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August 31st, 2008, 01:42 PM
I had to slow down ALL Internet traffic this morning due to Comcast's reaction
to a complaint about slowing down P2P and BitTorrent traffic. Sounds like
GREED has won - largely due to ass-kissing of the MPAA and RIA. Read on:
Comcast's 250GB Limit Is An Insult To Internet Age Consumers
By Steven Burke, ChannelWeb
1:46 PM EDT Fri. Aug. 29, 2008 Comcast (NSDQ:CMCSA)'s decision to limit the amount of data users can send and receive to 250 GBytes beginning Oct. 1 is the equivalent of flipping the bird to internet age consumers.
The broadband and cable TV giant's 250 Gbyte cap is a Luddite like move to legislate how much data users can send and receive. Congratulations Comcast for bringing us all back to the time share mainframe computing model.
This is the work of executives that are completely out of touch with the technology landscape and the up and coming cloud computing consumer that wants to do anything and everything on the Web from paying their bills to storing any and all of their photos, music files..etc.
It is not overstating it to say this is an attack on the technology that represents our best best hope for driving an economic resurgence.
The first rule of the Internet age is you can't and shouldn't legislate data usage. And by the way God help those that try to do just that. This is going to backfire on Comcast.
The cable TV giant stands to lose hundreds of thousands of customers. What do you think customers are going to make of company that threatens them with a call from the Comcast Customer Security Assurance (CCSA) group if they cross the 250 Gbyte barrier?
The CCSA! Come on. Are you guys serious? It sounds like something out of George Orwell's 1984? 1984. That is just where Comcast has taken us all with this stupid 250 Gbyte limit.
Verizon, you can't get my area setup for FIOS fast enough !
I FEEL AS THOUGH MY BALLS GOT CUT OFF THIS MORNING !
Options:
I have a website which I've been working with although frustrating. I need
to allow controlled download without the user's ability to delete files. The
files will have to be ENCRYTPTED as I've caught shit from these people
before. Run a a porn site - no problem ! But they seem to have a problem
with anything that could have a COPYRIGHT ! HORNY BASTARDS !
RapidShit and MegaFuckLoad are options but have their own restrictions.
Now, before anyone points out that I would be using MY own bandwidth to
upload to these nefarious sites, be aware that I can upload from another site,
with caution.
Any comments, negative or positive are welcome, BUT any suggestion around
that 250 GB limit would be helpful.
What we really need is more FTP providers, spreading the bandwidth load !
I encourage all to do this, if within your budget. What I would really like is
that Comcast charge a flat rate for UNLIMITED bandwidth to accomodate us
heavy bandwidth users. Beyond that, Verizon get your ass setup in my area !
to a complaint about slowing down P2P and BitTorrent traffic. Sounds like
GREED has won - largely due to ass-kissing of the MPAA and RIA. Read on:
Comcast's 250GB Limit Is An Insult To Internet Age Consumers
By Steven Burke, ChannelWeb
1:46 PM EDT Fri. Aug. 29, 2008 Comcast (NSDQ:CMCSA)'s decision to limit the amount of data users can send and receive to 250 GBytes beginning Oct. 1 is the equivalent of flipping the bird to internet age consumers.
The broadband and cable TV giant's 250 Gbyte cap is a Luddite like move to legislate how much data users can send and receive. Congratulations Comcast for bringing us all back to the time share mainframe computing model.
This is the work of executives that are completely out of touch with the technology landscape and the up and coming cloud computing consumer that wants to do anything and everything on the Web from paying their bills to storing any and all of their photos, music files..etc.
It is not overstating it to say this is an attack on the technology that represents our best best hope for driving an economic resurgence.
The first rule of the Internet age is you can't and shouldn't legislate data usage. And by the way God help those that try to do just that. This is going to backfire on Comcast.
The cable TV giant stands to lose hundreds of thousands of customers. What do you think customers are going to make of company that threatens them with a call from the Comcast Customer Security Assurance (CCSA) group if they cross the 250 Gbyte barrier?
The CCSA! Come on. Are you guys serious? It sounds like something out of George Orwell's 1984? 1984. That is just where Comcast has taken us all with this stupid 250 Gbyte limit.
Verizon, you can't get my area setup for FIOS fast enough !
I FEEL AS THOUGH MY BALLS GOT CUT OFF THIS MORNING !
Options:
I have a website which I've been working with although frustrating. I need
to allow controlled download without the user's ability to delete files. The
files will have to be ENCRYTPTED as I've caught shit from these people
before. Run a a porn site - no problem ! But they seem to have a problem
with anything that could have a COPYRIGHT ! HORNY BASTARDS !
RapidShit and MegaFuckLoad are options but have their own restrictions.
Now, before anyone points out that I would be using MY own bandwidth to
upload to these nefarious sites, be aware that I can upload from another site,
with caution.
Any comments, negative or positive are welcome, BUT any suggestion around
that 250 GB limit would be helpful.
What we really need is more FTP providers, spreading the bandwidth load !
I encourage all to do this, if within your budget. What I would really like is
that Comcast charge a flat rate for UNLIMITED bandwidth to accomodate us
heavy bandwidth users. Beyond that, Verizon get your ass setup in my area !