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| | I worry about Netlfix usage I worry what this cap is going to do when I really have some time to kill with the holidays and watch a few movies from Netflix' streaming.
I'm glad Comcast has a higher cap than most who have implemented one, but it just seems like they want to limit your choice of viewable tv to their service (newsflash, I know).
But I'm glad there will be a meter available...it'll let me keep an eye on it. | |
|  b10010011Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA Reviews:
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| Re: I worry about Netlfix usage said by Ytsejamer1:I worry what this cap is going to do when I really have some time to kill with the holidays and watch a few movies from Netflix' streaming. And you should, online streaming service such as Netflix, Veoh, and Amazon UnBox are in direct competition with Comcast's own On-Demand offerings.
This is the real reason these caps were put in place, not that "less than 1% of subscribers who are bandwidth hogs". | |
| | | | Re: I worry about Netlfix usage said by And you should, online streaming service such as Netflix, Veoh, and Amazon UnBox are in direct competition with Comcast's own On-Demand offerings.
This is the real reason these caps were put in place, not that "less than 1% of subscribers who are bandwidth hogs".
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Coming from an uneducated internet user I see. Do your research, Comcast has had the cap in place long before they started offering On-Demand the only thing is not it is published and you will be able to monitor. if you don't like, switch to AT&T and hope and pray that Bellingham is not the next 40GB cap area. | |
| | | b10010011Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
1 edit | Re: I worry about Netlfix usage Bellingham is not served by AT&T so your uneducated suggestion is meaningless. | |
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| PittsPghPremium
join:2003-08-21
Pittsburgh, PA
kudos:1 | said by b10010011:said by Ytsejamer1:I worry what this cap is going to do when I really have some time to kill with the holidays and watch a few movies from Netflix' streaming. And you should, online streaming service such as Netflix, Veoh, and Amazon UnBox are in direct competition with Comcast's own On-Demand offerings. This is the real reason these caps were put in place, not that "less than 1% of subscribers who are bandwidth hogs". Wouldn't the new network management of slowing down a busy connection be more of a problem in this situation? | |
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 sapoCruising Down Memory LanePremium
join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA
kudos:1 | Don't worry about it, I watched movies on Netflix and plenty of TV shows and I'm not even close to 250GB. The people who hit those caps are usually the ones that download everything just to have a huge archive for no reason. I am a heavy movie watcher using my Xbox 360 and 3 people who are very active with their PCs and unless you plan on watching movies almost your whole waking time every single day you should be fine. The thing that could screw you hard is if you watch HD content for hours everyday.
All in all, if you take only what you actually use you should be fine. | |
|  espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
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| said by Ytsejamer1:I worry what this cap is going to do when I really have some time to kill with the holidays and watch a few movies from Netflix' streaming. I've been playing around with NetFlix on-demand for the last couple days -- the average movie is only 900M - 1.5G.
You should be okay unless you plan to quit your job, quit interacting with the people in your life, stop sleeping, and spend hours in front of the TV. | |
| |  BabyBearKeep wise ...with Nite-Owl
join:2007-01-11 | Re: I worry about Netlfix usage Or have more than 1 person in your house using a computer. | |
| | | espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
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| Re: I worry about Netlfix usage said by BabyBear:Or have more than 1 person in your house using a computer. Even then, 250GB is pretty huge.
Japan is frequently mentioned here as a country that has cheap 100mbps home connections available. Even with that being the case, the average residential subscriber usage across all the ISPs in the country is less than 26GB/month.
Source: »www.caida.org/workshops/wide/080···ffic.pdf
I think it really comes down to a simple question: is your home broadband connection a tool to enhance your life, or does your home broadband connection define your life? If it's the former, the chances are very, very small for you to run into issues with the 250GB cap. | |
| | | |  funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | Re: I worry about Netlfix usage said by espaeth:I think it really comes down to a simple question: is your home broadband connection a tool to enhance your life, or does your home broadband connection define your life? If it's the former, the chances are very, very small for you to run into issues with the 250GB cap. I recall the same kind of rationale being used to defend the new idea of a 3 GB/mo. cap back in the @Home transition days.
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| funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | said by espaeth:You should be okay unless you plan to quit your job, quit interacting with the people in your life, stop sleeping, and spend hours in front of the TV. My mother-in-law hates you now.  
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| | said by Ytsejamer1:I worry what this cap is going to do when I really have some time to kill with the holidays and watch a few movies from Netflix' streaming. I'm glad Comcast has a higher cap than most who have implemented one, but it just seems like they want to limit your choice of viewable tv to their service (newsflash, I know). But I'm glad there will be a meter available...it'll let me keep an eye on it. Switch to Comcast Workplace, and say adios to caps | |
|  joetaxpayerI'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA | I am told that a NetFlix movie in HD can be as much as 5GB.
I'd be concerned as well. | |
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