me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Wow 100m!
With a 250GB cap. |
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI
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| At least they are moving forward with internet speeds, which cant be said for most cable.
Remember, increased speed doesnt mean increased downloading. I would love a faster connection for gaming, which doesnt use more than 3 gig/mo
I suppose they are trying to get the a marketing standpoint; the "100 plan"
100 HD stations
100 Mb internet
100 (hours talktime on the phone maybe?)
As I am sure most people agree, a 100Mb connection isnt NECESSARY for anyone in this day and age (but will be in the future), but it will make a good marketing standpoint. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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Jamestown, NC | A faster connection doesn't mean lower latency for gaming either. |
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ztmike
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Michigan City, IN | reply to me1212
said by me1212  :With a 250GB cap. QFT |
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | reply to Matt
Thats true, but the upload helps with hosting  |
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC
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said by me1212 :With a 250GB cap. That is not that bad. I left Hulu HD running for 15 or 16 hours yesterday and it used a whopping 4GB or so. I can't separate out my other traffic usage, but the entire day was only 5GB. |
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major marco
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said by me1212 :With a 250GB cap. You can enjoy 100 Mbps and exceed the cap, just make sure that you write Comcrap a blank check for the privilege. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to Matt
Yes it is a decent cap, but when CV has 101m with no cap verizon is rumored to be testing 100m and has no cap, CC looks not so great. They could at least make it a 1TB cap for the 50m and 100m packs. |
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Matt
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| said by me1212 :Yes it is a decent cap, but when CV has 101m with no cap verizon is rumored to be testing 100m and has no cap, CC looks not so great. They could at least make it a 1TB cap for the 50m and 100m packs. When viewed against their competition, you are absolutely correct. |
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | What markets do FiOS and Comcast overlap in? I am aware of a few places on the east coast (Virginia, NJ) are there any others in the midwest or west? |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | reply to major marco
actually its more of a soft boogyman cap
I have friends that regularly use over 500GB and no call
so its more of watch yourself if you go over they might give you a warning |
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | reply to ztmike
Maybe CC should offer just a good old 1Mb service, with no other options. That way, the discussion of how fast you can hit your caps will be moot. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by baineschile :Thats true, but the upload helps with hosting You know that's against the TOS. You want to host get a BUSINESS account. |
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PaulHikeS2
join:2003-03-06
Merrimack, NH
·Comcast
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said by major marco :said by me1212 :With a 250GB cap. You can enjoy 100 Mbps and exceed the cap, just make sure that you write Comcrap a blank check for the privilege. Rather surprised you didn't realize this because I've seen you post a lot. They don't charge overage fees.
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jadebangle
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said by DarkLogix :actually its more of a soft boogyman cap I have friends that regularly use over 500GB and no call so its more of watch yourself if you go over they might give you a warning I average about 750gb a month with comcast, stayed with them for 6 months until I went fiber optic at 10mbps symmetrical at 53.99
Nice move? Now I am averaging about 1.5tb a month download and upload.. Still pretty disappointed at 10mbps that's a far cry from 100mbps  |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by Matt :said by me1212 :With a 250GB cap. That is not that bad. I left Hulu HD running for 15 or 16 hours yesterday and it used a whopping 4GB or so. I can't separate out my other traffic usage, but the entire day was only 5GB. and except for the very very few HD shows they have at most their shows and movies stream at a paltry 1 Mbps which is barely 480p. 720p quality shows/movies would run about 3 GB per hour. So 2 1/2 hours day would put you over the cap. If you have a family of 4 then each person only gets about 40 minutes a day. That's assuming you use your internet connection for watching online video and nothing else.
In the near future even a 1 TB cap is not going to be enough. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by jadebangle :said by DarkLogix :actually its more of a soft boogyman cap I have friends that regularly use over 500GB and no call so its more of watch yourself if you go over they might give you a warning I average about 750gb a month with comcast, stayed with them for 6 months until I went fiber optic at 10mbps symmetrical at 53.99 Nice move? Now I am averaging about 1.5tb a month download and upload.. Still pretty disappointed at 10mbps that's a far cry from 100mbps That's alot of illegal movies you're downloading |
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Vamp
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said by baineschile :What markets do FiOS and Comcast overlap in? I am aware of a few places on the east coast (Virginia, NJ) are there any others in the midwest or west? Comcast and another cable company both serve my area and I have FIOS.
They overlap most everywhere since FIOS is in mostly the same states as comcast.
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fiberguy
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said by me1212 :With a 250GB cap. Who said "250gb cap"... so far, this is a "rumor".. second, in that same "rumor" I see nothing about a cap.. are you assuming? The assumption COULD very well be correct as speed doesn't necessarily equate to transfer. For some people, they'll do the same thing, only in shorter time, while others see the need to download everything in sight just for the fun of it..
.. but as for now, your post, as simple as it is, seems make me believe you already know it will be 250gb, which I personally doubt. |
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join:2008-10-07
Newark, DE
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said by baineschile :What markets do FiOS and Comcast overlap in? I am aware of a few places on the east coast (Virginia, NJ) are there any others in the midwest or west? Delaware. |
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