kevinm5
join:2008-05-27
Willows, CA | reply to LeftOfSanity
Re: Wow...
That's true but with a faster connection you'll be more likely to download more than before, especially thinks like HD video. |
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dadkins
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Hercules, CA
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1 edit | said by kevinm5  :That's true but with a faster connection you'll be more likely to download more than before, especially thinks like HD video. Likely, perhaps.
I went from 1.5mbps 5 years ago to 16mbps now and I still average 30GB per month.
Now, if I had 5mbps upload, my overal use would likely climb.
No way in hell I would get near 250GB per month though.
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Underplay
join:2003-10-19
Tacoma, WA
| This cap may seem extreme to all of you average joe's. But look at the future and you will see that 250gb is literally nothing. New technologies are coming out that use large amounts of space. Services exist like downloading games over the internet, and online hard drives. The average joe is starting to buy terabyte hard drives. I believe comcast should base there cap limit on the hard drive market.
Most of you guys that defend comcast are the perfect stereotype of the average "american consumer". I'm really tired of having ignorant people make decisions that effect everybody else just because they want to be the average goody toe shoes. I really have no idea how someone would settle for such a low cap in the beginning. if your a smart individual and know how these companies work then you will soon be paying for your service by the gigabyte. Only then will you understand what the rest of us have been telling you for years, go ahead. Be a sucker. |
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espaeth
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| said by Underplay :I believe comcast should base there cap limit on the hard drive market. That's like saying people should develop their household spending budget based on how much stuff they can fit in their car.
There are real limits to how much traffic each network segment can deliver; the caps are derived from how much traffic it's possible to deliver, not by theoretical max consumption. |
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Underplay
join:2003-10-19
Tacoma, WA | Yes that was a bad comparison. Anyway, the point is that the low 250gb cap is shit. If comcast tried to screw us by charging us per gig then their going to get tossed in the long run. I hope they raise the limit with the new speeds. |
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dadkins
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| said by Underplay :Yes that was a bad comparison. Anyway, the point is that the low 250gb cap is shit. If comcast tried to screw us by charging us per gig then their going to get tossed in the long run. I hope they raise the limit with the new speeds. Look at it from the majority's point of view...
Per GB would be great for 99% of Comcast subs.
Imagine me - 30GB per month. Lower my bill to $10.00 or less? SURE!
In time, that 250GB cap will need to be raised.
ATM it is far and beyond any other service that is being capped. 
Ok by me!
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|  said by dadkins :In time, that 250GB cap will need to be raised. ATM it is far and beyond any other service that is being capped. Great point. Anyone who wants to avoid the cap can get a Comcast starter business account for $60 a month. Many people act as if there is no way to avoid the 250GB residential cap.
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