baineschile
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Re: Statistics are fun
said by funchords  :said by RR User :
If U.S users paid the AVERAGE prices listed....
Comcast's 16mbps tier would be $90 a month, their 50 mbps tier would be $278 a month. Not quite. With a 250 GB monthly limit, Comcast's service has a capacity of about 750 Kbps. Assuming you run your connection 24/7, yes. If one is doing that though, maybe one should upgrade to business class, where caps are not an issue. |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD | Irrelevant. Persons who live in residential areas, although they may choose a business class account, will to still be subject to the 250GB cap, as well as traffic shaping. Considering this makes up roughly 35% of America, the point is irrelevant. |
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RR User
@rr.com
| said by PapaMidnight :Irrelevant. Persons who live in residential areas, although they may choose a business class account, will to still be subject to the 250GB cap, as well as traffic shaping. Considering this makes up roughly 35% of America, the point is irrelevant. Irrelevant is the cap itself since 99% of users won't ever hit it.
It's the equivalent of putting a speed limiter on a car set to 120 mph. How many are actually going to hit it? |
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sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH
| Caps don't manage congestion during peak hours. The "heavy users" aren't affecting anyone if they're downloading during non-peak hours. And even the light users are slowing everyone down by checking their mail or listening to music during peak hours.
Caps are nonsensical and anti-competitive and there is absolutely no evidence that indicates they do anything to help manage network traffic. |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD | reply to RR User
Well...
Now that you ask... |
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NSA_CIA
@charter.com
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said by sonicmerlin :Caps don't manage congestion during peak hours. The "heavy users" aren't affecting anyone if they're downloading during non-peak hours. And even the light users are slowing everyone down by checking their mail or listening to music during peak hours. Caps are nonsensical and anti-competitive and there is absolutely no evidence that indicates they do anything to help manage network traffic. Caps are just to give a limit for abusers. The Congestion Management is to manage congestion during peak hours. |
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