Comcast High-Usage Throttling Test to Begin

Iria · Jun 4, 2008, 09:24 PM

You'll recall earlier I wrote about Comcast's new collaboration with BitTorrent. More interesting to me however, was that in that same statement Comcast also indicated they were changing their policy on throttling. Rather than throttling P2P transfers, they were planning on throttling high-usage customers - and not just P2P, but all their traffic.
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Source: Tech-Ex

Dark Lord · Jun 4, 2008, 10:48 PM

fuck comcast. if i had any one else out here other then dial up,id switch in a heartbeats.

Customgamer1 · Jun 4, 2008, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord

fuck comcast. if i had any one else out here other then dial up,id switch in a heartbeats.

Better to have Comcast than have Time Warner road runner... They are in testing for capping users to 40gigs a month and if you go over its $1 for every gig.

Time Warner to Try Bandwidth Caps, $1/GB Overage Fees - InsideTech.com

Dark Lord · Jun 5, 2008, 12:38 AM

holy hell... i use 22 some gigs every month just for streaming Pandora. that doesnt even include gaming, streaming videos, or websurfing.

Vehicon · Jun 5, 2008, 01:08 AM

Mediacom is doing pretty much the samething here in IL. I was testing speeds @ 32mbs down at some points. Normal is about 7-10. Seems the employees are testing this out right now.

Customgamer1 · Jun 5, 2008, 02:06 AM

Well as long as you get a data counter it might not be so bad, BUT if it means switching to DSL from AT&T or whoever else that does not do this I think I just might!

Cheaper, about the same speed if not faster now since all the people who use cable.

Sic Puppy · Jun 5, 2008, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Customgamer1

Better to have Comcast than have Time Warner road runner... They are in testing for capping users to 40gigs a month and if you go over its $1 for every gig.

Time Warner to Try Bandwidth Caps, $1/GB Overage Fees - InsideTech.com

Count yourself lucky. I get charged 2 cents/MB over my 30gig allowance (that's $20 a gig btw)

Jun 4, 2008, 09:24 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Comcast High-Usage Throttling Test to Begin You'll recall earlier I wrote about Comcast's new collaboration with BitTorrent. More interesting to me however, was that in that same statement Comcast also indicated they were changing their policy on throttling. Rather than throttling P2P transfers, they were planning on throttling high-usage customers - and not just P2P, but all their traffic. __________ Source: Tech-Ex

Jun 4, 2008, 10:48 PM	#2
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	fuck comcast. if i had any one else out here other then dial up,id switch in a heartbeats. __________________

Jun 5, 2008, 12:38 AM	#4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	holy hell... i use 22 some gigs every month just for streaming Pandora. that doesnt even include gaming, streaming videos, or websurfing. __________________

Jun 5, 2008, 01:08 AM	#5
Vehicon The Cable Guy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA IL. Posts: 466 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Mediacom is doing pretty much the samething here in IL. I was testing speeds @ 32mbs down at some points. Normal is about 7-10. Seems the employees are testing this out right now. __________________

Jun 5, 2008, 02:06 AM	#6
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Well as long as you get a data counter it might not be so bad, BUT if it means switching to DSL from AT&T or whoever else that does not do this I think I just might! Cheaper, about the same speed if not faster now since all the people who use cable. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!