[GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.

[Dan Pilcheck]

I am sure we are not a typical usage profile, but we aren't that abnormal.
When I inquired (last summer) no business-class was available for my home,
else I'd be there!
I am morally opposed to limits, but if I was billed $10/50G over 500G (300G
sets the bar too low!) I would likely bite the bullet.

No one in the area can match price/performance, unfortunately.

(Still throwing pennies in the fountain wishing for Big-G/municipal fiber)

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> Re not charged extra, perhaps Comcast is
> trying to find out just what people will use
> given no constraints?
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>    -- Bob
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> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> AFAIK, Comcast suspended extra charges a few years ago.  I have not been
>> charged extra.
>>
>> However, if you look at the FAQ in their data usage chart, they have
>> recently rolled out two plans in different markets (Nashville and Phoenix I
>> think).  I guess they are figuring which doesn't cause an exodus of users.
>>  The Nashville plan looks like its 300G in the base rate, and $10/50G over
>> that.  Which I guess is kinda fair.  However, if there is not an issue with
>> capacity, I dont want to pay for artificial scarcity.
>>
>> I kinda see our family as a model consumer the content providers hope to
>> get.  I have paid subscriptions to amazon, netflix, pandora, xfinity.  All
>> this content usage is not in ANY shady traffic.
>>
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