sorry to cut but i have a question that nobody has answered yet. does this cap include streaming video from say hulu or youtube? if it does i hope charter communications doesn't adopt this.
@v3xx 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..
Jeeze, comcast already limit throttling dl speed so, now they even limit bandwidth, this sux. Booo comcast, I might just switch back to Earthlink or sumthing.
You know, when Comcast makes these announcements, my area doesn't seem affected (which is kind of odd because I live in the suburbs of DC, which is almost Comcast's backyard). I've never experienced capping of any kind during the last few years. If anything it's annoying that they have increased there prices about 4 - 5 times for internet and digital TV. The cool part is we get HDTV DVRs for free for every TV and the internet speeds are much faster than as when we started (currently, 10mbit/1mbit, but the internet2 at college is a beast though [full gigabit ports/speed, w00t], sadly I don't live close enough to campus).
When Oct. comes around I'll do a mass loot of linux isos and see if I get capped/a phone call/etc.
Do not fear. I am sure comcast will let you buy more bandwidth. :) (how this is legal, I don't know) lets hope the throttling ends now and we see docsis 3.0 in october.
@brandon Too bad they already do. And have been for a while now. 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.
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ditto!
I dunno.. it would depend on how pretty he was :p.
sorry to cut but i have a question that nobody has answered yet. does this cap include streaming video from say hulu or youtube? if it does i hope charter communications doesn't adopt this.
THATS BULLSHIT.
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
What the fuck!?!?!?! At least this won't happen for a while for Cox users who are always around a year behind Comcast!!!
I'm laughing so hard because I know Comcast will lose a lot of customers. AT&T is going to get a crap load =D
@v3xx
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..
Jeeze, comcast already limit throttling dl speed so, now they even limit bandwidth, this sux. Booo comcast, I might just switch back to Earthlink or sumthing.
Ahhh 250GB!!!!
Us Canadians are capped at 90GB on our highest speeds - $100 a month, 8 Mbps.
Rogers sucks!!!
@erhan
you do realize that 150 + 25 = 175 and that 175 < 250, right? So you would be doing OK under the cap.
Oh goodie, right in time for Docsis 3.0!
You know, when Comcast makes these announcements, my area doesn't seem affected (which is kind of odd because I live in the suburbs of DC, which is almost Comcast's backyard). I've never experienced capping of any kind during the last few years. If anything it's annoying that they have increased there prices about 4 - 5 times for internet and digital TV. The cool part is we get HDTV DVRs for free for every TV and the internet speeds are much faster than as when we started (currently, 10mbit/1mbit, but the internet2 at college is a beast though [full gigabit ports/speed, w00t], sadly I don't live close enough to campus).
When Oct. comes around I'll do a mass loot of linux isos and see if I get capped/a phone call/etc.
darkstar,
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.
Do not fear. I am sure comcast will let you buy more bandwidth. :) (how this is legal, I don't know) lets hope the throttling ends now and we see docsis 3.0 in october.
@brandon Too bad they already do. And have been for a while now.
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.