Comments on: How to Blow Through Comcast’s 250GB Usage Cap In Five Hours http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/ Promoting Better Broadband, Fighting Usage Caps, Usage-Based Billing, & Other Internet Overcharging Schemes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Usage Caps http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Usage Caps Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:45:04 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-798 That is so idiotic… Why bother to develop such speeds if you are going to discourage people from using them? freaking morons. That is so idiotic…

Why bother to develop such speeds if you are going to discourage people from using them?
freaking morons.

]]> By: Rack http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Rack Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:35:23 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-776 June 2006. Comcast wants to attract more customers. In order to do so, the program turbocharge is created to double the speeds for CERTAIN CONTENT. In 2006 if you have a 2mb/s speed and download a movie your speed is doubled to 4mb/s and there is NO 250gb cap. 2007. Comcast buys insight.bb.com. Comcast "acquires more than more than 1.2 million customers (684,000 basic video customers, 296,000 digital video customers and 300,000 broadband customers)." 1st October 2008. 'Slow-down-there policy'. Blocking services without notification. anti p2p war. 'Time-out room'. 250gb monthly limit, at first UNSPOKEN. Comcast is pushed to publicly admit that the internet is NOT unlimited. Let us summarize the argument. In 2006 the message is "GET MORE. YOU NEED IT". IN 2008 they say "STOP GETTING MORE, WE KNOW YOU DO NOT NEED IT". WHY? First of all, BECAUSE THE 'AVERAGE CUSTOMER' does not need more than 2gb. Second of all, because Comcast needs more average customers. June 2006. Comcast wants to attract more customers. In order to do so, the program turbocharge is created to double the speeds for CERTAIN CONTENT. In 2006 if you have a 2mb/s speed and download a movie your speed is doubled to 4mb/s and there is NO 250gb cap.

2007. Comcast buys insight.bb.com. Comcast “acquires more than more than 1.2 million customers (684,000 basic video customers, 296,000 digital video customers and 300,000 broadband customers).”

1st October 2008. ‘Slow-down-there policy’. Blocking services without notification. anti p2p war. ‘Time-out room’. 250gb monthly limit, at first UNSPOKEN. Comcast is pushed to publicly admit that the internet is NOT unlimited.

Let us summarize the argument. In 2006 the message is “GET MORE. YOU NEED IT”. IN 2008 they say “STOP GETTING MORE, WE KNOW YOU DO NOT NEED IT”. WHY? First of all, BECAUSE THE ‘AVERAGE CUSTOMER’ does not need more than 2gb. Second of all, because Comcast needs more average customers.

]]> By: Rack http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Rack Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:22:08 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-775 how exactly Comcast can promote customers upgrading to wideband service with a cap of 250GB? The solution is simple. THEY WILL ADVERTISE THEIR HIGH SPEED SHADOWING THE CAP WITH COMPLETE SILENCE. In other words, if they advertise their 250gb MONTHLY limit along with their high speed they will not manage to attract customers. It is advantageous to talk about high speed and NOT to talk about the cap. The logic behind is simple. According to Comcast website the average customer monthly consumes 2-3gbs. The cap is 250 gb. Lets imagine the customer whose monthly brandwidth is 250gb. 250 divided by 2 = 125. One customer who downs 250gb equals 125 customers with 2gb monthly consumption. Finally, Comcast does not have a limit imposed on a number of customers. In fact, there is no regulation that Comcast should have no more than 5 million customers. Since the number of customers is unlimited COMCAST is interested in getting more. The logic is simple: more limitation = more customers. 125 people who download 2gb a month for 1 guy who downloads more than 250gb. how exactly Comcast can promote customers upgrading to wideband service with a cap of 250GB? The solution is simple. THEY WILL ADVERTISE THEIR HIGH SPEED SHADOWING THE CAP WITH COMPLETE SILENCE. In other words, if they advertise their 250gb MONTHLY limit along with their high speed they will not manage to attract customers. It is advantageous to talk about high speed and NOT to talk about the cap.
The logic behind is simple. According to Comcast website the average customer monthly consumes 2-3gbs. The cap is 250 gb. Lets imagine the customer whose monthly brandwidth is 250gb. 250 divided by 2 = 125. One customer who downs 250gb equals 125 customers with 2gb monthly consumption.
Finally, Comcast does not have a limit imposed on a number of customers. In fact, there is no regulation that Comcast should have no more than 5 million customers. Since the number of customers is unlimited COMCAST is interested in getting more. The logic is simple: more limitation = more customers. 125 people who download 2gb a month for 1 guy who downloads more than 250gb.

]]> By: Andrew http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Andrew Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:41:35 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-741 That is so idiotic... Why bother to develop such speeds if you are going to discourage people from using them? freaking morons. That is like those idiots that risk collisions when they pull out in front of you and then do 10-20mph under the speed limit stupid. That is so idiotic…

Why bother to develop such speeds if you are going to discourage people from using them?
freaking morons.

That is like those idiots that risk collisions when they pull out in front of you and then do 10-20mph under the speed limit stupid.

]]> By: crese25 http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-737 crese25 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:03:57 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-737 It'd be nice if there were more competition in my area, I hate having to change my internet/downloading/uploading habits, just so Comcast can get richer and richer. Aren't they rich enough? When is the FCC gonna regulate this company and get some competition in many areas? FCC and others are too worried about piracy and media companies losing money. Way to go backwards America!! It’d be nice if there were more competition in my area, I hate having to change my internet/downloading/uploading habits, just so Comcast can get richer and richer. Aren’t they rich enough? When is the FCC gonna regulate this company and get some competition in many areas? FCC and others are too worried about piracy and media companies losing money. Way to go backwards America!!

]]> By: James http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-682 James Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:56:27 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-682 Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James. Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.

]]> By: rosc http://stopthecap.com/2008/09/08/how-to-blow-through-comcasts-250gb-usage-cap-in-five-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-679 rosc Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:57:52 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=405#comment-679 Been waiting a long time already for media to converge, telephone, cellular, tv, movies, music, etc. And the resulting lowering of combined costs. This loss of revenue is why the big isp's are fighting so hard to hold back the flood of progress. Policy is obviously being created by the horse-n-buggy old folks who are on the way out. The sooner the better. Been waiting a long time already for media to converge, telephone, cellular, tv, movies, music, etc. And the resulting lowering of combined costs. This loss of revenue is why the big isp’s are fighting so hard to hold back the flood of progress. Policy is obviously being created by the horse-n-buggy old folks who are on the way out. The sooner the better.

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