iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| reply to Cabal
Re: comcast 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. |
