Topic 'Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564600 en Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:02 EDT Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:02 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21591897
If I have 1 hour to use the internet a day, of course the speed dictates how much content I can pull. In that 1 hour, with more bandwidth, I'm pulling more content.

Over the course of the month, I will have far more bandwidth used in the same amount of computer usage. Pretty simple. I can download multiple movies in the time I download 1 currently.

Assuming that people will use the same amount of bandwidth regardless of their throughput is quite a stretch... I by no means teeter on the brink of the cap, but you have to be kidding that you don't think someone would not just queue up more downloads at once or get more in the time they use their computer.

Who cares about their lame caps? There will be a market for power users that will be tapped into regardless of it being comcast or not. Their futile attempts to limit how much I use netflix over their own on-demand streaming doesn't matter much if/when I switch to some other service. Of course this assumes that I can find something as fast for as cheap and as much. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21591897 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:09:45 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21573998 said by nanoflower:

But for what most of the people using the Internet do (web browsing/email/occasional picture/video watching) they won't see much difference between even 6Mbit and 50Mbit, especially with Powerboost. The higher bitrates are really only useful for people that need to transfer lots of data (even if for only short periods of time) like watching a movie, or downloading some big files. That's not your typical user if you believe what Comcast and the other ISPs say.
It's also beneficial to a family that has several users online concurrently or a person who has dozens of devices connected at the same time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21573998 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:56:42 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21573974 said by dadkins:

said by Joe12345678:

what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use room for more uncompressed HD not there over compressed hd that they have now.
Most people couldn't play uncompressed video even if it were available.
~247mbps? HDDs can't keep up!

Maybe you meant "Less Compressed" - sure! That would be nice.
What kind of hard drives are you using? I can transfer data over my gigabit network at two to three times that speed going to a hard drive. 247mbs is no problem for a hard drive.
Even the hard drives I had in the early 2000's could easily handle that when I would transfer my HD shows to my storage PC back between 2001 to 2004 over my gigabit network.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21573974 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:51:45 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21570729 said by badtrip:

I don't get why ppl would get fast internet to check email and light browsing, but they do,
These are the same people who buy dual-core 3 GHz systems and a top-of-the-line graphics card to play Windows Solitaire.
and that's exactly why I think a median usage data point is called for.
And then those numbers will be funny.

I'm all for capitalism, which we don't have here because every address is only served by 1 or 2 providers. To bring back capitalism, we ought to treat these "last-mile" delivery systems as streets. Own and maintain them publicly and let all the Comcasts, Time Warners, Coxs, Verizons hook up and offer competing connectivity, television, phone, or whatever subscription service over them.

If Target owned the city streets, none of the roads would go to Walmart. But since the public owns the streets, we have Target, Walmart, K-mart, shopping malls, centers, and etc.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21570729 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:18:26 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21570265 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21570265 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:02:57 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21569769 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21569769 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:37:19 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21569429 said by DarkLogix:

well thats just lame you pay more and get only responsiveness
You hit the nail right on the head!!

Exactly why I'm still on Charters "slow" 5/512 plan. I get stuff fast enough, as my Charter connection is excellent. Can't see paying much over $40 a month for simply surfing the web. My life IS NOT in that much of a rush.
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From what Comcast has reported, 2-3GB per month is the average use.
They also said stuff like

"...only during periods of congestion..."
and "...we don't throttle any applications..."
and "...nobody has demonstrated otherwise..."


said by dadkins:

250GB - I can't even think of anything I would want to download that would get me to *HALF* of that in a month!
Me neither, that's the fun of it.... or it would have been.

If they were really as good as FIOS, they wouldn't need the caps or the 15-minute penalty boxes.
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maybe not this year but someday

its like cows to the slaughter
one cow sees another killed (booted/high monthly cost) and thinks oh that won't happen to me then the next and next untill that cow is the one getting it

you see others getting booted and think oh you don't use enough for that to happen to me

but one day it or something worse does

oh its just the top 1%
but the people that were the top 1% last year were already booted and now the ones that would have been only the top 10% are now the top 1%

and I pay $120 a month so I don't have a cap even though I know I won't hit it

as my Up+down is only 20GB a month (well I'll need to check to be sure (thats just my computer) so when they release a bandwidth meter for my service I'll see)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566837 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:19:08 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566346 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566346 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:46:20 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566175
But after you factor in the price of a landline phone or even the price of dryline DSL you are about the same price with Comcast especially after fees and taxes. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566175 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:16:37 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566032 said by badtrip:

said by dadkins:

From what Comcast has reported, 2-3GB per month is the average use.
This is an average of nearly 15million customers.
Some more, but not all that many - apparently!
I think the median will be a bit more telling than the mean for bandwidth usage. A few thousand folks who only check email and do light browsing can really push the mean down. On the flip side a few thousand folks DLing hundreds of gigs/mo can really inflate the mean as well.
I don't get why anyone would get HSI or any real fast speed for just browsing and e-mail checking. DSL is by far a better deal for these people because you can get a decent 1.5Mbps/384Kbps for light browsing for $15 a month and it would be perfect. Makes no sense to even pay Comcast $43+ for the same purpose

I am a heavy user. I do streaming videos, HD, online gaming, and etc. I really do have a need for Comcasts 6/1Mbps plan or higher unlike others.

Broadband is superior to dial up for browsing and e-mail but you do not need anything more than DSL for that. CHEAP DSL at that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21566032 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:51:52 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565769 said by DarkLogix:

You forget about the ones that see what this means in the future

and see the anti-competitiveness
(my options are cable 16/2 or dsl 3/768)
Future, as later on in life.
Not here yet.
Wait for it.
We'll see what happens when that time comes.

BTW, my options(best case) is AT&T DSL @ 6/768 but I'm a wee bit farther away than ideal - or, Comcast at 16/2.

Hmmm... guess which one I have.
I want speed. Period.
Not limitless volume, I want my files here as fast as possible.

YMMV
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It really does seem to be a network management thing for them, not a money-making thing.
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And an OC3 (basic OC line) is 155Mbit both ways so I doubt anyone thinks that

Resi should simpily mean
Asymetrical speed, no uptime garuntee, 1 Dynamic IP
(sure I skipped an OC-1 line but who would ever "Want" that)
50Mbit and a T3 is 45Mbit so who is ever going to pay thousands more per month for 5Mbit
Ya get what ya pay for - ever hear that expression?
For $50, one should not expect a $1500 connection. Right?

With an OC(or T3), one can light it up 24/7/365 and no one will complain.
With a $50 cable connection, someone is going to notice, ya know?
They will not be pleased about it.
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you might not have noticed but I am no longer effected by the cap I'm just thinking about the poor chump that will get smacked by the cap some day and how its restricting internet apps
WTF business does anyone have consuming 250GB per month?
If you want a connection without limits, get one! Duh!
Some "chump" abusing the network gets smacked - I don't see the problem here...
A bandwidth hog gets booted? Good! :)

I am *STILL* not affected by the cap, neither are over 14 million other Comcast subs. :p
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it would (based on whats happened) be more like this
Speed tire price + Usage Price + Peak hours usage
so
you have your $50 for 16/2 + your $10 per 10gig + anothe $0 per Peak 10GB + non-3play service $30penalty + 20 for CDV

with peak hours not know to you
so 30GB/month
50+30+30+30+20
$160 just for a little 30GB you say you use
you really want that

the for 50/10
150+30+30+30+20+(extra channels used penalty)50
so 310
WTF?
Dude, that makes absolutely no sense. :uhh:

Apply that same math/logic to someone like yourself who says 250GB isn't enough...
Several thou per month?
Either way friend, my bill will be considerably lower than... yours! :p
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How much total you can download is irrelevant to the types of things you do on the internet. Having 50mbps doesn't mean you can now download 14TB, it just means you can get your content faster. .1% of customers are 'affected' by this cap, meaning people with 50mbps probably wont be downloading any more than they would with 6mbps.
Sorry, but do you work for Comcast? As that's exactly what they say.

This is Comcast's plan to make more $$$ by charging people for going over the cap... offering faster speeds = people will be more likely to "break the rules". Cha-ching.
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said by Joe12345678:

what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use room for more uncompressed HD not there over compressed hd that they have now.
Most people couldn't play uncompressed video even if it were available.
~247mbps? HDDs can't keep up!

Maybe you meant "Less Compressed" - sure! That would be nice.
I was saying that it is better to use the room to make there cable tv side better.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565124 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:15:43 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565044 said by dadkins:

From what Comcast has reported, 2-3GB per month is the average use.
This is an average of nearly 15million customers.
Some more, but not all that many - apparently!
I think the median will be a bit more telling than the mean for bandwidth usage. A few thousand folks who only check email and do light browsing can really push the mean down. On the flip side a few thousand folks DLing hundreds of gigs/mo can really inflate the mean as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565044 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:01:40 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565043
and see the anti-competitiveness
(my options are cable 16/2 or dsl 3/768)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565043 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:01:31 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565003
Resi should simpily mean
Asymetrical speed, no uptime garuntee, 1 Dynamic IP
(sure I skipped an OC-1 line but who would ever "Want" that)
50Mbit and a T3 is 45Mbit so who is ever going to pay thousands more per month for 5Mbit]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21565003 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:54:32 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564983 Speed tire price + Usage Price + Peak hours usage
so
you have your $50 for 16/2 + your $10 per 10gig + anothe $0 per Peak 10GB + non-3play service $30penalty + 20 for CDV

with peak hours not know to you
so 30GB/month
50+30+30+30+20
$160 just for a little 30GB you say you use
you really want that

the for 50/10
150+30+30+30+20+(extra channels used penalty)50
so 310]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564983 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:50:58 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564962 said by swhitney2003:

How much total you can download is irrelevant to the types of things you do on the internet. Having 50mbps doesn't mean you can now download 14TB, it just means you can get your content faster. .1% of customers are 'affected' by this cap, meaning people with 50mbps probably wont be downloading any more than they would with 6mbps.
But it is that .1% that is the most vocal and whining. They want the caps raised so that they can download 1000 hours a month of HD video(that they will never watch) or so that they can act as a P2P server to "show the man" how much they hate businesses.
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the cap is like the gov or who ever saying you may not drive more than X and if you do than bam

(ya they have a better cap than most but not as good as no cap)
if you follow the sheep and are ok with it then it'll go down hill you just say well thats ok thats fine then one day you open your eyes and say what happened

ya theyre not hurting yet but as D3 getts spread more and more the people that use over 250 will grow and grow

your seeing how it could affect you now not what this means could happen down the road]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564907 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:37:53 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564903
From what Comcast has reported, 2-3GB per month is the average use.
This is an average of nearly 15million customers.
Some more, but not all that many - apparently!

250GB - I can't even think of anything I would want to download that would get me to *HALF* of that in a month!

Yeah, probably $10 for the connection and then per-GB would be their scheme.
Still... not only would my connection quality piss off people, I would be able to irk 'em with my monthly bill! :D
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Some companies think that internet content is designed for modems. They forget all to quickly (or don't understand) what progress means.
Explain the point you are trying to make please...
Thanks!
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I welcome something like this - my bill would probably be less than $10 per month! ;)
One can only hope that becomes the case. The majority of households probably use about the same as you (30GB). I would think Comcast would price accordingly so that they made the same or more off of customers if a change happened. Also a flat rate of $10 is probably going to be charged just for a connection, then on top of the the throughput used. We can dream, right? If this model ever came around I would surely cut back drastically on my downloading.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564785 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:15:49 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564762 said by DarkLogix:

well thats just lame you pay more and get only responsiveness

how about this you can put gas in your car and pay taxes and you may only drive 200miles a month

oh well they'll learn someday how truely lame the CAPs are
That would be similar to metered billing.
Use as much as you want and pay accordingly.
Drive til you drop if you will...

I welcome something like this - my bill would probably be less than $10 per month! ;)
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And I'm sure they are really worried about these truly lame caps. They take off the heavy hitters of the subscriber base, make more money off them, and the overall crowd is actually unaffected. Yea, they are in a horrible position with them. Considering almost every other provider has caps, Comcast has been one of the most generous in terms of available bandwidth.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564754 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:10:37 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564749 said by swhitney2003:

How much total you can download is irrelevant to the types of things you do on the internet. Having 50mbps doesn't mean you can now download 14TB, it just means you can get your content faster. .1% of customers are 'affected' by this cap, meaning people with 50mbps probably wont be downloading any more than they would with 6mbps.
Some people think they are buying a OC line for $50-$60(or $130) per month.

They forget all too quickly(or don't understand) what residential means. :huh:

I have gone from 1.5mbps to 16mbps and still consume ~30GB per month... my downloads just finish WAY faster.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564749 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:09:22 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564730
how about this you can put gas in your car and pay taxes and you may only drive 200miles a month

oh well they'll learn someday how truely lame the CAPs are]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564730 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:05:40 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564705 said by Joe12345678:

what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use room for more uncompressed HD not there over compressed hd that they have now.
Most people couldn't play uncompressed video even if it were available.
~247mbps? HDDs can't keep up!

Maybe you meant "Less Compressed" - sure! That would be nice.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564705 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:01:09 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564694 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564694 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:59:17 EDT Re: what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564655 at 50Mbit/sec you could use 250GB in one day
50/8(bit byte conversion)*60sec*60min*24hours/1024=527.34375
then *28(shortest month)/1024=14TB

so ya the cap is to low]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564655 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:50:11 EDT what is the point of 50Mbps with a 250gb cap they should use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564600 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/what-is-the-point-of-50Mbps-with-a-250gb-cap-they-should-use-21564600 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:41:28 EDT