Originally posted by: pulse8
Your post almost has no point.
1. Do you know for sure that the guy downloads warez/mp3/dvd?
I don't know that ... I said it was possible....I also said from experience in an ISP (my brother is also CTO of one) that these kinds of bandwidth problems are usually told to be "oh my kid likes to watch those commericals and trailers online...but on further investigation you will see it's not what is being told.
How much bandwidth is he using? That is the question. The article states
A senior Comcast technician, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing his job, said letter-triggering usage is typically about 100 gigabytes a month, though it varies from city to city.
A hundred gigabytes of usage a month may not strain the system but some abusers, he said, consume more than a terabyte of data each month _ equal to about 1,000 gigabytes, or 1,000 copies of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Many run Web servers or offer copyright music or videos. Thirty minutes of high-quality video can consume up to a gigabyte.
100GB a month seems a little more than a 'internet-saavy' family.
2. What does a dial-up connection have to do with it? I know a member stated they changed his plans to 150 hours, but if the plan is unlimited, there shouldn't be limits on the usage. If there are limits, then they should be stated up front and not be kept secret. Using a dial-up your hogging a modem, but what am I keeping tied up if my cable internet is running 24/7?
In the beginning dial-up was said to be unlimited, and there are still dialups that are advertised as unlimited however, they will not let you on for 24/7...sometimes this is even stated in the terms.
With a Cable feed esp. since you are sharing bandwidth they are saying it's unlimited as far as time really...not bandwidth usage, I don't know if you are trying to be dense on this or just don't understand how it works. You get a couple cable users doing non-stop 3mbps streams and you are going to have bandwidth problems for your other users. So in reality, if you are constantly pegging your cable stream 24/7 you are just like the user that never logged out on dial up....it's not as bad in terms of that kind of direct connection, but you must draw the line in the sand.
From an advertising standpoint Comcast can't now say "We limit you to 5GB/month" when their competitor says "UNLIMITED".
3. If they expect high bandwidth users to buy premium packages, then Comcast needs to change their pricing structure to fit that.
I am sure it is mentioned. I don't use comcast but my DSL provider has clear tiers. If I wanted to step up my upload rate I would be forced into a commerical tier.
4. If I sign up for unlimited anything, it better be unlimited or at least have the restrictions be open information.
Probably is if you go and read. Either in fine print or on some page on the website or both. Usually as a clause for personal use only and something along the lines of normal usages. When you have 1000 customers doing one thing and 10 doing 100-1000x that those 10 are not normal usages.
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