Comcast XFINITY → Re: Data Cap expanding to Northeast?

should all parents be paying extra right now because their kid is forced into remote learning?

this is something we are being forced into

this is different, this is something we are being forced into... no one is forcing a kid to take a shower... the kid goes to school or the parent gets in trouble

and just wait for computers to all work in the cloud like people are dreaming off like the old terminal days......... your desktop is on AWS or Azure, you only own a thin client... data usage will only go up for everything you do

Data is a different substance, and is in a different class of resource compared to the finite resources of water and electricity. Once you consume that water or that electric usage, the resources inputted never regenerate to their original form again. A data connection always returns to the original form the moment demand is reduced or removed. Internet circuits don't magically resize at Layer 1 or Layer 2 except for artificial reasons like cost savings on burstable circuits, or for reduced energy consumption when idle. So assuming you look at a technology like DOCSIS Or PON, the timeslots for sending and reception are always being produced at a fixed rate. If you don't use it, it's gone forever.

Still, why shouldn't people who do not strain the system have lower rates?.

yes, but what I am saying is the current cap is too low, not that the NE is special, remote schooling alone uses up the cap for an average family if they do video conferencing all day long every school day (which is exactly what my district is dong at least, I'm sure more then just my local district is doing this with synchronous education)

Data access is no different. If the unlimited for all, access for all model didn't work, we would have far fewer people using the Internet today. There is nothing else to subsidize.

But they don't.
My parents pay 35 for the 25/3 package
Let's say they get unlimited data for an extra 25 a month, thats a total of 60 a month, let's say they decide to max out their internet the entire month for no other reason other than to give comcast the middle finger, they can use a little under 10tb in a month.
My aunt and uncle have the 200mbit package for 65 a month and use around 50-200 gb a month.
Just because you're using more or less data doesn't mean you're paying more or less for your internet, sign up for a cheaper tier, keep the unlimited data and learn to use qos.

2TB a month is a whole 6Mbps constantly, that's hardly overloading a node

Personally I am glad these areas who had unlimited will now have to either pay up for unlimited or watch their usage.

Like you Im glad the Northeast is no longer getting a free lunch. If we have to be bent over monthly then they should too.

Who do you think should pay for someone's extra use? Do you complain about paying extra for the water when your kid takes a shower? Or the extra electricity they use for the computer in that remote learning session?

And what I'm saying is that Comcast is going to make a certain profit margin one way or another. Why should the people who do not overload the system pay as much as those that do, for whatever reason?

Google meet for example requires 3.2 mbps for outbound call and 6.5mbps for 20 participants that's 4.2GB per hour for class... at their low end it's still 2.2GB per hour for SD video still 440ish GB per month for a single kid

But they don't.
My parents pay 35 for the 25/3 package
Let's say they get unlimited data for an extra 25 a month, thats a total of 60 a month, let's say they decide to max out their internet the entire month for no other reason other than to give comcast the middle finger, they can use a little under 10tb in a month.
My aunt and uncle have the 200mbit package for 65 a month and use around 50-200 gb a month.
Just because you're using more or less data doesn't mean you're paying more or less for your internet, sign up for a cheaper tier, keep the unlimited data and learn to use qos.