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Dear Comcast CEO,
Choke on a bag of dicks.
Regretfully,
A paying customer
Please go into detail.I work for an ISP and I must say the stupidity and or ignorance in this thread is beyond even what I can imagine. Bandwidth costs are much more than just equipment costs. And I'm not talking about the issue of refusing to upgrade DSL areas by the older big dinosaur cable/phone companies. Everybody wants gigabit connections at dial-up prices. I'd explain it further but there are already too many ISP experts in this thread.
Just cutoff the fucktards who think it's acceptable to pirate content.
Bandwidth problem solved, and the civilized worlds doesn't have to deal with shit internet when you thinks it's fine to have multiple torrent boxes going on residential internet.
Dear freeloading Comcast customers, the more internet you use, the more you have to pay. Duh.
"If you turn on the air conditioning at 60 versus 72, you consume more electricity," he said. "The same is true for [data] usage, so I think the same for a wireless device the more bits you use, the more you pay."
The problem with the electricity analogy above is that your electricity bill is entirely based on usage. You only pay for what you use. Broadband and cable providers charge you a monthly fee even if you don't use the service all month. On top of that, now they want to double dip you for exceeding your ridiculously small data cap.
Dear freeloading Comcast customers, the more internet you use, the more you have to pay. Duh.
"If you turn on the air conditioning at 60 versus 72, you consume more electricity," he said. "The same is true for [data] usage, so I think the same for a wireless device the more bits you use, the more you pay."
The problem with the electricity analogy above is that your electricity bill is entirely based on usage. You only pay for what you use. Broadband and cable providers charge you a monthly fee even if you don't use the service all month. On top of that, now they want to double dip you for exceeding your ridiculously small data cap.
I work for an ISP and I must say the stupidity and or ignorance in this thread is beyond even what I can imagine. Bandwidth costs are much more than just equipment costs. And I'm not talking about the issue of refusing to upgrade DSL areas by the older big dinosaur cable/phone companies. Everybody wants gigabit connections at dial-up prices. I'd explain it further but there are already too many ISP experts in this thread.
The More You Use, The More You Pay
Does this also apply to tv? I mean if i watch tv 24/7 i should pay more... right?
Look at the financial statements, specifically the profit margin. They aren't losing money providing you connectivity.
Companies exist to make money - not to better serve you. If better serving you equates to more profit, you win. If it doesn't, you lose. It really is that simple.
Look at the financial statements, specifically the profit margin. They aren't losing money providing you connectivity.
Companies exist to make money - not to better serve you. If better serving you equates to more profit, you win. If it doesn't, you lose. It really is that simple.
There have been multiple leaks outlining how this is a business decision and not a technical one. Meaning they aren't over burdened at all. They can charge what they want because we have no options. If your power company tripled your rates would you stop paying? The internet is a necessity in the modern world. Many jobs require you have an internet connection at home for a remote connection in. It's being treated like a driver's license. No license, no job, no ability to remote in from home, no job. Cancelling service ie "Voting with your wallet" simply is not an option.
They should just add a Data Threshold Technology fee next to your HD Technology fee
My monthly charge just to HAVE gas and electricity is around $23. That's double what it was 4 years ago. That's not very minimal to me.Well, you do pay for the electrical hookup every month even if you aren't using any electricity. It is very minimal though.
But they're charging you monthly as well, charge either by usage or by time, this is getting ridiculous they want you to pay for everything twice.
E.G. $0.10/GB OR $50/month NOT BOTH.
The problem with the electricity analogy above is that your electricity bill is entirely based on usage. You only pay for what you use. Broadband and cable providers charge you a monthly fee even if you don't use the service all month. On top of that, now they want to double dip you for exceeding your ridiculously small data cap.
The issue is even more fundamental. You see with Water or Electricity there is a generation cost. The power in your lines is generated at a remote station that must be paid for the cost of generating the power.
With the internet the only cost to the ISP is the infrastructure, not the actual data. The data is available for free for anyone to use. What we pay for with the internet is the connection fees and the infrastructure cost to get it to our home. Charging us for the data usage means they are charging us for something that does not cost them anything.
Now in fairness to the ISPs this might have changed as the big pipeline providers might now be charging for data usage, but if that is so I want some industry transparency showing me this before I give the ISPs a pass.
Cell services having data caps makes at least some since. The infrastructure cost for good cell broadband is really high and people will never pay it. The cap system allows them to cover that cost. Hardline internet however has a much lower cost for the base hardware and is charging a lot more for the service.
Caps for hard lines are a scam, yet we are now stuck with them