| Tell Me Again Why Comcast Needs To Cap Its Res. Customers? I know there is a difference between speed and bandwidth, but can someone explain to me if they can offer 100Mbps to businesses how can they claim that their network is taxed by all these crazy pirates?
Oh that's right their ROI is better with companies than with their residential customers, and since they can charge business whatever they want, then well that's OK then. |
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| Well , technically their network is taxed more at night when many more home users are on.
During the day when business is on the network they generally have a clean network to use , with very few home users on it.
This would help balance the loads a bit. |
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 IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | reply to wildbill1978
Because we as residential customers would drop their cash cow: cable, in significant numbers if we could download things this fast in an appreciable amount.
The 250GB cap is a way for Comcast to keep us on cable, and use their premium services and OnDemand. Try downloading a few iTunes HD/Vudu/Netflix movies and you'll see how 250GB isn't that much at all, when it combines uploads and downloads.
The cap also isn't about addressing congestion per official Comcast comment.
So I am left asking, if not congestion, "what problem is an excessive use policy trying to solve?"
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Just remember that 250GB is a soft cap. I'm positive I went over by a few gigs last month and not a peep from Comcast. |
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Trying to stop the progress of technology. |
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bn1221
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Cortland, NY | reply to Themaddcappe
And as a business user I can tell you I block and filter a lot. No P2P or Warez or pr0n here. So, maybe they are overtaxed on home. Business pay more they should get a better SLA and speed since most business respect the network more  |
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IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
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said by iansltx:Just remember that 250GB is a soft cap. I'm positive I went over by a few gigs last month and not a peep from Comcast. Well, you're playing with fire then....
Hey Comcast! I thought nobody went over this cap? 
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IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | reply to bn1221
So if businesses have less of a need for capacity (not speed), then why do they have a much higher usage cap? |
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iansltx
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Golden, CO
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Not at all. If they get annoyed at me going over the cap, they warn me and I don't do it again. At worst, I have 5 Mbps Qwest DSL for $20 less than I'm paying right now if Comcast ditches me, with a 1 Gbps school connection next door.
Also, I probably won't be going over the cap again anytime soon. The reason I went over 250GB this time was an initial backup. |
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