be grounds for getting your service cut off for all residential users no matter what the tier. Paying for usage above that isn't an option. Then again this sort of DOCSIS 3 upgrade is an increase in bandwidth CAPACITY which will allow end user bandwidth and caps to be increased. comcast lowest& highest cap is , 250GB so i was conpareing it with twc's lowest cap also |
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1 edit | reply to MacLeech
said by MacLeech:said by Anonymous_:Lol comcast caps are much better then twc's 5GB cap LOL! any one that needs more then 250GB per month must be a thief Then again this sort of DOCSIS 3 upgrade is an increase in bandwidth CAPACITY which will allow end user bandwidth and caps to be increased. to 10GB? lol |
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 CUBS_FANNext Year Again..
join:2005-04-28
Chicago, IL
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| There are people like me who go on downloading binges. If I can download twice as fast it gives me more time to download more. Most of my limits to downloading content is due to the time it takes to obtain the content.
Then there are those who leave their computers on all night torrenting. |
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