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 vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | It's what customers want, of course. |
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Kamus
join:2011-01-27
El Paso, TX | At this point... I'd just cancel my service and get whatever else possible. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to flycuban
Re: Why? said by flycuban:And they are doing this why??
you rather be cut off after 250 GB? because that was the old way they did things. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Kamus
Re: At this point... said by Kamus:I'd just cancel my service and get whatever else possible.
You mean like U-verse and it's 250 GB cap and $10 per 50 GB overage? |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | reply to flycuban
Re: Why? said by flycuban:And they are doing this why?? The "it's what the customers what" official answer aside, it is so cord-cutters like people on this site don't get terribly happy with services like Netflix, Crackle and Amazon Video.
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 gatorkramNeed for SpeedPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2 | Same way Suddenlink does it... The transfer amounts are different, but it's the same price for 50 gigs when you go over, and you get the same 3 strikes.
Gee, it's almost like they get together and work out these things in advance... Hmm...
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3 | reply to Kamus
Re: At this point... I'll send you an AOL CD, dialup is your friend. |
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Re: Why? said by flycuban:And they are doing this why??
To monetize the extremely small percentage of their users who consume >300GB/mo. It's a win-win for them; they make more money or the heavy usage customers flee to other providers. (*)
Of course now we'll see at least three different people reply with grossly inflated bandwidth numbers while claiming that they are representative of the "typical" user. To them, the "typical user" watches multiple HD streams simultaneously, downloads a different Linux distribution every day, has VPNs established to their friends and family where they exchange hours of home videos, and stores every byte of their data in the cloud. |
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jmas
join:2011-12-09
Hamilton, MI | LTE We can only dream of having caps like that going forward with LTE services from Verizon/ATT/etc...
$10 for 50GB seems like a great deal when you compare to verizon 
apples to oranges though I guess, although you could compare to HomeFusion... too bad HomeFusion is not meant to and never will compete with cable broadband services. |
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join:2003-04-10
Circle Pines, MN
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| I signed up for Comcast Business Class I pay a couple bucks more a month for the Business class. The only downside is a 3 year contract, but there is no competition in my area so I might as well. No more worries about caps. » business.comcast.com/smb/service···et/plans--
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| It has to be "evolution"... ... because it certainly isn't intelligent design.
Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
I hope. |
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 spewakR.I.P DadkinsPremium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
kudos:1
·SureWest Internet
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Re: Why? said by flycuban:And they are doing this why??
Because it is an "evolution" don't ya know! 
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said by pnh102:it is so cord-cutters like people on this site don't get terribly happy with services like Netflix, Crackle and Amazon Video.
A retired friend of mine is a cord cutter in love with his Roku. His usage totals typically run between 150GB and 200GB/mo. The highest month (when his Roku was new and the novelty hadn't worn off) was 230GB. He has all day to watch TV and I'd hazard a guess that his hourly streaming totals are way above the average, even for a cord cutter.
I don't like caps any more than the next guy but the reality of the situation is that very few users will run into them. So long as these users are such a small minority you can expect zero sympathy from John Q. Public, never mind any of the regulatory agencies in a position to actually do something about caps and network neutrality. |
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| not bad I guess In the existing realm of pricing, Comcast's offering is actually on the relatively tame side of things.
Will be interesting to see if Google makes anything change...with their limited buildout thus far I don't see it happening. |
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tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3 Reviews:
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Re: Why? It's what SOME* customers want the other 95%++ won't be effected.
*They tried a soft cap and warnings and cutting people off and time after time heard "I'd pay more for a higher tier" so they offered business class, but some continued to skirt along the edge as long as they could get away with it.
AND here it is
"Use more, pay more!"
So easy a caveman(data hog) can understand it. |
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Gres7
join:2001-03-05
Brooklyn, NY | reply to Crookshanks
>>reality of the situation is that very few users will run into them.
200GB? C'mon that is just 1 (one) retired friend.
How much would household of 4-5 use? |
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AVonGaussPremium
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | reply to binkleym
Re: It has to be "evolution"... Eh, Google Fiber will have its own nuances and they would need to spread to more areas in order to make any kind of dramatic impact on the incumbent providers. While I would love to see the concept spread nationwide via Google or any other provider, I think its much more likely we'll see the proverbial "BETA" tag slapped on it for the next decade. |
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 GbcueP.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | reply to BF69
Re: At this point... said by BF69:said by Kamus:I'd just cancel my service and get whatever else possible.
You mean like U-verse and it's 250 GB cap and $10 per 50 GB overage? U-verse doesn't have such things in my area. |
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GbcueP.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | reply to binkleym
Re: It has to be "evolution"... said by binkleym:... because it certainly isn't intelligent design.
Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
I hope.
Precisely what the whole project was to start with. |
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