Well, this is pretty bad for Comcast customers [I am one], and I’m not happy about it at all. Slashdot and TheInquirer have articles up about Comcast FCC filings that suggest that if you go above 70% of your full bandwidth allowance for 15 minutes, you’ll be capped for 15 minutes [at least] until congestion is reduced on your network/node/zone/whatever you want to call it.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m paying a rate and expect to receive that full access until I stop paying that rate. That is why I pay it, and that is why they offered it. I can’t believe this might go into effect.
If your network can’t handle the load, boost the network. That is why I pay how much I pay, again. That is why the plan was offered. Don’t change your mind after we’ve done the due diligence to make an educated decision and you suddenly don’t like the deal. Lawyers really like this kind of stuff because it is so easy to argue that those who have changed their mind are in the wrong.
Comcast, in this case, is wrong. Fix your network, don’t put the fix on customers who are acting in good faith. I should be able to pin my bandwidth to the wall until the cows come home. Keep it that way.
But no, the way it works is that we, as customers, are going to get it in the end because the networks are closed [I can't get anyone else but Comcast after Adelphia imploded due to shenanigans], so, here is another solution… full network neutrality and you can compete like a real company for consumers instead of consumers having to decide where to live based on internet access.
It’s all crazy.