[GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.

[Bob Kline]

Morally opposed?!  Companies have
to make money - those that stay in
business anyway. Give or take an
Obama style handout.  Of course there
are few limits if you pay for what you
use.

I consider $10/50GB quite fair in the
real world, not that I get anywhere near
the byte limit as it is.  Of course as one
wag here put it some time ago, more
bandwidth means you just reach the
limit sooner.  Maybe. I'm guessing that
the bandwidth increases won't affect
monthly byte usage much at all.  It will
mostly mean you do what you do
somewhat faster.  e.g., downloading
that 15th version of Linux this month.
A DVD version with all the trimmings.
Maybe 30 to 45 GB altogether right there.




On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Dan Pilcheck <pilcheck at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>    -- Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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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