IT'S HAPPENING
>COMCAST HAS 300 GIG DATA CAPS FOR YOUR HOME
>YOUR HOME PLAN IS NOW ON PAR WITH YOUR LIMITED DATA PHONE PLAN
>FEES FOR EVERY 20 GIGS YOU GO OVER
>DOCUMENTS PROVE THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CONGESTION.
Thoughts /pol/?
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/08/comcast-caps-not-about-congestion/
go home /g/ YOUR DRUNK!
Good thing I don't have comcast anymore then.
>>55285938
This is political. One thing that jumped out at me
>some areas will not have these caps
that's a really unfair advantage desu
Also reminder that Comcast is run by Jews
>>55285519
Itsvbeen like that for s while thats why im back on dsl
Feels good not being a cluck and having the fastest internet in the nation that is also owned by its city.
>>55285519
That's what we get for allowing the government to regulate competition out of the market.
>>55285519
One of the few things I'm happy about Sweden with. My lowest cost option was 50/10, unlimited data a month for ~20 bucks.
No issues. No real downtime.
Getting jewed to use shitty internet and having no options would just be a nightmare.
They are going to lose all of their business once Google Fiber and it's competitiors expand.
Time to start cracking gram gram's wifi.
>>55285519
Is this because of that FCC net neutrality bullshit?
I use Frontier. Never heard of it? Neither have I.
>>55287134
yep, its written into the regs as well as new fees
>>55285519
We've had our ISPs raping our asses in this fashion for some time now.
I actually pay 10 bucks a month more for 'unlimited', so I wont be capped at 250 GB.
>>55287620
Funny, I remember people saying "if we don't do this the corporations will charge us for using more internet"
I have a friend who is still on AT&T's "unlimited" data plan for his cell phone. It is amazing the extent to which AT&T will go to try and coerce him into dropping it.
>>55287134
No, Comcast has already been doing this in certain cities. This happens because the government allows broadband monopolies to exist and even passed laws that outlaw municipal broadband in some states.
>>55287620
Source?
>Implying congestion has ever been a problem in the 21st century
>Suddenlink pulled this shit months ago, since they have a monopoly in my neck of the woods
>They offered "mandatory free speed upgrades
>Went from 20/3 to 50/6
>Get the message stating so a month later
>Didn't have a data cap before
At least people are getting pissed about it. Who knows, maybe the FCC will do something about it with all the complaints are being flooded with.
>>55288170
> the fcc did so well with tv
>Watch 3 movies in 4k
Bam over the limit
>>55285519
Ted Cruz was right.
Again.
>>55285519
This has been in effect since 01/01/2015. This was piloted in several American regions during 2014.
I don't even download shit at all.
If there's more than 2 active internet users, your data limit will be reached each time.
Source:
I have Comcast
They told me in advance they were going to Jew me. Now they're Jewing me.
>>55288170
suddenlink was the worst ISP I've ever had.
>>55288388
Also
Telecom companies need to get fucking raped by the FCC.
They are allowed to monopolize entire areas for services.
Even if I wanted to get rid of Comcast (I do), I can't. No other ISP is allowed to service my area.
My only option is to move away.
>>55285519
>>55286863
That pretty much sums up the US.
>shit speeds
>sky high costs
>usually no competition
>>55287134
Comcast has been doing this in my city for a while. They also like to frequently charge you anything the previous tenant didn't pay.
>>55286939
You're assuming google fiber would expand in any appreciable manner and not Comcast keeping them out.
>>55286863
>Getting jewed to use shitty internet and having no options would just be a nightmare.
you can shitpost super fast while your entire country and thousands of years of culture is systematically destroyed
>>55287948
This.
Our largest telecomm company Rogers removed unlimited internet and added a cap and overage fee probably close to 10 years ago, if not longer.
>>55285519
Vote with your wallet, as you mentioned your cell phone has similar plans, just use your cellular device for internet and don't pay the comcast jew.
>>55288569
Google has the worth to expand. Comcast's shitty actions just makes for a userbase that will easily betray them.
>>55287154
for those of us just far enough in the boonies. we are unable to get charter..or google. but not far enough to need satellite internet yet. theres frontier. which used to be called verizon. so really.. its just verizon internet.
Oh no, all you little faggots wont be able to pirate 20 movies a night, how terrible.
Looks like all us aussies and other kek countries eating up the shoveled shit has taught american businessmen that they can do the same to you guys.
Can't wait to see american videogame prices raised to match our $99 retail.
>>55288170
been getting keked by these shitheads for a while now. other than the retarded data cap, the random drops in service are pretty sweet. good thing I live in a shit town and this is my only option
>mfw I moved from a big city with fast cheap unlimited internet
>mfw I have only one choice for internet in this shitty rural county
>mfw I pay $100 for a satellite connection
>mfw I get 10 FUCKING GIGS A MONTH AND THEN IT GOS TO DIAL-UP SPEED
I can only dream of 250gigs of data a month fuck me
>>55288701
>Can't wait to see american videogame prices raised to match our $99 retail.
What a sad day that will be. I'll basically only buy used video games at that point. It'll make little functional difference; nowadays I usually wait for reviews/friend recommendations before purchasing anyway.
>>55285519
We have this in Canada already, and it's shit.
But generally my internet usage is almost directly in line with my monthly cap, so it doesn't hurt me in particular too hard.
This might happen because the government keeps forcing these cable companies to give poor people free cable internet, aka porn. Somebody has to pay, and that is the white man.
>Using Comcast
>>55288677
I hope google fiber buttfucks american telecom, however the "utility" laws of the FCC might help comcast prevent google from setting up shop.
Good thing I still have my Unlimited 4G data plan, and grandfathered in unlimited tethering package. I use upwards of 300GB LTE data a month and have done so since 2011. Never got so much as a message on my usage.
Protip: They monitor rapid fluctuations in data usage, not the actual amount used per month.
Ex-cable guy here.
The amount of bandwidth that can be transported over co-axial cable is fucking staggering. A lot of modern networks are fiber straight to a local neighborhood or subdivision.
This is just plain and simple Jew bullshit.
>>55285519
>IT'S HAPPENING
>>COMCAST HAS 300 GIG DATA CAPS FOR YOUR HOME
this has been happening for years, did you just figure it out?
>>55288701
>Can't wait to see american videogame prices raised to match our $99 retail.
They more or less do on consoles now.
>buy dis $60 game
>nvm get the collectors edition for $80
>ALSO GET THE SEASON PASS FOR $40 MORE
Game makers have been fucking them for years now. They're just "smarter" about the fucking.
Nobody needs 300GB of data
>>55289092
You don't have the right to tell me I don't.
>>55289092
nobody needs 300 cocks in their mouth but that didn't stop you
>>55289092
>>55289092
>molon labia
>cum n take it
>SUCK MY DICK BITCH
MUH RIGHTS
>>55289092
Fuck off, commie.
who uses 300gb a month besides pirates?
>>55285519
>implying this is new
>implying United States Infrastructure isn't shit-tier
>Implying there isn't still a large portion, up to 1/3 of the U.S. that doesn't have broadband access
>MUHMOUNTAINS!!1111
>MUHLANDFORMS!1!!!!!
>implying telecom jews aren't shady as fuck
>implying the suppression of the Internet, and the fact that it controls the direction of the people
>the current year
shiggu diggu whitu piggu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso
>>55289092
DUDE
What are you americans complaining about? Fuck you guys got google fiber. We got shit here in canada. Higher prices, data caps, companies forcing you into a trio package or else pay 100$+ a month for internet and shit service.
>>55285519
>change supplier
>mass exodus
>suddenly Comcast stop the cap
>/pol/ wants regulations and government influence to remove 300gb caps
kek
>Comcast is only option in my area
>have had caps for years
Why did we let it happen, /pol/?
>>55289179
Yes, goyim....
>>55289179
Everything is streamed today. Even Comcast television.
>>55289179
Why do people like you choose to stay so out of touch with the tech world?
>Muh free market
>free market
>market
>free
>>55289258
oh silly brit
THERE IS NO SECOND SUPPLIER
these jewish companies have managed to create monopolies (inb4 monopolies are illegal) in most of the country so people don't have the ability to threaten to switch to another provider
tl;dr fucking jews
>>55289092
You're telling that to a website populated mostly by NEET under-30-somethings who spend most of their day torrenting and gaming.
>>55289258
Good luck with that. Companies buy out apartments and suburbs to only offer their services. This is completely legal.
>>55285519
I'm over getting mad at the internet provider jews of this country, it'll never be fixed no matter how angry people get that they're being ripped off. I'm just waiting for the next big thing to replace the internet and hope the US gets it right this time.
>using commycast
>in the current year
I MEAN COME ON
you didn't know this was coming? they've always had a 350 cap on the books but not enforced.
i got Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, what about you ?
As a single guy, living by myself, I use between 150 and 200 GB a month just playing games and downloading the occasional movie/tv show. For any kind of family, 300 GB a month wouldn't last for shit
>>55289179
try staying below 500gb using wi-fi split between four people.
This type of internet is feasible for casual browsers or connections suitable for only 1 or 2 persons.
>>55285519
>Comcast is still shit
Gee who would have thought of that. Thank god I don't have them
>>55288668
>vote with your wallet
>oh wait there's no options
>>55289092
might be the dumbest thing I've read all day
>>55289225
Google fiber is only available in 3 small areas of the U.S.
>>55289092
Nobody needs to smoke pot, yet Trudeau happened anyway.
>>55285519
>live in a Google fiber city
>comcast doesn't dare to do shit here
>might even lower prices when the massive build out starts next year
Feels good man
>>55290025
Post your internet at your home and not at work/school.
>>55289562
>>55289641
Oh, sounds fucked up, here if lets say Sky dicked about with their internet service you just tell them to fuck off because there are several other companies to choose.
Like I did when they tried to jack up the price, I went to plusnet, and if they fuck about I will go to another provider and so on.
>what if you have signed up for a 12 month contract
then they have to abide by the agreement, if they change it the contract is null and void and you can leave due to breaking of contract.
>>55287948
And even with "unlimited*" there is still an asterisk on the advertisements that literally says "*unlimited does not mean unreasonable use" or something retarded like that. let me see if I can dig up an ad. i think it was telus.
>>55290221
That is my home
>>55288995
Ex-phone guy. DSL now days goes at most 1,500m and hits a distribution unit which then runs back to the central office on fiber. Each unit only runs so many DSL links and then it's ports are full. The fiber line back to the CO can't be saturated by even 50/50 dsl if every port was full and use was at 100%.
Reported costs run data at about 1/5 of a cent per GB of data all in.
>>55289206
WEED
I never thought I would be happy we only have CenturyLink in my area.
>>55290339
>Arizona
Take me in, neighbor.
>>55289889
This
They're entrenched, it's only a matter of time until it's cable TV by another name.
With any luck, the entangling-communication thing Space Elevator was talking about will come to pass and all the ISPs will become a thing of old fogeys and grannies.
Funny how all of a sudden the congestion clears up just when Google fiber comes to town
>>55288668
>vote with your wallet
>just go without Internet :^)
>>55290450
Are you by any chance white and Republican
>>55290491
And before some tard says 'you don't need the internet', I can't even send out job applications without it. They have to be sent digitally.
>>55289179
Netflix says on its site that a typical 2 hours of HD content is around 6GB that it streams.
So people that watch more than one movie a day?
A family of 4, where everyone watches 2 hours of streaming content a day at HD is 2 hrs x 3gb x 4 people x 30 days is fucking 720GB.
Yeah, pirates. The typicaly American family that watches half of what the rest of the country watches are now illegal pirates.
When 4k streaming comes mainstream and the typical 2 hour block is 24GB, you will be able to watch 10 movies a month between your 4 family members.
And you will be happy with your rations, because you are a piece of shit.
>>55288600
this
who cared about internet speed when your country is being overrun with mohammads
Anyone know what cities AREN'T controlled by Comcast Jews? I know Chicago isn't, but I'm not sure about anywhere else.
>>55290642
Netflix used to let you limit your video quality. You can't on set top boxes anymore.
>>55286939
FYI Comcast is starting to fight back against Google Fiber in the worst way possible. I live in Silicon Valley near Google HQ, we were scheduled to get zoning for Google fiber this year but for reasons not specified they decided not to give the okay to set up so now we have to wait several years before the city will review plans to set up Google fiber again. Think about not even Google HQ has access to Google fiber. Couple this with Comcast opening more branches over here and introducing the new data caps. They're in the states pockets and stone walling any competition that tries to pop up.
>>55290570
Forget some boards don't support spoiler tags, aye.
>>55285519
300gb is fine. What are you doing that downloads more then that a month? I torrent movies, games, watch netflix a bit. I normally come to about 250 a month, only time I went over 300 is when I got a new system and had to download a bunch of shit again.
>>55290851
CANNOT BE UNSEEN
>>55290858
ok now multiply that times 3 or 4 when you have an entire family consuming media
why the fuck is it so hard for canadians to understand this?
Do they not have netflix or youtube up there?
Fucking Jews at Cable One put a 300gb cap on my shit without even warning us several months ago. We've gone over it twice now, and if we do one more time they'll temporarily shut off our service until we upgrade our plan. I'm so fucking butt hurt about it, but I can't do anything because they are the only high speed internet provider where I live. God damn fucking cunt pieces of shit giga nigger jews.
>>55290450
If you're from California we're full..
>>55285519
I live 5 blocks from the comcast headquarters and dont use comcast. they have the tallest building in philly and are building a second building which will then be the tallest building in philly. just dont use comcast lads
>>55290799
>Anyone know what cities AREN'T controlled by Comcast Jews? I know Chicago isn't,
Chicago is controlled by Comcast kikes, pic related
Go outside you fucking nerds
>>55285938
This. This was on /g/ like months ago
>>55285519
Wait, data caps are still a thing in the U. S. A. ?
I just logged in to my account and looked at my "data usage" for the first time ever. It says
>Note: Enforcement of the 250GB data consumption threshold is currently suspended.
I wasn't even aware that there was a data consumption threshold on my plan, but I'm a little worried that they will soon "unsuspend" it.
>>55289092
Well, I do, according to what I used in September.
>>55288170
>Who knows, maybe the FCC will do something about it with all the complaints are being flooded with.
Yeah, about that...
Never had problems with comcast before this, oh well I guess I have a few shitty alternatives but I'm not paying overuse fees. I had a friend who sold bootleg comcast modems I wonder if this will affect his business
>>55290927
I said netflix, but I don't expect illegals like you to understand English. Because if you really have 9-12 people in your house I only have two words for you.
Build. Wall.
>>55286845
load up celery man pls
tfw google fiber. Fuck you other ISPs
pay your bill late, if we all dont pay then they cant cut all our service
I thought /pol/ liked capitalism?
>>55291219
what we need is more government to solve this problem
The jew works on.
No caps in Baltimore area, yet. I think the only thing keeping them at bay is the fact that Verizon competes with them in this region.
>>55291314
pavlov media here. cable a shit but internet is fucking GOAT I get 400 mb/s
>>55291271
plenty of white families have 2-3 kids that are old enough to use data now
plus what about college areas where it's not uncommon for 3-6 people to live together with one internet connection
I'm convinced all the canadians ITT are either dumb as fuck when it comes to understanding how much data people consume these days or are paid comcast shills
i'm an average user who barely downloads anything and i average 500+ gigs a month
>>55291365
American ISPs do not operate in a free market. If I wanted to switch, I'd have like one other legitimate landline service, which isn't very good since it uses phone lines, and then I'd have a couple options for mobile internet, which is not viable. Comcast is the only real option in my area.
>>55291438
That's still way less then the 9-12 you said the first time Jose.
>>55289225
>What are you americans complaining about? Fuck you guys got google fiber.
Which guys?
>>55291468
I work for Comcast as business support. Try Business if you need the extra level of service.
>>55291499
1 times 3 or 4 equals 12?
common core everybody
>>55291516
tfw living in Salt Lake City and having to hear how the fags down in Provo have the best internet ever
>>55289179
>Streaming movies
>Playing video games online
It's not 2005 anymore. There are big data usage things to do besides downloading 300GB of porn.
>>55291499
look at your fucking post you maplenigger
"I use X amount of data per month"
That means -you alone- use that much
you're one person
one person times 3 or 4 is not 9 you retard
>>55289266
Monopolies are the one are of capitalism that free market libertarians would argue is a needed area of government intervention. Competition is what makes capitalism successful, not simply being independent of the government.
>>55290858
Games and movies are just going to get bigger, anon.
300 GB is only like 10 movies worth of data.
Unless you download 360p artifact laden [YIFY] crap with 16 kbps audio
>>55291648
3-4 times my family makes 9-12.
>>55291750
No it doesn't. My plan only has my name on it, it's my plan. But more then just me uses it. If I said "I own a house" would you assume that I'm the only one living there?
>>55291899
>I torrent movies, games, watch netflix a bit. I normally come to about 250 a month, only time I went over 300 is when I got a new system and had to download a bunch of shit again.
thats a fuck ton of I's that gave nobody the impression that there was more than just you.
also top kek what kind of a faggot has a family and plays video games
>>55291886
>300 GB is only like 10 movies worth of data.
Maybe if you are downloading disc images. A properly compressed bluray quality movie file is like 3-6 GB. Streaming services compress it further.
>>55286845
Dat some chattanooga bromanship I hear?
>>55290689
Sue them under the FCC net neutrality bill.
>>55291899
>I normally come to about 250 a month
>I
>I
if you said "my household normally comes to about 250 a month" at least you'd not look as retarded now
still, I'm convinced you're a comcast shill for agreeing that it's totally fine for companies to create these data caps just because they know people have to pay and have no other providers
>>55291967
The kind who knows how to balance his life?
Also what, are you suggesting that every time you talk you say we? If I'm out alone, I don't say "Come back to our house." I don't say "We just bought a new X". You say come back to my house, I just bought a new X. I'm not currently sharing the fucking keyboard with my wife, why would I say we?
Nobody NEEDS 300 GB
>>55292181
I go to school in philly and comcast has a ton of internships for our students and from working there half the people fucking hate it and half like it cuz there are a good amount of perks
>>55292145
fuck off chang you still haven't provided a solid reason why comcast should do this now other than to fuck over customers
it's not about network congestion
it's about jewwing people harder than ever before
>>55292181
Where did you get that?
>>55292269
From work, numbnuts
I actually kind of enjoy my time not online anymore these days, desu I might just drop off the web completely.
>>55292239
It's a good job. Pay and benefits are OK, just too many layers of management making terrible decisions all the time
>>55292306
What is your role?
>>55292397
President and CEO
>>55292381
having access to great lunch options definitely doesnt hurt until the fucking christmas show goes on every day
>>55285519
PS
CEO is jewish.
Go figure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_L._Roberts
>>55292429
gibe promotion pls Brian
>>55292536
DID YOU GIVE TO THE UNITED WAY COMCAST CARES I LOVE MY JOB
>>55292581
Of course
>>55286852
>what is deregulation of the 70s
If you don't regulate business, business will simply use people like Edward Bernays to get the people to let business regulate the government.
>>55292181
This isn't about needs.
This is about bullshit comcast fucking over people like Netflix, because they have the pipeline as well as a product.
It's like saying the water company owns a lettuce farm but it's really popular to eat spinach instead because it's healthier and more flavorful, so they reduce the amount of water the spinach farmers get.
(Not a perfect example, since comcast is fucking the people consuming to get at their competition)
Honestly the only way to fix this is force comcast to not be allowed to have a service that competes with services that use their pipeline in their portfolio.
They have a limited horizontal monopoly with no real challenges and law makers enforcing it.
They also have a near vertical monopoly, with both the infastructure and content. Which they are trying to solidify by killing their best competition, streaming
>>55292581
>>55292660
are you hearing the christmas show in your head yet? its almost time for the best month of work of the year
>>55285519
Well I'm in Atlanta
Its been like this for a few years now
Welcome to the "trial" program
>>55285519
I would go without. If I pay for internet, I pay for unlimited or nothing.
>>55289179
People that watch Netflix or stream videos
>>55291143
Comcast and I are going to have some problems in the future.
>>55290339
How much per month? No caps?
>>55288004
I know verizon wouldn't let people keep that plan with a 4g phone. They also don't sell 3g phones anymore.
I just dropped them and went with BYO Wireless, which got absorbed by Budget Mobile (Obama Phone supplier). Now I pay 15 bucks per month, with no taxes, for my phone, while still being able to upgrade my phone any time I want.
>>55292701
>deregulation of the 70s
>still can't compete across state lines, still subject to ftc, still enforce monopolies
I think you're confusing deregulation with corporatism.
>>55288701
I don't buy video games at full price, anyways. I wait until they hit 20 bucks new on amazon.
>>55291365
>government sponsored monopoly
>capitalism
>>55293068
That is the one thing I supported Obama about: he had stated the first time he ran that he wanted nationwide wifi for free, as one could argue that, for the average person, wifi is more important than high ways.
I was just dumb enough to believe that maybe he would get it started.
>>55293179
He also said he was against Wall Street, wanted to close gitmo, was going to end class warfare, and bring peace to the middle east
News Flash: Politicians are full of shit
>>55287948
I'm with Bell and I paid the $10 too. I use up so much data that it breaks the web graph.
>>55293233
Except for Donald Trump!
>>55293345
I don't think it's a coincidence that the two republican front runners are not politicians
>>55293408
I can understand Trump being well liked, but Carson's views are so similar to most republicans that I'm honestly confused.
>>55293284
How do you even reach 9TB+ per month? Torrents? Netflix?
>>55293284
christ anon. you're probably the reason they did it
>>55293523
He has a seedbox and very high speed internet, I'd imagine. But there are 1 TB+ torrents out there....
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=720034
>>55293460
the main stream media is shilling him after no one got excited for their shilling of Rubio
they really don't want Trump because he gets people to ignore the spin
>Trump said something dangerous
>quick, call him a racist
>...what? his poll numbers are rising!?
>>55293284
>>55287948
How much do you canadabros pay total for internet?
Comcast charges about $40-$50 a month here
>>55285519
jesus you burgers are spoiled, i have 100 gig cap
>>55288696
>0.5gb movies
nigger you have no taste
>>55293617
>weeb shit
>touhou
I was actually expecting to be surprised. How disappointing. What a waste of bandwidth.
>>55293721
What's sad is that I think Rubio is a better candidate than Carson. I still like Trump and Paul better than those two, though.
>>55291084
they're becoming more of a thing
>>55288947
internet is not a utility
>>55294033
Explain that to internet-based businesses.
>>55286348
Fun Fact: Comcast now has word filters in it's service chat online to stop you accusing them of rolling out the data cap charges in a racist fashion.
They started this over a year ago targeting the areas of the country with the highest percentage black populations.
> streaming
Hahahaha
>>55286852
And for letting the government interfere with Comcast charging Netflix for access. The response was Data Caps with overages. The one thing I wanted to see that they never discussed in all the net neutrality bullshit, preventing data caps with fees.
>>55294128
what?
>>55294195
Comcast rolled out it's data caps to target poor minorities in the blackest states in the nation. This is simply a fact. Those states starting being charged for bandwidth overages more than a year ago.
Also, while I was trying to get a rep to say something I could use in an article about it last year, the words racist, or racism were filtered from the chat. I couldn't type them and have them appear in the chats.
>>55291143
There was a data cap that wasnt enforced because the federal government had to tell comcast that the letters they were sending were unethical and illegal. They had been sending shut off notices to the top 100 consumers of bandwidth, which is impossible to get off since you can't gauge literally everyone elses bandwidth.
>>55294289
do you have any screencaps? Also, can you tell me what cities? I can make an infographic or something but I need solid sources.
>>55294195
And no I don't like niggers, but it's a poetic way to shit in Comcast's hair by describing the South that way.
They started expanding the areas charged for overages without posting notices on the website. Then Athens, GA became part of the Atlanta market, despite being a distinct city 50 miles away.
>>55293863
Rand Paul is so great. I've gotten to shake his hand twice.
>>55294319
>federal government
>ethics
What?
>>55294403
>They started expanding the areas charged for overages without posting notices on the website.
I'm pretty sure their ToS is vaguely worded so they can arbitrarily add a cap at any time they want without notice.
>>55285519
>data caps on internet
so this...is the power...of.... freedom
>>55293754
$90 because going trio with unlimited high speed internet, home phone and TV is actually cheaper than standalone internet.
>>55293523
Just torrents, I always forget delete my downloads so I end up seeding a thousand copies to everyone. I downloaded 47gb of Bewitched TV episodes and a few months later I realized that I seeded almost 11TB of the stuff. Bell mirrors your download speeds to upload, it helps for private trackers.
It all runs on a low power seedbox in my basement.
>>55291516
>>55291678
>tfw provo
Feels fantastic man.
>>55294391
http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/data-usage-trials/
Comcast are shit at updating their FAQ's or clearing away old ones.
http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/exp-unlimited-limit/
That was added since I wrote my bit about them. Previously, the only unlimited option was to sign up for a Business account.
>>55294542
Basically. The cap existed for ages, but they hadn't enforced it for about two years. They also give you three "free" months of overages, then add charges. The only notice about the charges coming was on one place on the print version of the bill only, and then only if you went over and used a 'free' month.
>>55292181
haha faggot i worked at comcast for 6 years before i realized how stupid it was
>>55294612
that sucks.
total package is $100 here too, but at least we have stand alone internet as an option (which is why comcast is losing money)
>>55285519
?
I've been on AT&T's UVerse for about a year now and we've always had a cap of 250 gigabytes. Never once have we gone over.
>>55288170
>Who knows, maybe the FCC will do something about it with all the complaints are being flooded with.
They've been watching this closely. Now that they're under Title 2 again they're going to be answering some questions.
>>55294646
aw fuck it's by zip code. It'll take me awhile to check them all and see if they're the black neighborhoods
that would be a pretty fucked up revelation, double points since all the comcast execs are democrats
I don't care. What I do care about is that we have to pay for cable/satellite TV. I mean TV use to be free except for commercials. Now we pay 100 bucks to watch tv which is mostly crap and we still have to watch commercials.
>>55294642
The server at the other end of the connection needs to be that fast too, though, which it almost never is.
>>55294772
Just work off the cities/states listed. The Area considered the Atlanta market is almost the entire state of Georgia. The remainder gets folded into the Tampa market.
Especially for a FB worthy graphic. The most anyone is likely to do is check the listed Cities and States.
Hitting Comcast for racism was the best shot I could find, though once this goes national it'll be useless.
>>55294181
>The response was Data Caps with overages
These were coming for a long time now.
>>55294801
Still, maxing out the pipeline is never bad. I'm on 12mb DSL, awaiting the system upgrades rollout to get to 24mb.
I could get a lot more speed from Comcast, but I won't fucking do business with them.
>>55294892
I don't see listed by cities, only states and zip codes
>>55294801
Very true. Even Steam only gets me about 1/10 of that on a good day (it's still faster than Steam client can write though); 4chan still loads as slow as ever. But torrents go as fast as everyone people can upload.
Also, it's pretty damn reliable. Way better than any of the other internets I've had in this town.
>>55286852
>That's what we get for allowing the jews to buy all the competition in the market.
fixd
I thought I told all you fags data caps were coming.
>>55294936
Enforcement of the cap had been suspended since 2012. The maybe real one time issue of network congestion was over. There was no good reason to bring this back, especially as they face increased competition for customers.
They are already rolling back out an Unlimited residential service in some of the markets too. For an extra $30-$35.
>>55294962
Pic related. Maybe because I'm in the effected area.
>>55294801
I've noticed this when upgrading to another provider, even though my connection speed doubled, torrenting is still as shitty as ever apart from that one occasional torrent with a based seeder uploading over 1mb/s.
>>55285519
> metered internet
Murica
>>55285519
>support net neutrality
>act surprised when it forces ISPs to do shit like this
?
>>55295118
>There was no good reason to bring this back
Cord cutters.
People are dropping their cable sub and going with streaming services instead to save money.
>>55295118
perfect, thanks
yeah it looks totally different for me (i'm not in an effected area)
>>55295165
I fucking shouldn't be, but Comcast considers the entire state of Georgia to be the Atlanta market.
Bonus: The whitest areas of the trial aren't being charged! Note the lack of an unlimited option for Arizona, Central Kentucky and Maine.
Especially odd since Maine isn't even part of the trial.
Who needs 300gb a month? Serious question.
>>55295285
Someone who relies on a roku for video entertainment. 5Mb/sec adds up quickly.
>>55295162
Fucking brilliant. The reason I dumped Comcast was because they charged me overages, weren't offering an unlimited at the time, and didn't mention that business class customers had no limits by default.
>>55295285
My record usage in a month was 1.2tb. They count all bandwidth, up and down. My work involves a ton of traffic, hence switching from my 12mbps DSL to Comcast's basic 50mpbs Cable.
>>55295161
>net neutrality having anything to do with this
just because you cant charge for website access doesnt mean bandwidth is limited, fuck off comcast
Google Fiber
Don't care
>>55295285
gamers mostly
Let me get this straight.
In the USA, you have DSLAMs that are owned by a single company, who establish laws that stop other companies from selling in this area, and these companies are allowed to hold this monopoly without wholesaling the network to third parties?
How is any of this legal?
>>55295458
Yeah, it's just like the mobile carriers charging for their data.
Started to "relieve congestion" now it's the best way to squeeze money out of customers.
>>55292886
120 which includes cable, phone, and home security services. I don't know if there is a cap on mine simply because I never had issues with them saying I went overboard or what not but from what I looked up it's 3,000GBs a month.
>>55295653
see >>55291219
our regulatory body, the FCC, is staffed by former Comcast executives
>>55285519
Anonymous, can you do something about Comcast? K thx bye
>>55295653
They have to give access to others now under Title 2.
>>55295681
I only get about 9mb/sec. But unlimited data for 28 bucks per month. Good enough for me.
Wait, how many people in Provo do we have here?
>>55295653
>>55295695
>JUST
>tfw no caps
But I'm not sure how long that will last after their Altice buyout. Can any euro bros tell me how good Altice is?
>>55285519
>using the shitwheel that is comcast
>tfw no caps
But I'm not sure how long that will last after their Altice buyout. Can any euro bros tell me how good Altice is for them?
>>55295729
>I only get about 9mb/sec. But unlimited data for 28 bucks per month. Good enough for me.
That is the thing. I don't think they even fucking enforce the datacap on me because I have something that monitors of all my download and upload speed and should have easily break any cap. Either way I can careless because I know they won't do shit to a premier customer with Google Fiber maybe moving in and as well competition is not far
>>55289179
It's really not too difficult if you stream videos, months a watch a lot on Amazon Instant Video I can easily use up a 100GB+.
What makes it even easier is when you have multiple people in one household all streaming and using that amount of data a piece.
That said, even most wired ISPs with caps don't really seem to give a shit and actually enforce them when you go over. Last I knew Comcast really didn't enforce their caps but maybe that's changed.
Caps are typically just defined so they can point to it in the ToS when some knucklehead is consistently using TBs per month or data.
>>55295769
Government agency is a huge problem in out country
When our founders wrote our constitution, they created a three branch system (executive, judicial, and legislative) that were supposed to keep each other in check. Legislature writes laws, executive vetos or approves, and judicial arbitrates.
Federal Agencies, however, can create and enforce their own laws, and are not elected, they are appointed by the executive branch.
You are also guilty until proven innocent when in violation of agency regulations. It's really fucked up
>>55295161
>Implying comcast hasn't had caps years before net neutrality
Fuck off comkike shills.
>>55285519
This is literally extortion
They're charging people for going over an otherwise unlimited "supply of internet". I'm not even kidding Comcast has gotten up and said "the internet must be rationed" as if it was a fine resource.
What they're doing is knowingly forcing people to pay for otherwise completely made up datacaps so they can charge overage fees that are so expensive it'd be cheaper to fill hard drives with data and send it across postal for cheaper
they do it because they know people can't do anything about it, they know they have a monopoly in the area and the ISP businesses do not actively compete at all and they've been shown to actively promote their monopolies.
Substandard coaxial cables from 30 years ago, used for delivering poor quality bandwidth to people then forcing them to pay for overages should they "exceed this limit" which is completely arbitrary and made up. They charge out the ass for shit speed and refuse to upgrade their infrastructure
TWC does this shit still, thinking that "our customers don't want faster internet" is like the water company saying "our customers don't want cleaner water"
>>55292886
I'm on Google Fiber in Provo. No caps, $80 a month. No bells and whistles.
My network card won't go above 100 mbps so I'm limited to 95 Mbps. My roommate has a newer card that caps out about 400 mbs, his brother is always downloading torrents or it would be faster I believe.
>>55285519
>bandwidth caps
>charges for overages
>trying to implement a health care system for all its citizens
Wow, do you guys really want to be us?
>>55285519
>mfw I could reach my monthly data cap in less than one hour of using 100% of my bandwidth
>>55291726
lel I had 1.5 MBs DSL in 2005 and that was a big deal to me
stop talking out of your ass faggot, a lot of things are done online now
>>55295746
Close, just up the road
>>55295823
>tfw have verizon
But if I were ever forced to use comcast and there were no other options, what the hell would I even do?
kek
i pay 10 euro for unlimited net
kek
>>55295935
Fuck no, this is literally a scam
I'm so glad I have verizon and their fiber optic because this shit would drive me insane as a business owner
>oh sorry mr business owner, your data base back up went over your cap and now you owe use 100+ dollars because you used to much internet
>>55295920
I don't like google's speed choices, honestly. You get 5mb/sec (barely enough to stream) for next to nothing, or pretty much no speed cap, but it's butt fucking expensive
>>55295966
>tfw I don't live in Bulgaria
>>55295966
Not for much longer you won't.
Anyone who uses more than 100 GB is a filthy, dirty pirate. Comcast is being generous with 300 GB. Let us discuss. :^)
>>55296040
>Implying I don't back up, stream my movies and upload to youtube for my things and shit
>>55296040
Sure. How many different ways do you want to be labelled as a retarded faggot like the Canadian that attempted the same argument in this thread?
>>55296040
I almost got mad but then you continued to type after your first sentence and blew it.
>>55285519
EVEN MY ISP ALLOWS FOR HIGHER AMOUNT OF DATA
>LITERALLY 300 GIGS
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
>>55296040
I don't pirate shit, but my roku uses more than that every month. That's not even talking about any computer, smart phones, or video games that are played.
>>55296040
Heh. I use twice that in a DAY
