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Not me!]]>Aug 29th 2008 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/I used 150GB down this month and 25GB UP
and i know that i did not download many things just P2P tv programs. thats stupid]]>Aug 29th 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/it is applicable to everything u get from the net. say goodbye to downloading those movies to your ipod n xbox.
there is no way videos on demand is the future if they start capping bandwidth like this. i cant imagine how much 1080p movies would take up..]]>Aug 29th 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Us Canadians are capped at 90GB on our highest speeds - $100 a month, 8 Mbps.

Rogers sucks!!!]]>Aug 30th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
you do realize that 150 + 25 = 175 and that 175 < 250, right? So you would be doing OK under the cap.]]>Aug 30th 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
When Oct. comes around I'll do a mass loot of linux isos and see if I get capped/a phone call/etc.]]>Aug 30th 2008 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
You don't have to *imagine* how fast 1080p content would use up 250gb, all you have to do is break out a basic calculator.]]>Aug 30th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.cox.com/policy/limitations.asp
...yeah...it makes Comcast's new policy look like a godsend. However I don't think they've actually enforced it..since I use them too and haven't had any letters about it etc.]]>Aug 30th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
I'm paying $50 for 7GB a month. ]]>Aug 29th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
I could go over that in an hour.
]]>Aug 29th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Here in India, I am paying equivalent to USD 23 for 8mbps link with a 6 GB cap. ugh! At 8mbps imagine how quickly I run out of my quota.]]>Aug 30th 2008 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
I'm glad I have an ISP that charges for 2mbit but seems to cap it at 6mbit. Without any GB restrictions.]]>Aug 30th 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
I would love to have 250GB a month! Right now i am stuck with 14GB on peek and off peek (so 28GB in total), and that is with 512kbs or something at $60 a month.

But really, it cant totally be blamed on the telcos. The main reason for sucky internet here is that there are hardly any underwater cables to get our internet. If there were more, i am sure the strain would be taken down, and our plans would get faster and cheeper]]>Aug 30th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/i'm paying 30$ for 1 (yes ONE) GB per month for my wireless Broadband (3.5 G) HSDPA.
that's absurd, if i wanted 3GB per month it's 60$ and it goes on..
I do my heavy download at work :P]]>Aug 31st 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
Now they've said, "Here's the cap for everyone, it exists". I think that it will be much easier for them to start decreasing those caps slowly and most customers won't say anything, and when it starts to become the norm, who is stopping Verizon FiOS from adding caps to their service or any other ISP?]]>Aug 30th 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Sep 10th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/]]>Aug 29th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/]]>Aug 30th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
Data capping like this sets a dangerous precedent, especially when we're only going to be using more and more internet services as time goes on. This restriction by Comcast seems more like an admission that they can't keep up.]]>Aug 29th 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/not all the fiber was sold in New England. I was able to get FoIS here in Coventry (RI). Oddly enough we were able to get it because we live in an older section of a manufactured home park where ultily poles are still used (funny how the newer homes can't get FoIS yet due the underground cabling)

I hope though this doesn't become an industry standard ]]>Aug 30th 2008 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
They are being honest, and they've set the bar high.
If you're using that much, then you should be paying more (and they should provide a way for you to pay more) to do what you're doing.

This isn't just youtubing and email, here...you'd be doing a LOT of downloading to hit this limit.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/
Plus think about all the services that are going to be going across the internet next year. Comcast is shooting themselves in the foot with this one.

If you don't have the infrastructure upgrade it if not lower speeds. Don't put a cap because you can't keep up...]]>Sep 2nd 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 30th 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/29/comcast-set-to-begin-bandwidth-capping-come-october-1st/Aug 29th 2008 9:38PM