Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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1 edit | reply to sturmvogel
Re: Ding Dong...
said by sturmvogel  :We do not exist on the "backs of other customers". Of course you exist on the backs of other customers.
There is no way in the world that these kinds of bandwidth numbers would be available to you otherwise for this kind of money except for the fact that this is a shared network.
A 6 or 8 Mb pipe delivering to you 250~400Gigs per month would cost you THOUSANDS per month were you not on a shared network arrangement. What has been happening is everyone has been footing the bills while the vast minority helps themselves to everything they can get. As the comcast statements notes, the average user is consuming 2 to 3 gigs per month while others apparently are going to extremes of 250 to 400 gigs. It is time that people using the excessive amounts start to pay for it.
It's really that simple.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | Meh, you can get 250-400 GB per month, it just won' be at extreme speeds. Meet the $359 T1, which is likely available (it is here) where Comcast has their lines. Slower? Yes. Capped? Uh uh. |
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sturmvogel
Obama '08
join:2008-02-07
Houston, TX
1 edit | reply to Rick
said by Rick :said by sturmvogel :We do not exist on the "backs of other customers". Of course you exist on the backs of other customers. There is no way in the world that these kinds of bandwidth numbers would be available to you otherwise for this kind of money except for the fact that this is a shared network. A 6 or 8 Mb pipe delivering to you 250~400Gigs per month would cost you THOUSANDS per month were you not on a shared network arrangement. What has been happening is everyone has been footing the bills while the vast minority helps themselves to everything they can get. As the comcast statements notes, the average user is consuming 2 to 3 gigs per month while others apparently are going to extremes of 250 to 400 gigs. It is time that people using the excessive amounts start to pay for it. It's really that simple. ~Rick I do not have a problem to pay for my usage, but I have a problem with your position regarding that we "the hogs" are somehow ripping others offe or existing at their expense.
The argument works both ways. If the ones that use more should pay more, how about those that use the service almost not at all ?
Should they get a refund ?
Who is then ripping people off ?
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Bellundo
@teksavvy.com | reply to Rick
These figures are from the year 2008. The average subscribers downloads and uploads between 20 and 30 gigabytes a month. The average subscriber on dial-up downloads and uploads 5 gigabytes a month. |
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