Comcast on way out? Update to Acceptance Policy...
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Did anybody just receive the Comcast Update to Acceptance Policy? The one that says you only get 250gb/month. Is this an indication their network or should I say the technology they use has started to reach bandwidth limits? As we approach the age of internet Video for movies/tv/commercials/etc, video conferencing, telecummiting, i-gaming, etc. these folks have to know they just said 'No' you can't grow with us to the common public. Assuming they aren't idiots, the only reason they could say 'No' that I can think of, is bandwidth limit. Or are they just idiots? (don't answer that, but I know you will. :P )
1. They are a Cable TV Company, so by definition, they are greedy idiots. 2. Being a typical greedy Cable TV company, they're doing with internet services the same thing the do wit their "core" services: maximizing their profit and the consumer be damned. 3. The would rather limit your bandwidth, and maximize your cost for the minimum service, than invest in more/better infrastructure. 4. This is how they've always done business, so no one should be surprised. They are a monopoly, and they think like a monopoly.
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Did anybody just receive the Comcast Update to Acceptance Policy? The one that says you only get 250gb/month. Is this an indication their network or should I say the technology they use has started to reach bandwidth limits? As we approach the age of internet Video for movies/tv/commercials/etc, video conferencing, telecummiting, i-gaming, etc. these folks have to know they just said 'No' you can't grow with us to the common public. Assuming they aren't idiots, the only reason they could say 'No' that I can think of, is bandwidth limit. Or are they just idiots? (don't answer that, but I know you will. :P )
- They've had a limit for years. They just wouldn't tell anyone what it was. By putting it in the open, this is a big step forward. 2) They're far from the 1st company to do an explicit limit, the only difference being that Comcast's limit is far larger than the 15-75GB/mo limits their rivals have been setting. For reference the 'average' (not sure if mean or median) account uses 2-3GB/mo.
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Did anybody just receive the Comcast Update to Acceptance Policy? The one that says you only get 250gb/month. Is this an indication their network or should I say the technology they use has started to reach bandwidth limits? As we approach the age of internet Video for movies/tv/commercials/etc, video conferencing, telecummiting, i-gaming, etc. these folks have to know they just said 'No' you can't grow with us to the common public. Assuming they aren't idiots, the only reason they could say 'No' that I can think of, is bandwidth limit. Or are they just idiots? (don't answer that, but I know you will. :P )
Tim Schwallie wrote:
The one that says you only get 250gb/month.
Shame, I get 3gb/month (and thats combined usage) and pay US$100 a month for a shitty service. Stop complaining...
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Tim Schwallie wrote:
The one that says you only get 250gb/month.
Shame, I get 3gb/month (and thats combined usage) and pay US$100 a month for a shitty service. Stop complaining...
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)cant you get it cheaper locally? :doh:
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Did anybody just receive the Comcast Update to Acceptance Policy? The one that says you only get 250gb/month. Is this an indication their network or should I say the technology they use has started to reach bandwidth limits? As we approach the age of internet Video for movies/tv/commercials/etc, video conferencing, telecummiting, i-gaming, etc. these folks have to know they just said 'No' you can't grow with us to the common public. Assuming they aren't idiots, the only reason they could say 'No' that I can think of, is bandwidth limit. Or are they just idiots? (don't answer that, but I know you will. :P )
I believe it is $59.00 for 8Mbit down / 1MBit up and no limit, static ip addresses, 25 email accounts, and you are permitted to run servers.
John
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cant you get it cheaper locally? :doh:
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Tim Schwallie wrote:
The one that says you only get 250gb/month.
Shame, I get 3gb/month (and thats combined usage) and pay US$100 a month for a shitty service. Stop complaining...
xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008) -
Did anybody just receive the Comcast Update to Acceptance Policy? The one that says you only get 250gb/month. Is this an indication their network or should I say the technology they use has started to reach bandwidth limits? As we approach the age of internet Video for movies/tv/commercials/etc, video conferencing, telecummiting, i-gaming, etc. these folks have to know they just said 'No' you can't grow with us to the common public. Assuming they aren't idiots, the only reason they could say 'No' that I can think of, is bandwidth limit. Or are they just idiots? (don't answer that, but I know you will. :P )
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Well, my bandwidth cost is R250 and the line rental is R450. I have not seen many places give much more than 3-4gb for R250.
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)hmmm, your hosting it yourself?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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hmmm, your hosting it yourself?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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I believe it is $59.00 for 8Mbit down / 1MBit up and no limit, static ip addresses, 25 email accounts, and you are permitted to run servers.
John
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Harvey Saayman wrote:
hmmm, your hosting it yourself?
WTF are talking about? :confused: ;P
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)well you mentioned a line cost of R450(which is more than i pay for my 4mbit line BTW), which must mean your hosting it privately and not with a company that does hosting? :doh:
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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well you mentioned a line cost of R450(which is more than i pay for my 4mbit line BTW), which must mean your hosting it privately and not with a company that does hosting? :doh:
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111Well the base Telkom rate is R413 excluding phone line rental (which I have to take). So where do you get yours from? Or are you forgetting about the VAT and compulsory phone line rental?
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Hmm... an average of 8GB per day isn't enough?
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Did anybody just receive the Comcast Update to Acceptance Policy? The one that says you only get 250gb/month. Is this an indication their network or should I say the technology they use has started to reach bandwidth limits? As we approach the age of internet Video for movies/tv/commercials/etc, video conferencing, telecummiting, i-gaming, etc. these folks have to know they just said 'No' you can't grow with us to the common public. Assuming they aren't idiots, the only reason they could say 'No' that I can think of, is bandwidth limit. Or are they just idiots? (don't answer that, but I know you will. :P )
What amazes me is that people clearly want as much bandwidth as they can get and the providers clearly seem uninterested in providing to the customers what they want and instead try to cap it. We're all paying good money to these guys, it's surely their responsibility to ensure we get what we want. I think you're right, there's a technical issue of capacity here that is being reached because they are not investing any profits in upgrading their systems as substantially as they should be.
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