Comment on AT&T; Bandwidth Caps Are Here: How Much Data Do You Use? by Janko Roettgers

Karl, would be interesting to see how these numbers compare to AT&T;'s official meter...

Comment on AT&T; Bandwidth Caps Are Here: How Much Data Do You Use? by Janko Roettgers

Backlink: http://gigaom.com/broadband/att-caps-bandwidth-meter-survey/#comment-621022

Comment on Broadband Caps: Maybe It’s Not Just About TV by Scott from Aus

You should all look at the way ISP's in Australia work. We have had download limits, ever since we had internet. And we are only just getting some decent limits now. I think its basically because bandwidth to overseas cost to much for ISPs not to have limits. There are many different ways it can be done. Most plans are capped and only count downloads. So streaming content is not an issue. There are some plans where uploads are included, and downloads from some providers are free. They also have peak and off-peak limits. And shaped plans, which basically means if you go over your limit, they reduce your bandwidth for the rest of the month and don't charge you overuse fees. However, ISPs that charge overuse fees, normally charge it at a ridiculous rate. Such as $2 p/Mb and have a limit of how much can be charged. Anyway, its a system that promotes competition. But in the end the consumer has to be careful or they have a massive bill to pay.

Comment on Broadband Caps: Maybe It’s Not Just About TV by Scott from Aus

Backlink: http://gigaom.com/broadband/broadband-caps-maybe-its-not-just-about-tv/#comment-610870

Comment on Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps by goldflowpoints

Phillip, my position is that it sounds reasonable for the cable companies to charge more or less based on speed and quantity of data so long as they do not discriminate based on the content of the data. For example, when I consume more electricity or gas, I expect to pay more for it. Why should it be different for the internet? Should not a heavy gamer or movie downloader, who puts a heavy load on the network that potentially impacts the experience for the majority of lighter users, pay more for such heavy use? I assume Stop the Cap does not agree with this, and I wanted to know if you could help me understand why. Thanks.

Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/charter-follows-comcast-with-broadband-usage-caps/#comment-512216

Comment on Comcast to Install Speed Bumps for Bandwidth Hogs by Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps: Tech News «

[...] Charter will also introduce a congestion management policy with a protocol-agnostic approach that’s applied only during periods of congestion (Charter notes that congestion is rare on its network). The policy will affect only the heaviest users (less than 1 percent) in small time increments. Those affected will have their bandwidth limited, but no Internet activities will be blocked. For Comcast’s similar policy see our coverage here. [...]

Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2008/09/19/comcast-installs-speed-bumps-for-bandwidth-hogs/#comment-509500

Comment on Why Tiered Broadband Is the Enemy of Innovation by Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps: Tech News «

[...] Lamont said that 98 percent of Charter’s 5.2 million customers will be unaffected by the decision to enforce the caps (Charter actually first included caps in its acceptable usage policy in February 2009). However, demand for broadband is increasing every week as folks use more online applications and consumer video from the web. For example, streaming a movie on Netflix uses about 1 GB per hour, so that equates to about 100 hours of Netflix streaming video each month. Services such as Netflix and Hulu Plus that involve high-quality video streams are only becoming more popular and pervasive as more consumers connect their televisions to the web. We made this argument back in 2008 when Comcast implemented its 250 GB per month cap and continue to believe that such caps could act as a threat to innovation. [...]

Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2008/06/04/why-tiered-broadband-is-the-enemy-of-innovation/#comment-509499

Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps

Charter Cable plans to start enforcing monthly data caps on its users in December, according to a company spokeswoman. The cable operator will also implement a congestion management plan similar to the one Comcast designed after it got in trouble with the Federal Communications Commission for blocking P2P files in 2008. Charter spokeswoman Anita Lamont emailed me and said Charter will likely post this information to subscribers within the next week (hat tip to DSL Reports who first reported the change was coming).

Comment on Memo To Comcast: Show Us the Meter for Metered Broadband by Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps: Tech News «

[...] that user’s account would be suspended. Unfortunately, for those who get these calls, Charter doesn’t yet have a tool to help those customers measure their use, but is working on one. However, when Comcast implemented its caps, it too lacked a measurement [...]

Post originale: http://gigaom.com/2008/08/28/memo-to-comcast-show-me-the-meter-for-metered-broadband/#comment-509498