Comments on: Comcast’s throttling deemed illegal by the FCC http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:53:16 -0500 hourly 1 By: b-rad http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-842167 b-rad Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:30:37 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/#comment-842167 If you want to download a free low-budget homemade movie - 30kbps...ughhhhhhhh, but if you want to get a movie from our Bell Sympatico website that sells movies, 550kbps 24/7 Wake up people, throttling is 100% illegal. Too bad the big ISP's have enough cash to be incredibly far up the governments ass. I won't expect to see anything done about this illegal activity. If you want to download a free low-budget homemade movie – 30kbps…ughhhhhhhh, but if you want to get a movie from our Bell Sympatico website that sells movies, 550kbps 24/7

Wake up people, throttling is 100% illegal.

Too bad the big ISP’s have enough cash to be incredibly far up the governments ass. I won’t expect to see anything done about this illegal activity.

]]> By: former comcast employee http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-787515 former comcast employee Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:27:38 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/#comment-787515 That's not the real problem. If they wanna make things faster all they need to do is open up another channel, which they have hundreds of, so speed isn't a problem. You notice how u have 999 channels but only 500 of them are active? If they opened up just one of those channels to cable internet, it would be the equivalent of another node open. That's a myth that the DSL companies perpetuate, and cable companies are inadvertantly perpetuating by telling u that bit torrent is using up all the bandwidth. The problem is with the rates they are charging us. The US pays through the nose for broadband service. On avg it only costs about 15-20 bucks per customer for maintenance(network maintenace, customer service, blah blah blah), yet it costs us about 55-60 dollars on avg for broadband service. Broadband prices have been going up for years at an alarming rate. While at the same time the quality of service has been deteriorating. At one point in time, speeds were unlimited, than they were capped to 6mb, than 5, than 3. Why bother adding more services to broadband (ie voip, phone service) and at the same time restrict service by adding caps to speed and the amount you can download. The tiered pricing models will keep getting worse, and more restrictive because that's just been their track record. If we don't complain more, prices will just keep going up, and service will just keep getting worse. That’s not the real problem. If they wanna make things faster all they need to do is open up another channel, which they have hundreds of, so speed isn’t a problem. You notice how u have 999 channels but only 500 of them are active? If they opened up just one of those channels to cable internet, it would be the equivalent of another node open. That’s a myth that the DSL companies perpetuate, and cable companies are inadvertantly perpetuating by telling u that bit torrent is using up all the bandwidth.

The problem is with the rates they are charging us. The US pays through the nose for broadband service. On avg it only costs about 15-20 bucks per customer for maintenance(network maintenace, customer service, blah blah blah), yet it costs us about 55-60 dollars on avg for broadband service. Broadband prices have been going up for years at an alarming rate. While at the same time the quality of service has been deteriorating.

At one point in time, speeds were unlimited, than they were capped to 6mb, than 5, than 3. Why bother adding more services to broadband (ie voip, phone service) and at the same time restrict service by adding caps to speed and the amount you can download. The tiered pricing models will keep getting worse, and more restrictive because that’s just been their track record. If we don’t complain more, prices will just keep going up, and service will just keep getting worse.

]]> By: Steve Reilly http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-787465 Steve Reilly Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:41:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/#comment-787465 When is the real issue going to surface - That Comcast's business model is severely flawed! The more users they sign up for internet services the slower the network goes for everyone! It's the nature of a coaxial cable connection, the band width is limited and finite. Would you tell the world that the more business you get the worse the service will get? They are covering their butts with the full knowledge that their technology only gets slower with time, perhaps even the "Slowskys" will even enjoy Comcast at the speed at which they are more comfortable with some day soon! When is the real issue going to surface – That Comcast’s business model is severely flawed! The more users they sign up for internet services the slower the network goes for everyone! It’s the nature of a coaxial cable connection, the band width is limited and finite.

Would you tell the world that the more business you get the worse the service will get? They are covering their butts with the full knowledge that their technology only gets slower with time, perhaps even the “Slowskys” will even enjoy Comcast at the speed at which they are more comfortable with some day soon!

]]> By: Rich http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-787396 Rich Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:46:03 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/#comment-787396 Basically... as long as they tell you their going to give you sub-standard service... they can do it. Basically… as long as they tell you their going to give you sub-standard service… they can do it.

]]> By: db http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-787366 db Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:16:52 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/30/comcasts-throttling-deemed-illegal-by-the-fcc/#comment-787366 yeah, like them dropping Usenet and not kicking back to the consumer. NY's AG, "DUI" Cuomo strikes a blow against child porn, and kills Usenet. Yeah, I'm voting for him on election day. yeah, like them dropping Usenet and not kicking back to the consumer. NY’s AG, “DUI” Cuomo strikes a blow against child porn, and kills Usenet.
Yeah, I’m voting for him on election day.

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