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By: Comcast to dam and damn the Internet with usage caps » VentureBeat

Comcast to dam and damn the Internet with usage caps » VentureBeat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:27:12 +0000

[...] experience and now caps on the Internet are ripe for something new to come along and wipe them out. Comcast also revealed that it may slow Internet usage for its heaviest users, although it later clarified that those plans aren’t [...]

By: Comcast to target ‘heavy’ users

Comcast to target ‘heavy’ users — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:15:01 +0000

[...] Comcast has revealed that it is going to slow down the Internet speeds of certain users in a bid to free up some of the bandwidth that some subscribers are hogging. Comcast has come under fire a lot recently over allegations that the ISP has been tampering with traffic to filesharing protocol BitTorrent. Comcast has now been ordered to release information about all its practises, especially related to filesharing traffic. [...]

By: Hmmmm

Hmmmm — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:11:10 +0000

RoadRunner throttles connections as well. They just haven't been slapped by the FCC yet. Some good points above on the type of bandwidth to limit. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Consumers don't have much of a choice which is the worst part. How quickly policies would change if we have provider choices…..

By: MR

MR — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:08:33 +0000

Comcast started to mislead customers already. I driving to work and I saw add on the bus, “Comcast 16m high speed connection” The problem here is comcast doesn't have 16m connection, it's either 6m or 8m plus comcast's speed boost. When did speed boost become part of bandwidth? What's the point of giving people connection faster than 6m when you gonna limit them on how they use it. Comcast's speed boost is not good either even if you are not heavy internet user. I watch yahoo news and it stats like at 1000k, then it drops to 700k, 400k 100k, 50k as media is plays for longer time.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:57:58 +0000

Then my question becomes… why do you work for the company? Lol. This is pretty whack, however. Comcast going down… http://www.gothamtechminute.blogspot.com

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:48:15 +0000

As a Comcast customer, I agree that this sounds pretty lame, but as I understand it, we're talking about a practice that company was guilty of already. Now it's just targeting different people.

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:44:15 +0000

Interesting point. Though you'd hardly expect a big corporation to make decisions based on patriotism.

By: serg

serg — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:43:52 +0000

all i have to say is, Comcast is dumer then dog $hit. & i work for the Company.

By: cattrain

cattrain — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:33:14 +0000

Why not simply possess a connection equal or greater than the total of all of their coustomers?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:30:02 +0000

So that means I can postpone my payments to comcast for a couple of extra weeks beyond when I agreed to pay, since I would be prohibited from utilizing the maximum bandwidth I originally signed up for? If they can restrict what they agreed to provide originally for one price at a whim, can I change the amount I decide to pay them monthly based on some arbitrary point such as crappy service, constantly being knocked offline, etc?

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:13:27 +0000

I would think with increasing gas prices it would be to the benefit of the USA to encourage more telecommuting. What will I do if I am on the VPN to work and the bandwidth slows down? This is short-term advantage to Comcast at the detriment to the USA of effective network communications that save oil and increase exports. Downright unpatriotic, Comcast!