I think you're missing a main point here as well. All these broadband companies were seeking customers in droves when they realized they could triumph cheaply over dial up. They asked users to come by the millions, all their commercials ragging on dial up and, in the case of cable companies, DSL.
Now they've overreached into the market and bandwidth is, apparently, "an issue" so they're putting it back on the customers that they went after aggressively.
Sounds like bad business to me. If they're worried about infrastructure I really shouldn't see a single Comcast Broadband commercial until its fixed. Just MHO
The fact that as more and more people turn to sites like Hulu and YouTube for entertainment (especially in college markets), Comcast gets more and more on top of setting bandwidth caps?
Myself and thousands of others no longer even purchase cable television because I can replace it (at some loss of convenience, and some gain) with sites like Hulu. I think Comcast is just jumping early on the potential market loss here, and is nipping it in the butt before they see it as a real problem.
Also, and I've said this time and time again, 250gb is NOTHING in bandwidth for a moderate to high user. If they jump me up to over $100 a month for mediocre service I'll just skip straight up to a T1 and share it with my neighbors. This is outrageous, its not even half my storage drive in bandwidth.
Between class work (large video files, art files, etc.), internet TV, and some web design on the side I'll have filled my monthly quota, and that's without any gaming. Basically if these caps and tier systems become standard, the cable company can go stick it you know where and I wont live anywhere without a direct connection.
Seriously, if you work from home, do backups, web design, w/e, this is literally awful.
I dont think many of you realize how fast you can burn through 250 gigs with 100% legal use. Hopefully this is the rise of the T1 in home. Cable internet companies have officially become cell phone bastards... the net is going down the tube.
I didn't know that, aside from this musician, the only other person in the world actively using Second Life was someone that could hand out record deals.
... should worry more about making a cable with distinguishable audio quality vs. a coat hanger, and less about a word they didn't invent, weren't the first to use, and won't be the last to claim.
I danced on a treadmill actually when I was about six so both parties should pay me. On another note, no idea is original, people had indeed danced on treadmills long before Ok, Go.
a complete conflict of interest really shocks me. The two fields aren't even related. Its one thing if he does the investigation then gets set up with a sweet federal level government job; its another when he does the investigation then immediately gets hired by a party with direct interest to the case.
I would be yelling louder than those guys at the Pirate Bay on this one, this seriously looks like Warner is just taking care of an inside man for some favors he pulled previously. That or they promised to take care of him, and something about this case is so botched that it would cost this officer his job, and they owe him one. Either way - this is beyond any reasonable law enforcement practice, and this man should be held from testimony.
That we still have murder/theft/rape in this country after we do everything possible to make it so police don't have to sit idle at an intersection and watch for people running reds. We give them RADAR detectors so they don't have to pace cars and they sit on the side of the road talking on a cell phone, we give them cameras in intersections and now all they have to do is wait until someone slams on the brakes and gets into an accident, at least the response will be fast.
That, and regardless of which Steam game you're running (be it CS, HL2, DOD, online or offline) Steam is eating system resources in the background. I'd really prefer games without launch pads, its just more buttons to click when I'm trying to get some quick entertainment before classes.
Anyone else notice that Ubisoft's public drama with Starforce started pretty much the same time they decided to kill Shadowbane? Maybe they planned on killing Starforce anyway, but they waited a while until they could have a story to cover up firing one of their development teams.
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One more thing Tom
Now they've overreached into the market and bandwidth is, apparently, "an issue" so they're putting it back on the customers that they went after aggressively.
Sounds like bad business to me. If they're worried about infrastructure I really shouldn't see a single Comcast Broadband commercial until its fixed. Just MHO
On the post: Let's Be Honest About Bandwidth Rationing
Has anyone noted...
Myself and thousands of others no longer even purchase cable television because I can replace it (at some loss of convenience, and some gain) with sites like Hulu. I think Comcast is just jumping early on the potential market loss here, and is nipping it in the butt before they see it as a real problem.
Also, and I've said this time and time again, 250gb is NOTHING in bandwidth for a moderate to high user. If they jump me up to over $100 a month for mediocre service I'll just skip straight up to a T1 and share it with my neighbors. This is outrageous, its not even half my storage drive in bandwidth.
Between class work (large video files, art files, etc.), internet TV, and some web design on the side I'll have filled my monthly quota, and that's without any gaming. Basically if these caps and tier systems become standard, the cable company can go stick it you know where and I wont live anywhere without a direct connection.
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This browser...
Though I don't know if I could ever replace Firefox, using chrome kind of feels like I'm in a Kiosk mode.
On the post: Comcast Officially Caps Broadband That It Had Already Secretly Capped
This is awful...
I dont think many of you realize how fast you can burn through 250 gigs with 100% legal use. Hopefully this is the rise of the T1 in home. Cable internet companies have officially become cell phone bastards... the net is going down the tube.
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Weird...
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Perhaps Moster...
On the post: Can You Copyright The Idea Of Dancing On Treadmills?
I Danced on a Treadmill
On the post: Warner Brothers Hires Lead Police Investigator On The Pirate Bay Lawsuit
How this is not...
I would be yelling louder than those guys at the Pirate Bay on this one, this seriously looks like Warner is just taking care of an inside man for some favors he pulled previously. That or they promised to take care of him, and something about this case is so botched that it would cost this officer his job, and they owe him one. Either way - this is beyond any reasonable law enforcement practice, and this man should be held from testimony.
On the post: Comcast Tests DVR That Watches You... Literally
I promise you...
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It's amazing...
On the post: RIAA, Again, Sues Family Without A Computer
Indie Music
Because everything underground is good, right?
On the post: Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... But Looks For A Replacement
Re: Steam model
Anyone else notice that Ubisoft's public drama with Starforce started pretty much the same time they decided to kill Shadowbane? Maybe they planned on killing Starforce anyway, but they waited a while until they could have a story to cover up firing one of their development teams.
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