jbob
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Little Rock, AR
 ·Comcast
 ·AT&T Southwest
| reply to EnasYorl
Re: [News] Comcast imposing invisible caps again
Part of the problem with their TOS/AUP is when it comes to bandwidth it still does not specify.
To the OP:
While I understand your predicament and partially agree, in the real world you are/would be considered a bandwidth hog. Not trying to call you evil or anything! lol
Let me put it in perspective. Comcast does not have unlimited bandwidth for everyone. Cable is a shared resource. One of the downsides to cable as opposed to DSL is that the bandwidth is shared among neighbors on a node. One of the biggest problems is with an overloaded node.
Look at it this way, let's say your node had 150 users. Now let's say that your node just happens to be shared with an apartment full of college students who mostly have cable like you. Let's say you are going about your business and using bandwidth as you normally do. Now let's suppose many of those college students are also using buttloads of bandwidth, downloading music and videos. At some point your node is going to get overloaded and everyone's bandwidth is going to suffer. Now none of the people paying for 6 or 8 meg service are going to be getting what they are paying for. Soon everyone is going to be complaining.
So what is your ISP supposed to do? Split the node? Do you know how much that costs? Sure your ISP could add more nodes but they are in a business to make money and adding more nodes so some people can use every little bit of bandwidth 20 hours of the day simply is not in their best interest.
I'm not even sure a business account would help you here. You could always purchase your own T-1 line but then you'd be limited to just 1.5 megs for a whole lot more money.
Maybe some day more ISPs will have fiber all the way to the home but until that happens we're all going to be limited and have to think of our neighbors as well.
I think Comcast does not specify a bandwidth limit because they do not wish to set limits unecessarily or arbitrarily. I occasionally download quite a bit but it's typically for a new *nix distro. I don't think I've ever gone over say 30 to 40 gigs in a month and I, as well as my son, download a LOT. I do have to say that downloading 500 GB a month is quite extreme. Perhaps you need to look at some Hosting sites to see how much bandwidth they offer per month for comparisons. You just need to know how this affect others and act appropriately. Be thankful that many others on your node are not as you or you'd then be complaining that you weren't getting the bandwidth you are paying for.
Again don't take this as a chastisment but trying to inform you of the consequences of your actions. |
