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Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
I don't mind caps, per se. I also don't mind purchasing based on data rate. What I cannot stand is paying for both. You either charge me a premium for a higher speed and leave me be, or give me unthrottled speed (based on the technology) and a data cap, with the option to charge for overages. What really stinks for me is… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
Agreed. Im sure greed does play a role in it. With the internet growing into a "Cloud", streaming video, etc. Things will get clogged. I believe most people would rather be thottled and not capped. Atleast, I would be happy to take a slower speed, if that meant I can keep on doing what I needed to for the month's service.… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
Yeah. The 250GB cap burned my ass too, enough that I actually did switch to Verizon... err... Frontier. The good news with Frontier DSL is that you don't have a 250GB quota. The bad news is that you don't need one, there's no way you'd ever download that much on this slow crappy "broadband". When my year of DSL is up, I'm… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
Very thoughtful response. My only advice to you on that (and you can use it however you wish...) is to pay attention to the "sensationalist bullcrap..." I understand that upgrades take time (believe me I know...you network guys aren't the only ones that have to contend with that...), but my whole thing is that they have to… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
I know folks like to rally around big evil companies doing bad stuff to other big not so evil companies in the name of the almighty dollar. I can assure you that in the Comcast situation, the caps don't exist for that reason. You want proof? I've had to explain to more than one friend/family member exactly why they're… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
Yeah I see caps becoming the norm just to get us used to the tiered plans when the entertainment industry fully adopts online media as a true alternative to cable and OTA. That way they can sell you tiered plans with different prices like long distance charges were back in the day. I could see this since we are so used to… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
Not sure why you guys don't have a option in your control panel to add additional bandwidth for a cost. The percentage of people who use ALL of their bandwidth is pretty small and if you are that small minority then you should be able to buy whatever extra you want. We have an ISP called Eircom and they traffic shape… -
Re: Comcast Xfinity throttling
Until we reach a point where bandwidth and the gear it runs over is as much of a commodity as cars, you're never going to see caps removed. Either that or the software that runs over the network is going to have to get a whole lot more efficient. Users data appetites are so voracious that the bandwidth usage grows faster…
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