The end of the Internet as we know it?

[Ghastly]

Comcast has admitted to reports that they are considering a cap on residential customers at 250 GB per month.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out....

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[Masherbrum]

MY internet ROCKS!!!   I have DSL.    I'll never do business with a Cable Company again.   They suck. 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

250gb is more than enough if you don't p2p professionally. Then again I can get a dedicated server with 100mbit net connection for 70 euros a month if I want to p2p.

[Getback]

MY internet ROCKS!!!   I have DSL.    I'll never do business with a Cable Company again.   They suck. 

Ditto, When I left Brighthouse for DSL they asked me why. I said because it was cheaper by $20. They said they could fix that. I said DSL is also faster, Dsl was more than 2x as fast as the cable I was getting. They said they could fix that too. My reply well you should have done it sooner. I looked at their pay plans. They are charging boo koo bucks for fast cable now.

[Denholm]

The cost of the Internet here is cheap as well. The speed, not so much. Still better than paying $50 a month for 80 KB/per sec.

[BaldEagl]

The thing I hate about Comcast is evey couple of months my bill gets bigger (for TV and Internet).

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The thing I hate about Comcast is evey couple of months my bill gets bigger (for TV and Internet).

think about this

comcast says they have over 20 million customers (i think that's the correct number)

with each paying around 75 to a hundred bucks a month, and many paying much more than that,

that is some serious "bucks"  each month, but yet the cost is rising.

the electric company (any of them), charge you a "delivery charge" plus a few othercharges that are bogus, and most times that is more than the actual usage,

  this entire system is designed for the super rich, and for every one else to slave and grovel for a small piece,

but yet most Americans are so beguiled by the system they cant see the truth that is right in front of there faces.

[715]

Did you notice that right after instituting the 250 GB cap, they started their own video download service, which is subject to the cap.  So, as someone on another board said, they give you the rope to hang yourself with.  An HD movie can be about 10 to 15 GB.  So view, and pay for, 16 movies in a month, and you'll get hit with overcharges as well.  I'll admit though that viewing 16 movies a month is a tad much, so maybe 250 GB is not too draconian.

[Eagler]

believe it or not, the majority of cable increases are due to the fact that the "content" raises its prices .. it isn't the cable tv ppl getting fat and happy, I know as I've been in the industry since 79

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believe it or not, the majority of cable increases are due to the fact that the "content" raises its prices .. it isn't the cable tv ppl getting fat and happy, I know as I've been in the industry since 79

installing cable, and owning comcast two major differences,

and you cant tell me, that about $ 240,000,000 (low estimate)    a month is not getting  fat and happy.


but i guess trying to tell someone whos "been in the industry since 79" is pointless, because you know right

[Eagler]

whats your solution ink? free cable for all? free electric?
Try China ...

have been in the industry for almost 30 years, you?

I don't install it either

[715]

He doesn't want it free.  He wants a reasonable price.  Virtually no one thinks that cable companies provide anything even remotely approaching a reasonable price.  Why should they; they're monopolies? 

[Eagler]

He doesn't want it free.  He wants a reasonable price.  Virtually no one thinks that cable companies provide anything even remotely approaching a reasonable price.  Why should they; they're monopolies? 

actually they are not. You have satellite and antenna to choose from in most places and FIOS in some others.
With off air signals going HD/Digital next year - the free option has never looked better.

we have phone, internet and cable month to month package for $109 a month. FIOS has a similar package for $100 a month but you have to sign up for a year. Do you think those prices are unreasonable?

[DES]

I have cable tv and internet and my bill is $102 a month. My cable tv is picture crap and the price is ridiculous but I'm stuck. DSL is the same price and 1/4 the speed, over the air is 3 channels where I live so that's not an alternative. I'm deciding what I'm going to do after the first of the year all channels but locals will require an STB and I have tv's in 4 rooms and 2 tuner cards in my pc so I would have to rent 6 boxes raising my bill even higher. I'm seriously considering dropping everything.

[Vulcan]

He doesn't want it free.  He wants a reasonable price.  Virtually no one thinks that cable companies provide anything even remotely approaching a reasonable price.  Why should they; they're monopolies? 

Take a look at the speeds of home internet access over the last few years. Internet usage has increased, as have speeds. Do you know the relevant costs of the capital infrastructure to provide this? I doubt it. Do you know the relevant costs of maintaining this infrastructure? I doubt it.

Maintaining the plumbing on multi-gigabit, or in some cases terrabit, pipes is not a simple task.