inferno
join:2008-07-06 | This is pathetic...
Comcast... wtf are you smoking? |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | It's not like they have a choice. The FCC already slammed them on network neutrality, do you think they want to be slapped up again? |
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anony501
@comcast.net
 from:
TKJunkMail 
| Q: What are CAPs for?
A: To differentiate commercial level usage from residential level service (and the cost to deliver it).
If you use far more than everyone else, it cost more than everyone else and you should pay more than everyone else (i.e. commercial service)
Even with this service offering combined with Hulu, Netflix, etc the vast majority of users don't come close to the 250G threshold. There needs to be some sort of line in order to ensure the cost to deliver residential service is not inflated for all by a minority of a few.
»Editorial: Caps are welcome
{insert OB CAP discussion here} |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Eat Me
said by Eat Me :It's not like they have a choice. The FCC already slammed them on network neutrality, do you think they want to be slapped up again? then they need to up them caps now don't they? |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to inferno
the FCC can cry but they really couldnt do anything to comcast if their broadband VOD didnt effect the cap. just claim it is an extension of the existing TV service and not a new data service.
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FicmanS
Premium
join:2005-01-11
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | reply to inferno
+1
Agreed... this is getting nutz... |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs:
| reply to Eat Me
said by Eat Me :It's not like they have a choice. The FCC already slammed them on network neutrality, do you think they want to be slapped up again? Not like they HAD a choice? I highly DOUBT the FCC is MAKING Comcast count the cap AGAINST thier OWN services  |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Yes, the FCC really beat them up last year about their network management practices. With the new FCC chief being pro net neutrality, you're not going to see the FCC welcoming Comcast's unfair treatment of its own services. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to BF69
Does any data exist showing the cap to be an issue for the vast majority of Comcast customers? |
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Hangmn
Don't Fight It...It's Inevitable
Premium
join:2000-04-08
Philadelphia, PA
| reply to Eat Me
said by Eat Me :Yes, the FCC really beat them up last year about their network management practices. With the new FCC chief being pro net neutrality, you're not going to see the FCC welcoming Comcast's unfair treatment of its own services. Come on now the FCC is a toothless bureaucracy and did NOTHING to Comcast, Public Perception on the other hand had to sting a little.
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sturmvogel
Obama '08
join:2008-02-07
Houston, TX
| reply to anony501
"If you use far more than everyone else, it cost more than everyone else and you should pay more than everyone else (i.e. commercial service)"
And if you want to purchase that, it is NOT offered.
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Obama '08. Will help resolve the terrible broadband issues we have that put us so far behind other countries. |
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jadebangle
Premium
join:2007-05-22
Olathe, KS
 ·SureWest Internet
·AT&T Yahoo
 ·Comcast
| reply to inferno
said by inferno :Comcast... wtf are you smoking? Its business as usual
Not happy with that? go with another isp |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to openbox9
said by openbox9 :Does any data exist showing the cap to be an issue for the vast majority of Comcast customers? Not now but as more people watch more online video which is being presented in ever higher bitrates it will be an issue very soon. |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to inferno
When 250GBs isn't enough, they can build infrastructure and raise the cap. It would be unfair competition to give an artificial preference for their broadband TV... but also, it would be against their interests to have everyone drop their cable subscription. |
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wenter99
Alpha Male
Premium
join:2003-12-09
Albuquerque, NM
 ·Comcast Digital Vo..
 ·T-Mobile US
·Comcast
| reply to openbox9
said by openbox9 :Does any data exist showing the cap to be an issue for the vast majority of Comcast customers? Only what you read from the regular handfull who piss and moan about it around here.
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Terry
"Sometimes all you can do is just hunker down and take it, like a jackass caught out in a hail storm". LBJ |
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jsz0
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT | reply to inferno
^^ Would you prefer Comcast gave their own video site special treatment and not count against a cap? 250GB is a lot of data -- it's really up to the customer how they want to use it. |
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sturmvogel
Obama '08
join:2008-02-07
Houston, TX
| reply to wenter99
said by wenter99 :said by openbox9 :Does any data exist showing the cap to be an issue for the vast majority of Comcast customers? Only what you read from the regular handfull who piss and moan about it around here. Or from the CC fanboys that troll trying to counter act the discontent.
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Obama '08. Will help resolve the terrible broadband issues we have that put us so far behind other countries. |
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sturmvogel
Obama '08
join:2008-02-07
Houston, TX
| reply to jsz0
said by jsz0 :^^ Would you prefer Comcast gave their own video site special treatment and not count against a cap? 250GB is a lot of data -- it's really up to the customer how they want to use it. How about no cap, since it is not advertised when signing up for service ?
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Obama '08. Will help resolve the terrible broadband issues we have that put us so far behind other countries. |
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looloilo
@suddenlink.net | reply to jadebangle
>>Not happy with that? go with another isp
If only that were possible. You know full well it isn't for some people. |
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joetaxpayer
I'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA
·Comcast
·Comcast Formerly ..
| reply to jsz0
said by jsz0 :250GB is a lot of data -- it's really up to the customer how they want to use it. It may very well be, but without a meter from Comcast, most users don't know. |
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