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Local government officials fucked us by allowing Comcast exclusive rights and no competition for the sake of a few dollars of temporary savings that evaporated a few years later when prices were hiked and speeds were capped.
“Some parts of it were a natural monopoly,” said Julian Brodsky of Comcast’s history. “I can say that now. I never would have said it then.” The audience laughed.
i just realized that most likely means unlimited timewarner bandwidth will be gone after the merger.
I'll have to pay extra to download all that HD porn.
Comcast doesn't currently have any enforced monthly bandwidth caps.
Oh, really?
http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/data-usage-what-are-the-different-plans-launching
Methinks you don't read the small print, or kept up with the news for the last four years.
What do they mean "you don't have a choice?" can't we just watch/download free stuff and live in the sweet bliss of ignorance?
The Comcast bashing is starting to get pretty old actually, especially given how much of it is based on theory about what might happen in the future, as well as people still latching onto the false idea that Comcast throttles certain traffic.
I'd like like to ask, if Comcast is a company that "doesn't give a fuck" about it's subscribers, then what would people on here see as an example of an ISP that does? What is the big difference here that somehow sets Comcast apart?
Comcast has increased my speeds to almost 10x over what it was a decade ago, all through upgrades they've made to their network, and keeping up with the latest tech (at no direct cost to me).
Comcast's speeds as well as prices are fairly standardized nationwide. Are you saying that you pay more and/or have had you speeds capped lower than other Comcast subscribers? What are your speeds currently "capped" at?
The Comcast bashing is starting to get pretty old actually, especially given how much of it is based on theory about what might happen in the future, as well as people still latching onto the false idea that Comcast throttles certain traffic.
I'd like like to ask, if Comcast is a company that "doesn't give a fuck" about it's subscribers, then what would people on here see as an example of an ISP that does? What is the big difference here that somehow sets Comcast apart?
Comcast has increased my speeds to almost 10x over what it was a decade ago, all through upgrades they've made to their network, and keeping up with the latest tech (at no direct cost to me).
Comcast's speeds as well as prices are fairly standardized nationwide. Are you saying that you pay more and/or have had you speeds capped lower than other Comcast subscribers? What are your speeds currently "capped" at?
Comcast doesn't currently have any enforced monthly bandwidth caps.
The Comcast bashing is starting to get pretty old actually, especially given how much of it is based on theory about what might happen in the future, as well as people still latching onto the false idea that Comcast throttles certain traffic.
I'd like like to ask, if Comcast is a company that "doesn't give a fuck" about it's subscribers, then what would people on here see as an example of an ISP that does? What is the big difference here that somehow sets Comcast apart?
Comcast has increased my speeds to almost 10x over what it was a decade ago, all through upgrades they've made to their network, and keeping up with the latest tech (at no direct cost to me).
Comcast's speeds as well as prices are fairly standardized nationwide. Are you saying that you pay more and/or have had you speeds capped lower than other Comcast subscribers? What are your speeds currently "capped" at?
Comcast doesn't currently have any enforced monthly bandwidth caps.
Hi, you clearly work for Comcast. Can you pass on a message? Tell Comcast that the Time Warner merger won't have a chance in hell.
but... I don't pay for internetEasy, they'll start charging by the meg, don't like it? Refer to video.
3: "latest tech"!? If Comcast is a demonstration of latest tech, then how is Google waltzing into their test areas and plopping in gear that's 58 times the speed of my Comcast connection right now? Comcast is literally a GIGANTIC company with $8.5 billion in free cash flow and they suddenly are being upended by a company that is not even an ISP?
but... I don't pay for internet
I love how assholes( I say that because that's what they are) keep saying the ISPs don't throttle bandwidth. If you can barely stream 360/480p of Netflix, but then magically a vpn lets you stream the highest HD quality they are throttleing. Just because they aren't programming the routers and switches to give less than 1mb of bandwidth to Netflix doesn't mean they aren't getting the exact same effect in a different way. Plus we know what that other way is, its called purposefully using equipment that will not the handle the load. Obviously they have the equipment that can handle the load on their network or else a VPN would be crappy also. I don't see how anyone can say there is a difference between programing it to make them slow or using equipment to make it slow. If they both have the same result then they should both fall under the same category.
So please stop being assholes.
Or it could be Netflix (through its provider) is purposely choosing a path to Comcast that is congested, even though Comcast has adequate bandwidth at other connection points to handle all Netflix traffic if the traffic was distributed in a balanced manner. When you're using the VPN, the VPN host uses a non-congested path to Comcast.I love how assholes( I say that because that's what they are) keep saying the ISPs don't throttle bandwidth. If you can barely stream 360/480p of Netflix, but then magically a vpn lets you stream the highest HD quality they are throttleing. Just because they aren't programming the routers and switches to give less than 1mb of bandwidth to Netflix doesn't mean they aren't getting the exact same effect in a different way.
I love how assholes( I say that because that's what they are) keep saying the ISPs don't throttle bandwidth. If you can barely stream 360/480p of Netflix, but then magically a vpn lets you stream the highest HD quality they are throttleing.
Do you know what a peering agreement is? Or are you another one of those that just thinks of the internet as one big magic cloud?
The only thing that was ever slowing down netflix traffic for Comcast users was the peering agreement dispute between Cogent and Comcast. This wasn't about netflix traffic specifically, but more generically, a discrepancy in the amount of traffic flowing from Cogent's networks to Comcast's networks vs what they had agreed upon. All traffic going through that link was suffering equally, not just netflix traffic.
A VPN would bypass the problem because the ISP of the network you're connecting to via the VPN more than likely has it's own separate peering agreement with Cogent.
Netflix themselves have said no one is throttling anything. I guess they are assholes too?
People keep bringing up these peering agreements, and frankly who gives a shit?
If Comcast valued access to Netflix for their users then they would have made it work.
Peering agreement bullshit is just that... bullshit.
It seems pretty fair to me, the cost (if Comcast is more expensive than Cogent) ultimately ends up on Netflix users, those who benefit most from the upgrade. The 60-70% of the Comcast userbase who aren't Netflix users are not forced to pay for something that has little benefit to them.Yeah they fixed it all right.
Squeezed money from Netflix and now Netflix will probably have to eventually raise prices. Thus making sure that Comcast still gets theirs while not having to compete with anyone.
Great model we have.
Yeah they fixed it all right.
Squeezed money from Netflix and now Netflix will probably have to eventually raise prices. Thus making sure that Comcast still gets theirs while not having to compete with anyone.
Great model we have.
how is not paying for internet a "hypothetical scenario"... my point was merely that people DO have a choice despite what dude said in the video. Maybe it's a difficult choice to make for most people, or maybe some don't even realize another option exists, I dunno...Heh...well if we had to go with this hypothetical scenario then mooching off someone's wifi would become a federal crime.
Yeah they fixed it all right.
Squeezed money from Netflix and now Netflix will probably have to eventually raise prices. Thus making sure that Comcast still gets theirs while not having to compete with anyone.
Great model we have.
Comcast was rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 in our market before most other cable providers had even finished rolling out 2.0. I'm currently on 100Mbps and they are already talking about higher speeds in the future. UVerse is our only competing ISP and they top out at 24Mbps. Google fiber is great for the handful of cities they actually provide service to, but remains nothing more than a wet dream for most. I'm quite happy with 100Mbps and I have to give props to Comcast for not just talking about higher speeds but continually making them a reality for me over the years.