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Re: Diachotomy said by dadkins:From originally 1500kbps to now 16000kbps, I still do REALLY good to hit 35GB per month. Getting my files faster than ever - that is a triumph! More speed doesn't mean I have to, or will, download more... or that there is more for me to even consider downloading. For the majority of Comcast HSI subs, this "cap" means nothing anyways.  Probably.
But within the last few years, and even just last year, content providers have found more innovative ways to use the internet which weren't possible with lower speed connections.
Things like online backup and HD video streaming are now a reality with high speed connections becoming widely available. Computers are also getting faster and are now coming with multiple cores.
When people realize they can do these things, they will, and they'll end up using more bandwidth.
Four years ago not that many watched the Presidential inauguration online. In 2009 it was a record online turnout.
TV over IP is taking off bigtime. No, not your regular channels on the regular schedule, but stuff like Netflix, Hulu and high quality video clips from news sites like CNN and Fox News.
Content providers are finding ways to use the additional speed, and they're (we're) not going to stop. The ISPs can't turn a blind eye. |
 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
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I am a member at a few of those online video sites, and VUZE.
Use them nearly everyday.
I also download movies.
Thing is, I am still right at that 35GB per month mark.
Same usage(+/- 5GB) as I was doing back at 4mbps, then 8mbps, and now here at 16mbps.
My stuff just gets here a whole lot faster.
Also, many Comcast subs don't even know what speed is, let alone how to tweak to get it all, how to use it, or even know where to use it.
As has been stated for years now - the "hogs" are that 0.01%(?) of the customer base.
What's 0.01% of 14.6 million. 1460?
0.1% of 14.6m - 14600?
So, *worst case* scenario is 14,585,400 customers that have nothing to worry about...
and 14600 need to rethink their usage patterns or - ?
Actually, me at 35GB can be considered being a hog, according to Comcast and their 2-3GB average user.
No worries! 
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