Comcast

[usmc_nam_vet]

Since the FCC vote, Comcast has announced that beginning Oct. 1, it would institute a broadband usage cap of 250 gigabytes per month for all residential customers. Comcast says to exceed that limit a customer would have to send 50 million e-mails or download 125 standard-definition movies

 

[Tstright]

Seems to be a non-issue to me. I never even get close to that.

 

[Element]

Yes but other companies such as Bright House and such are suggesting caps that are MUCH MUCH lower while still charging the same rates for internet service. Example is Bright House is testing the market in a LOW population area with a bandwidth cap of 50gig's per month. Not only is this too low, its also not a fair test of the market. Frontier is also suggesting a 5Gig per month bandwidth limit. While Comcast has a reasonable limit 250Gig, these other providers and more are not being reasonable.

Also as a side note, not ONE DSL provider to my knowledge is even suggesting bandwidth limitations.

Is this the road you want your internet service going down? Honestly I have already contacted my congressional office of my home state expressing my opinions and concerns. Regulation of speed could be a back door to regulation of the internet itself, take heed and if this is a concern to you like it is me then start communicating with your elected representatives locally.


Oh and just for the record I am not a P2P user, I don't download music/movies/tv shows,I am a gamer and I just cannot stand for hidden regulation on something such as the internet that is supposed to not be regulated.

 

[.Joe]

For our members that have Verizon DSL, here's a snippet from their TOS:

Source: Verizon Online - Policies - Terms Of Service

Restrictions on Use. The Service is a consumer grade service and is not designed for or intended to be used for any commercial purpose. You may not resell the Service, use it for high volume purposes, or engage in similar activities that constitute such use (commercial or non-commercial). If you subscribe to a Broadband Service, you may connect multiple computers/devices within a single home to your modem and/or router to access the Service, but only through a single Verizon-issued IP address. You also may not exceed the bandwidth usage limitations that Verizon may establish from time to time for the Service, or use the Service to host any type of server. Violation of this section may result in bandwidth restrictions on your Service or suspension or termination of your Service.

What I can't find is what constitutes "bandwidth usage limitation", and they say they can establish those limits from time to time.

So it would appear that many ISP's are adopting limiting bandwidth usage.

 

[Element]

I work at a nation wide DSL service provider, granted we don't carry service in EVERY state but we have millions of customers. We have NO intentions on implementing any sort of bandwidth caps. As well we do not monitor usage to the effect of showing who is using what for bandwidth.