said by markofmayhem :

As comcast is my only broadband option for internet, the future cap and throttle announcement saddens me greatly.

said by funchords :

You do realize that P2P interference and a bandwidth cap already are there, they just were unannounced. Now Comcast will have to be honest about what it is offering.

said by iansltx :

Yaknow, "above DSL speeds" could mean an *increase* in connectin speeds for those throttled . I mean, Qwest has 20 Mbps DSL and 5 Mbps in most places, Windstream has 12 Mbps DSL...I have 8 Mbps Comcast w\PowerBoost so it all depends on how you interpret "above DSL speeds"

said by funchords :

You do realize that P2P interference and a bandwidth cap already are there, they just were unannounced. Now Comcast will have to be honest about what it is offering.

said by Rick :

And you do realize that 250 gigs would be less than the 300 to 400 gigs that was previously allowed until the hogs decided even that wasn't enough and decided to try to turn what was always meant to be a residential service at a residential price into something resembling their own private dedicated network that otherwise someone would have to pay thousands for each month.

Nice gig I guess to want a thousand dollar a month connection for 42 bucks but that's just not how it works.

As for honesty Rob..I also think honesty comes in many flavors...such as posting threads and then having it ultimately discovered by a poster that you were suing the company and seeking support for class action status. That certainly put a different spin and light on your posts entirely IMHO with that "unannounced" lack of disclosure.

said by ptrowski :

Why? He found something that was not being disclosed, they blatantly lied about it, and are being sued. Sounds about right to me.

said by Rick :

Hmm..seems like you're missing a few steps...not to mention the entire point of my comment.

You might want to educate yourself about what happened here in this thread..starting first with the "woe is me..comcast is attacking poor little old me"....which ultimately led up to the "revelation" that perhaps the reason they had something to say about him was because of his undisclosed lawsuit seeking class action ..Ie: support from the members of the board he apparently hoped would be joining in on the suit.

»Complain about Comcast=Have your Reputation Scrutinized

In any event...back on topic...personally I hope they do institute caps. It's time for the high consumption users to pay their share and stop having everyone else subsidize this outrageous behavior and enough..is never enough..usage.

said by Rick :

I think it all has plenty to do with each other.

Isp's including comcast have tried to police their networks in such a way the last few years to be as reasonable as possible IMHO. Instead of putting fixed numbers on bandwidth, they've attempted to be as flexible as possible and to deal with those abusing the networks with cautions to tone down their usage.

I've always thought that was a great way to operate and really resembled in a way the spirit of the internet itself in letting it be as free and open as possible.
In particular, I think that comcast has been one of the most generous ones of all. I have yet to EVER see a post where anyone ever had a problem unless they hit the 300 to 400 gig amounts PER MONTH. And, even that was following a warning letter.

It's really too bad that some couldn't appreciate that and how generous it was. Instead..they criticized and criticized some more.

And now..I think they're going to reap what they've sown.
Not only with comcast..but across the whole ISP world.

Some people have simply treated this 42 dollar a month service as if they paid 2 thousand a month for it.
Their expectations and demands have been nothing short of outrageous. It's a residential service..not a private dedicated line for all their own use.

Maybe now they'll start to get a clue.

But..then again..maybe it will take the first big bill instead.