Comcast could fight these high capacity users like Qwest. No cap need, no packet shaping, no worrying about people running servers or downloading pirated material...
Just charge people really high prices for 1mbit down and no more worries. You'll never reach a bandwith cap with service like this. On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Responding to the FCC's scolding, Comcasts' new regime will impose a > 250GB cap, throttling of high-consumption users, usage-based billing, and > increased DMCA enforcement. > > I really like that last one. I suppose this means turning their > high-volume customers over to the RIAA. What a great way to get rid of > the unwanted! Just like the old days when Her Majesty's government use to > inflict a sentence of "transportation." > > So if you stream NetFlix, buy digital movies from iTunes or Amazon, or > download linux distros, Comcast wants you to know that you are NOT WANTED > on their network. > > Meanwhile they continue to run full page ads in the papers telling us > their network is "fiber." > > http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Comcast-Throttling-System-A-Really-G > ood-DSL-Experience-97130<http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Comcast-Throttling-System-A-Really-Good-DSL-Experience-97130> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
