Posted on 06/18/2014 11:42:13 AM PDT by Dallas59
Comcast is testing data caps for its broadband internet customers that would limit them to 300 GB of data per month, according to The Times Leader.
Comcast has started open trials of its home broadband data caps in several large markets around the country.
Here are all the regions affected:
Mobile, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
Tuscon, Arizona
Atlanta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Jackson, Mississippi
Charleston, South Carolina
Knoxville, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
All of central Kentucky
The entire state of Maine
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These companies—which I agree are crooks in the vernacular sense—aren’t taking anything from you that you didn’t give them the right to take. You signed a contract that lets them change the terms of the deal. It’s all in the very fine print that hardly anyone reads.
If your proposed solution is for the government to get (more) involved, you are guaranteed to be heartbroken. You can cast your lot with liberals who want anti-monopoly laws enforced and net neutrality continued, and hate yourself for going against your conservative principles. Or you can let free market capitalism rule and pay higher prices, which includes paying for the army of lobbyists these companies use to make sure Congress keeps its hands off their business.
I’m not saying that the liberals have the right answer in this case, just that there is a price to be paid no matter which way this goes.
Been this way in Canada for a very long time now . $50 for 60GB ,but they did tweak it because another company offered unlimited for same price ,so now you get 500gb for $50
Competition...
Just played a game on steam....47mb for 30 minutes.
No more Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu or you pay extra? Comcast streaming is uncapped?
-PJ
“What makes you think it costs more to send a gigabyte than a megabyte?”
Common sense and a little knowledge ...
Comcast is losing market share. To make up for it, they are working out ways to make more money off their existing customer base. Comcast is in a race with wireless streaming video. The cost of maintaining cable to customer is a competitive disadvantage.
I don’t know. Maybe if you go to your ISP website and log in with your account number it will tell you how much you are using.
I have not checked Derek’s math:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130627214516AADPSt5
Since you asked your last question. I researched the actual bitrates that YouTube encodes/streams it’s videos at and found this great resource.
I may have been slightly off in my previous calculation of 360p bandwidth usage. I did not calculate for upstream traffic. (Also note: they are using the MAXIMUM values below. Actual usage will vary from video to video.)
240p
Bits Per Second (down): 400-500Kb
Bits Per Second (up): 5-9Kb
Data used per 5 minute video: 8.333MB
360p
Bits Per Second (down): 900Kbps - 1.1Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 15-20 Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 13.333MB
480p
Bits Per Second (down): 1.5-1.6-1.7Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 20-26Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 20MB
720p
Bits Per Second (down): 20+ Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 320Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 37.5MB
1080p
Bits Per Second (down): 20+ Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 320 Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 62MB
Don’t mind paying for my service but when it comes to a company stifling competition with the help of the government well...
“Maybe if you go to your ISP website and log in with your account number it will tell you how much you are using.”
What a brilliant thought. I’ve been there exactly twice in about 10 years. I’ll give it a try. Thanks.
Oh, my goodness. I’ve watched just about every WW1 movie they have. I’ve used enough to bankrupt myself under the pay for play scheme. Somebody suggested I log into Comcast and see if they say. I’ll try that. Thanks.
I use about 1.5GB (of a max of 3GB) a month of mobile data, but about 10GB a month on wifi at work or at home
Comcast, owner of NBC, MSNBC a CNBC is an American enemy with property in plain sight all over the country
I get 250gb from Cox and I seldom use even 1/2 of that — even streaming Netflix HD movies, HBO GO, etc.
I am the sole user.
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