There's a reason they only applied this cap in cities like Jackson, MS and Knoxville, TN and not in cities like Chattanooga, Nashville or Atlanta. It's bullshit. And when I signed on with Comcast it obviously wasn't in place - not that it matters - because I have no other viable option to go to for internet (TV is different) due to where I live (which is downtown).
We agree on something! If they can charge for use, we should get reimbursed for bandwidth below the specified amount, as well as whatever we don't use under the cap.
They can feel free to do whatever they like, but fios is going to run them out of business when it's nationwide so they might want to not screw the customers now.
and that's a business decision they'll have to face, but why would they do it out of the kindness of their hearts? The market will dictate and they'll respond or die. I can't imagine them underpricing their advantage without legit reason.
Where in Knoxville do you live? There's uverse and tds which are much better than Comcast. Uverse is slower, but no caps. Tds is awesome but linked availability.
How is a VPN going to help me avoid my data cap? And the apartments I live in are only able to be serviced by Comcast - but even if Uverse was available here - its too slow for what I would want.
They're the only true competition on the horizon. And their business model WANTS traffic and use. In the end, they will fight for net neutrality because they make more money that way.
Because it services through the proxy isp. So even though you have Comcast, your dl/up are technically going through the proxy isp.
Yeah, but you're not technically downloading directly through Comcast servers. I'm not really sure how to explain it, I'm a front end guy, but It's how I got around the caps until I switched to uverse. You don't have to believe me, but It worked for me.
Well probably most of my data usage comes through smart tvs and roku so I'm not sure how much that would help. I don't torrent as often as I used to.
Dish is really playing up the SEC Network angle against the competitors. I've got at least 2 pieces of mail from them recently. Don't remember getting anything before. DTV better step their game up by Aug. or I may be a statistic.
