 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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Re: [Caps] Please sign the petition to raise or eliminate the ca said by Alcohol:Online petitions are completely useless. This, with it's 35 signatures, has no chance of having any effect on comcast.
Hell, with 35,000 signatures it had no chance of having any effect on Comcast. Let me know when it reaches 500,000.
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 nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | reply to Alcohol
said by Alcohol:Online petitions are completely useless. This, with it's 35 signatures, has no chance of having any effect on comcast.
Hey it's got 38 signatures now!  Gotta start somewhere. Will Comcast listen? I dunno, but it doesn't hurt to try. |
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What about a petition to stop/eliminate or freeze rate hikes! |
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nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | reply to nonamesleft
Re: [Caps] Please sign the petition to raise or eliminate the ca said by nonamesleft:What about a petition to stop/eliminate or freeze rate hikes!
Bay steps man, baby steps! |
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The cap petition might get some where but a rate freeze ain't going to happen since it would directly impact future revenues and stockholders don't like that. Don't know any company that would agree to a rate freeze based on a petition. |
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 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to nerdburg
Re: [Caps] Please sign the petition to raise or eliminate the ca NO THANKS!!!!
if they act on such a petition it'll be for the worse |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Where can I sign a petition to demand that comcast business stop using SMC gateways and move to a cisco solution with dual powersupplies(ie 3900 line)? if such a petition were there then I'd sign it
or atleast offer such a cisco solution as an option, I'd gladly pay a bit more per month for a cisco 3925e to replace the SMC |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA Reviews:
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| reply to ExoticFish
Lets suppose comcast does listen and goes with a charge after the first 250 GB. 6 months from now i actually go over my 250 and get charged. So yes it could effect me. Ide rather see things remain the same and that way if i go over once every two years i am not getting charged at all. 250 is plenty. People that want more can get a business account. Ide preferr that we light users are not subsidizing the heavy users |
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Pass. |
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 JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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·Comcast
| reply to ExoticFish
said by ExoticFish:Is raising the cap going to have a negative effect on YOU ?
If it raises his price, then yeah.
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
·Vitelity VOIP
| reply to DarkLogix
said by DarkLogix:Where can I sign a petition to demand that comcast business stop using SMC gateways and move to a cisco solution with dual powersupplies(ie 3900 line)? Heh. Dual power supplies? In the context of a DOCSIS-based solution, that's a bit like putting a titanium deadbolt on a hollow core door. |
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nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | reply to JohnInSJ
At the very least I think Comcast should make some allowance for users on the Extreme tiers. I'm on Extreme 50 because I have a family of five and we are heavy users. We need the bandwidth. Obviously, we aren't average users, which is why we pay for an "extreme" tier. It seems just plain crazy to me that something like Extreme 105, Comcast's premier offering, still has a lousy 250GB cap. |
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| said by nerdburg:At the very least I think Comcast should make some allowance for users on the Extreme tiers. I'm on Extreme 50 because I have a family of five and we are heavy users. We need the bandwidth. Obviously, we aren't average users, which is why we pay for an "extreme" tier. It seems just plain crazy to me that something like Extreme 105, Comcast's premier offering, still has a lousy 250GB cap.
Just being curious....how much is the difference between the resi and biz accounts per tier in your area? |
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nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | I could get 22/5 for the same $ as 50/10 residential--about $100/month. 50/10 business class is $189/month. |
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said by Les Data : I don't use what they give me now. Good for you! By that same reasoning, everyone should still be using 8088 PCs with 640KB of RAM. Most people didn't use it all when that's what was available. Why have more?
If I need more, I'll just get out my check book.
And since they are going to do this, it would stand to reason for people to ask them to raise or even remove a limitation in return.
While it's true that most people won't bump against the cap now, it's a guarantee that more will in the future. Data usage will only increase, and that increase doesn't have to be intentional. It's better to take a proactive stance about this, than wait until you're exceeding the cap and it's too late.
There are better ways to do it than sign a random petition though:
»stopthecap.com/take-action-2/ |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to espaeth
said by espaeth:said by DarkLogix:Where can I sign a petition to demand that comcast business stop using SMC gateways and move to a cisco solution with dual powersupplies(ie 3900 line)? Heh. Dual power supplies? In the context of a DOCSIS-based solution, that's a bit like putting a titanium deadbolt on a hollow core door. Honestly I would be happy with any solution that moved from the SMC's to a cisco solution
a 3925e with a docsis3 HWIC would just be awsome though |
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said by nerdburg:I could get 22/5 for the same $ as 50/10 residential--about $100/month. 50/10 business class is $189/month.
have you tried the 22/5 biz though? or did you have 50/10 ever since you subscribed?
what kind of bandwidth intensive activity do you or all of your family of 5 do?
in my area 12/2 was only a few bucks more than the 12/2 or 16/ something equivalent for resi, that's why it made sense to me to just go with a biz account.
even with 3 of us [family of 4] streaming movies from netflix at the same time, 12/2 is more than enough bandwidth. |
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 CableToolPoorly Representing MYSELF.Premium
join:2004-11-12 | reply to nerdburg
Having a faimly of four, kids on Netflix and XBOX Live all day, me on Pandora and online all day and the wife on the IPAD streaming for the kids and for herself we have hundreds of gigs left.
This "Cap", as described, affects less then 1% of the userbase. This really is much ado about nothing.
Even by the comments in this tech savvy group... 250 is fine. We all hate the very IDEA of a limit or cap... but its affects is nil.
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