conk2k
@charter.com
| comcast
Just wait when all youtube videos and online content goes HD and bigger file sizes. All you comcast users would be screaming and moaning for a larger cap. Youtube is already rolling out 720p video support already. Caps are the way of the past. Companies don't even pay per the megabyte they pay for a pipe like anyone else that buys a T1 or T3 or OC128 and all that. They just pay for the pipe. They don't want to pay for a higher pipeline so they make everyone stay slow so the demand would be less and the pipe wouldn't be as saturated. They don't want to upgrade because they are greedy. Just watch though, that 250GB cap will be nothing pretty soon. Bigger games now 10GB+, HD videos, and all that is already coming. Your going to be starved. |
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Cabal
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
| said by conk2k :
Just wait when all youtube videos and online content goes HD and bigger file sizes. All you comcast users would be screaming and moaning for a larger cap. And? Stated or unstated, Comcast raises the cap every year.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| They intro'd DOCSIS 3 and didn't raise caps. Why in the world would they raise caps year-on-year out of the kindness of their hearts? If they're competing with AT&T, they don't need to...
What'll be interesting is how Comcast's traffic reports jive with my own, collected with my DD-WRT router. Since all traffic passes through my router that I have control over, it should be an accurate representation of what is counted, and what I pay for, GB-wise.
What's worrisome is that, if Comcast has their own meter, it also means that they have a harder cap in place than they do at the moment; at this point it sounds like they just slapped a number on "overuse" and called it a day. Additionally, a meter is a harbinger of metered billing. I'm a fan of metered billing, don't get me wrong...but Comcast isn't going to do true bill-per-byte. Instad you'll pay for 250GB that you won't use, or you'll pay $1.50 per GB if you "overuse". 15 to 30 cents per GB, I could unserstand. $1.50? Nuh uh. |
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TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
| reply to Cabal
said by Cabal  : And? Stated or unstated, Comcast raises the cap every year. I think you're confusing caps with prices.  |
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