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Comcast should be sued...again.
BrownMasterV:
I have Comcast and I've always been aware of supposed 250GB/month cap. Strangely enough, I've never been warned/cut off/notified about going over the cap, even though I have done so many times in the past. I remember one month I went up to 528GB transferred.
kitamesume:
btw, is the cap downstream only or downstream+upstream? because if its the latter then at that speed its worse than i thought XD.
NaRu:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on January 16, 2012, 06:44:49 PM ---btw, is the cap downstream only or downstream+upstream? because if its the latter then at that speed its worse than i thought XD.
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It's both downstream+upstream
tyrionlannister:
--- Quote from: NaRu on January 16, 2012, 03:25:36 AM ---Comcast should be sued for their monthly bandwidth cap. Currently all resident users has a 250GB cap per month. They been doing this for a long time. Even bore they announced it to the world. Indirectly they are controlling the market because of a law "The fair Use Act." Most of you already knew this. The reason for this law made sense a decade ago. When high bandwidth first came out it was over crowed and speeds dropped below dialup speeds during prime hours. This law gave ISP the right to throttle connection or even charge extra for exceeding "the fair use" of the internet, but today things are different. Everything is done online now. The pipeline is very large and can handle a lot more. Bits are free. Comcast only has to pay for is the gateway between two computers. Example, you go to google from your desktop. Your computer sends out a packet of information through your ISP pipeline that connects to google's pipeline. Comcast only needs to do is maintain the gateway between each system. In the United States we are a third world country when it comes for internet. We spend too much money for slow speeds compared to the rest of the world.
I did some math trying to figure out how much "internet" I can use in 30 days until I hit my 250GB (I had unlimited for the longest time then my contract ended and for me to continue with the same agreement I had to pay $180 a month instead of $80.) My current speeds are 22Mbps down 5Mbps up for $80
250GB = 250,000MB
22Mbps = 2.8MB/s
250,000MB / 2.8MB/s = 89286 seconds
89286 seconds / 60 = 1488 mins
1488 mins / 60 = 25 Hours
So according to Comcast I have to pay them $80 a month for 25 hours of max speed downloading and uploading. If I spend more then 25 hours downloading they will cut me off for a year.
Now I also did the math for someone who has the max speed Comcast offers. 105Mbps down 10Mbps up
250GB = 250,000MB
105Mbps = 13.125MB/s
250,000MB / 13.125Mb/s = 19048 seconds
19048 seconds / 60 = 317 Mins
317 Mins / 60 = 5.3 Hours
So for someone who has the fastest speeds can only download and upload at max speeds is little over 5 hours every month.
Can anyone really hold back that much not to use there connection to prevent the 250GB cap. If there is going to be a cap they need to increase it. Not only it's too low but its way too low if you are paying for a high tier connection. 5 hours a month is something we can do in a single night. With my connection I can do that in a week. I normally don't download much but I do use my connection for netflix and hulu +. I believe comcast only goal with the cap is to scare people on using those services and force them to pay more for business or get there cable TV service instead. This is how they are controlling the market indirectly and it's wrong.
I'm done ranting.
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Why don't you use Comcast's business internet service? http://business.comcast.com/smb/services/Internet/plans
For the same plan as you have now, you'd only pay 20 bucks more a month for unlimited traffic, like it says in their terms here:
http://www.google.com/url?url=http://business.comcast.com/smb/services/Internet/faqs%2307b&rct=j&q=comcast+business+internet+limits&usg=AFQjCNHGjDiXRqSNkYtYhU0yzj2MQs7pvA&sa=X&ei=MIQUT_mJIpiqsgbNnsTdCA&ved=0CC4QygQwAQ&cad=rja
As far as I know, you can use this even if you aren't a business, and you get better support, email, hosting etc.
nstgc:
--- Quote from: NaRu on January 16, 2012, 07:17:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on January 16, 2012, 06:44:49 PM ---btw, is the cap downstream only or downstream+upstream? because if its the latter then at that speed its worse than i thought XD.
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It's both downstream+upstream
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Thats where the problem lies in my assumption. I forgot about uploads. I have been doing so little torrenting (taking the slower DDL when possible) I forgot that most of you guys use torrents.
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