Comcast Predicts Usage Cap Within 5 Years

[DEAD7]

"With net neutrality dying a slow painful death, it is no surprise that in an investor call yesterday Comcast executive VP(and Darth Vader impersonator) David Cohen predicts bandwidth caps within the next 5 years. The cap would start at 300 GB and cost the customer subscriber an extra 10 USD for 50 GB. But, Cohen stated that 'I would also predict that the vast majority of our customers would never be caught in the buying the additional buckets of usage, that we will always want to say the basic level of usage at a sufficiently high level that the vast majority of our customers are not implicated by the usage-based billing plan.'"

 

[gho3st]

this some bullshyt man. I thought they suspended it?? I average 650-700 GB a month

 

[B86]

shyt, even using the 500gb average a month that I use, it can't be any more expensive than what I'm paying these Comcast fukks already... can it?

 

[tmonster]

they so dumb

 

[Good Guy Guevara]

Just trying to force people into paying for there on demand services instead of streaming from third-partys. AT&T cap is 250. The devil is alive

 

[Type Username Here]

Once that 4K streaming comes down, 300 GB won't be shyt unless compression algorithms become more efficient. Still years away from that.

 

[Serious]

meanwhile in Europe and developed parts of Asia....

 

[tmonster]

meanwhile in Europe and developed parts of Asia....

seriously
they are determined to screw this population over
these corporations hate America

 

[Serious]

seriously
they are determined to screw this population over
these corporations hate America

hate? Nah they love America. Where else can you make record profits, while using the least amount of resources...

 

[DEAD7]

meanwhile in Europe and developed parts of Asia....

 

[Tommy Fits]

This is just the start to, they'll make it sounds like it'll only effect a miniscule amount of customers. That's how it starts the eventually have different tiered caps until it effects every consumer. But they'll slowly roll it out so most of the masses won't even realize it's happening.

 

[Serious]

what?

U.S. 10th in Average Internet Speed Rankings, S. Korea Still No. 1 | Xconomy

 

[DEAD7]

what?

U.S. 10th in Average Internet Speed Rankings, S. Korea Still No. 1 | Xconomy

Oh, your looking exclusively at internet speed. My bad.

 

[gho3st]

what?

U.S. 10th in Average Internet Speed Rankings, S. Korea Still No. 1 | Xconomy

i think you should also include the price(depending on the rate of course). I wouldn't be surprised if ours is more xpensive.

 

[Serious]

Oh, your looking exclusively at internet speed. My bad.

i think you should also include the price(depending on the rate of course). I wouldn't be surprised if ours is more xpensive.

I'm pretty sure that the correlation between rates, data storage and internet speeds are inferred. It make zero sense for a data plan with superior speeds to limit the amount of data consumed. As well as the technology available to people in places like SK and JP, is available in the U.S. but at much higher cost....