End the Cap!

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PerfectCode join:2009-06-12 Portland, OR	End the Cap! Dear Comcast, Caps suck, are lame, and bs excuse for laziness. Please remove the bandwidth cap on residential tiers, for the betterment of humanity. If this cant be done for all tiers, then AT LEAST do it for 50Mbps and 100Mbps tiers. "Hardcore internet users" dont all have as big of pockets as beachintech apparently does, so we cant all afford 100Mbps at $200/m with a $200 activation (modem swap). Nor can a lot of us afford business class service with all the things we already pay for (triple play) converted to business class prices. Jack Black voice from Year One Who's with me!? "Dream big! But not over 250GB/m..." - Comcast
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neo_sapien join:2005-02-10 Gaithersburg, MD	reply to PerfectCode Re: End the Cap! Yeah Comcast, seriously, end the cap. I could go on about how bandwidth is so cheap that you really don't need a cap to remain outrageously profitable, or about how it's beneficial to the nation to have high-bandwidth applications, or list all the bonafide services that use a great deal of bandwidth, but I won't, I'll just leave you with this: Verizon has no cap. You can better compete with Verizon by dropping the cap. Comcast's cap is one of the factors that is contributing to my decision to leave for Verizon when FiOS becomes available here (the other factors being slower downstream/upstream speeds, disregarding the gimmick 50/100mbps downstream-only tiers with ~10x slower upstream that cost however many hundreds of dollars a month, overly compressed low quality HD channels, and fewer HD channels compared to FiOS).
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dan1rulz join:2002-04-13 Crystal Lake, IL	reply to PerfectCode The only problem I have with the cap is they have not expanded it since they introduced it. It should grow by some percentage each month.
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Com5 @comcast.net	I agree with you.
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gchris2203 join:2009-10-15 Lafayette, IN	I do agree there should be a way to increase it somehow for a price though. You have to figure a good majority of customers get nowhere close to hitting the cap..I mean literally nowhere close. Then you have users that hit the cap and exceed it every month. These users generally fall into two pools first being a gamer house with many people playing games at all hours of the night, aswell as streaming netflix and other video online via hulu and the like. Then you have the other crowd that breaks the cap cause of illegal downloads. If I had to take a shot in the dark I would almost guess that a majority of the users breaking the cap would have some sorts of illegal downloads going on. Just my personal guess but Im betting its not far from wrong. So idk it is a double sided fence. Because even with the increase in online activities its still hard for the average users to break the cap on any sort of regular basis. But there are some legitimate honest users that break the cap legally and could use some extra bandwith so I can see your point.
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PerfectCode join:2009-06-12 Portland, OR 2 edits	Indeed. I download games from Xbox Live, PS Store, Steam, Games for Windows Live. Stream HD 720-1080p videos from Xbox Live, PS Network, Netflix, Fancast, Hulu, Youtube, ustream.tv, justin.tv, and even games through OnLive. Download music from the Zune Marketplace, Amazon MP3 store, iTunes. Other websites and services I use to stream media, Pandora Internet Radio, Last.fm, Zune.net (Zune Pass), IGN, Gamespot, NBA.com, etc... Not to mention uploading videos to Youtube, Skype video calls with family and friends, and streaming to websites like justin.tv and ustream.tv with high bit rates for clear/smooth HD video. This to name a few. Edit: At least there is no cap on TV... yet.
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beachintech There's sand in my tool bag Premium join:2008-01-06 kudos:5	reply to gchris2203 There is - get a business account. Pay a little more and no cap. -- Tech at the Beach. I speak for myself, not my employer.
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LarryE join:2000-07-29 Chicago, IL kudos:1 Reviews: ·Comcast	reply to PerfectCode Re: End the Cap! said by PerfectCode: Indeed. I download games from Xbox Live, PS Store, Steam, Games for Windows Live. Stream HD 720-1080p videos from Xbox Live, PS Network, Netflix, Fancast, Hulu, Youtube, ustream.tv, justin.tv, and even games through OnLive. Download music from the Zune Marketplace, Amazon MP3 store, iTunes. Other websites and services I use to stream media, Pandora Internet Radio, Last.fm, Zune.net (Zune Pass), IGN, Gamespot, NBA.com, etc... Not to mention uploading videos to Youtube, Skype video calls with family and friends, and streaming to websites like justin.tv and ustream.tv with high bit rates for clear/smooth HD video. This to name a few. Edit: At least there is no cap on TV... yet. Are you trying to set a Guinness world record or something?
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tonix join:2008-08-10 West Palm Beach, FL	reply to PerfectCode said by PerfectCode: Indeed. I download games from Xbox Live, PS Store, Steam, Games for Windows Live. Stream HD 720-1080p videos from Xbox Live, PS Network, Netflix, Fancast, Hulu, Youtube, ustream.tv, justin.tv, and even games through OnLive. Download music from the Zune Marketplace, Amazon MP3 store, iTunes. Other websites and services I use to stream media, Pandora Internet Radio, Last.fm, Zune.net (Zune Pass), IGN, Gamespot, NBA.com, etc... Not to mention uploading videos to Youtube, Skype video calls with family and friends, and streaming to websites like justin.tv and ustream.tv with high bit rates for clear/smooth HD video. This to name a few. Edit: At least there is no cap on TV... yet. you stream on jtv. i follow someone on jtv and he streams at 16000 sometimes higher and i can't even watch it. FME Settings= Bitrate 2000 to 4500kbs i wonder how much bandwidth per hour he uses to stream 1080p videos
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PerfectCode join:2009-06-12 Portland, OR 1 edit	reply to LarryE Nope, not trying to set any records. I am not aware of a record for such. said by tonix: said by PerfectCode: Indeed. I download games from Xbox Live, PS Store, Steam, Games for Windows Live. Stream HD 720-1080p videos from Xbox Live, PS Network, Netflix, Fancast, Hulu, Youtube, ustream.tv, justin.tv, and even games through OnLive. Download music from the Zune Marketplace, Amazon MP3 store, iTunes. Other websites and services I use to stream media, Pandora Internet Radio, Last.fm, Zune.net (Zune Pass), IGN, Gamespot, NBA.com, etc... Not to mention uploading videos to Youtube, Skype video calls with family and friends, and streaming to websites like justin.tv and ustream.tv with high bit rates for clear/smooth HD video. This to name a few. Edit: At least there is no cap on TV... yet. you stream on jtv. i follow someone on jtv and he streams at 16000 sometimes higher and i can't even watch it. FME Settings= Bitrate 2000 to 4500kbs i wonder how much bandwidth per hour he uses to stream 1080p videos Cool. He streams at 16000kbps? Ha, quite a bit of overkill, even for 1080p. Are you talking about the WoW Multiboxing channel?
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tonix join:2008-08-10 West Palm Beach, FL	reply to PerfectCode no here is his channel he hasn't been on in a while »www.justin.tv/godstruassassin03 i am certain that he has no problems streaming in 1080p with almost 34mb/s upload lol i watched the WoW Multiboxing channel and sometimes it lags don't know why i guess it might just be because i have 8 mb/s download
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PerfectCode join:2009-06-12 Portland, OR 1 edit	said by tonix: no here is his channel he hasn't been on in a while »www.justin.tv/godstruassassin03 i am certain that he has no problems streaming in 1080p with almost 34mb/s upload lol i watched the WoW Multiboxing channel and sometimes it lags don't know why i guess it might just be because i have 8 mb/s download Oh him, I've seen his stream before. Yeah, def should have no problem streaming 16000Kbps with 35Mbps of upstream bandwidth available. Just the JTV servers and viewers that would have to be up to spec. Verizon FiOS ftw.
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tonix join:2008-08-10 West Palm Beach, FL	reply to PerfectCode i wonder if allied fiber would lease fiber to isps in south florida or atleast become a isp. since south florida is in Phase II of their plan
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caffeinator Coming soon to a cup near you.. Premium join:2005-01-16 WA, USA kudos:4 Reviews: ·CenturyLink 1 edit	reply to PerfectCode Simple. Pay the actual price your consumer broadband WOULD cost were it actually priced per your use. See how that works out. I'll take my DSL that doesn't cap and gives me quite decent speed. 15 minutes to d/l a movie that is 1:40 long for $50/mo...you do the math kids.
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baineschile 2600 ways to live Premium join:2008-05-10 Sterling Heights, MI Reviews: ·Comcast 1 edit	reply to PerfectCode said by PerfectCode: "Hardcore internet users" dont all have as big of pockets as beachintech apparently does, And then.... said by PerfectCode: No, I have both Comcast and Qwest. Only Comcast cant be used right now due to bandwidth capola How many people on this site have deep enough pockets for 2 ISPs?? Why not dump Qwest, and spring for the Comcast business class?
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PerfectCode join:2009-06-12 Portland, OR	said by baineschile: said by PerfectCode: "Hardcore internet users" dont all have as big of pockets as beachintech apparently does, And then.... said by PerfectCode: No, I have both Comcast and Qwest. Only Comcast cant be used right now due to bandwidth capola How many people on this site have deep enough pockets for 2 ISPs?? Why not dump Qwest, and spring for the Comcast business class? Seriously? Qwest DSL for 5Mbps/896kbps (highest offered) is $35/m. Comcast business is much much more expensive if I were to keep my services and pay the business class prices for it.
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baineschile 2600 ways to live Premium join:2008-05-10 Sterling Heights, MI Reviews: ·Comcast	reply to PerfectCode One more point..... said by PerfectCode: Dear Comcast, Please remove the bandwidth cap on residential tiers, for the betterment of humanity. Maybe you should stop: quote: I download games from Xbox Live, PS Store, Steam, Games for Windows Live. Stream HD 720-1080p videos from Xbox Live, PS Network, Netflix, Fancast, Hulu, Youtube, ustream.tv, justin.tv, and even games through OnLive. Download music from the Zune Marketplace, Amazon MP3 store, iTunes. Other websites and services I use to stream media, Pandora Internet Radio, Last.fm, Zune.net (Zune Pass), IGN, Gamespot, NBA.com, etc... Not to mention uploading videos to Youtube, Skype video calls with family and friends, and streaming to websites like justin.tv and ustream.tv with high bit rates for clear/smooth HD video. and go volunteer at you local soup kitchen. Caps are an issue, but betterment of humanity? Cmon....
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