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Karl Bode
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Re: Cable always has upload problems

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just because you choose to download and pirate 100's of GB's a month of info doesn't mean my grandma does as well.
Again though, that's why Grandma is on the standard plan and he's clearly going to go for the Extreme tier (and pay more for it).

Grandma would be offered a "Lite" plan if cable operators weren't afraid standard customers would downgrade and they'd lose revenue. Instead, she's using 10% of a $50 connection and paying much more than she's getting. So it works both ways.

Cable companies hold some responsibility for their marketing choices, you know....
permalink · 2005-09-15 17:29:12 · Print · Reply to this
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Re: Cable always has upload problems

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just because you choose to download and pirate 100's of GB's a month of info doesn't mean my grandma does as well.
Grandma would be offered a "Lite" plan if cable operators weren't afraid standard customers would downgrade and they'd lose revenue.
She is on the Lite plan, shaw does offer that (128kbps). I dont mean to say that shaw is right in capping at 50 (I said earlier that a raise would be good) but saying that Shaw is going to go out of buisness because of the 5 to 8% of people that hit 100 GB a month is silly. And 80+% of shaw's internet basis are made up of people that wont go over that cap unless they really try to.
permalink · 2005-09-15 17:51:36 · Print · Reply to this
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