He knew exactly why he was going over the limit. Uploading lots of raw images? Uploading ripped music in three different lossless formats? Netflix? Pandora?
Are you saying he did not know any of above activities would contribute to the data usage, and that they was some heavy lifting involved in it? Come one now!
And if I am warned once, I would make sure I know what counts, what does not. It's lame excuse to say "Upload counts too? Wha??"
I agree on both the points, Dennis. I am not saying Comcast is god-send and the victim here, but it's difficult for me to defend the 'victim' here for multiple reasons:
1. He is a techie ("worked as a Microsoft technology evangelist for XBox 360 and XBox live"). So I assume he knew pretty well about Comcast and it's caps.
2. Comcast makes it easy for you track your usage once you have signed up/registered.
3. He is 'audiophile' - uploading music to clouds/backup etc in three different lossless formats. Also uploading all his pictures in 'raw' format. This is just few of the activities among many other. Do you think, being a 'geek', he did not know how big those files can be?
4. He mentioned sharing the services with roommates. Not that anything is wrong with that, but if all the roommates are as much 'audiophile' as he is, the usage is just going to multiply.
5. While I agree it would be the best if Comcast tells you what is hogging your bandwidth, but he pretty much knows why the usage went over 250G (see my #3 above). It's a lame excuse to say Comcast didn't tell me what caused it.
My solution to this problem - meter the use and charge by it. That way, you can use whatever you want, just pay for it. If I am using just 50G a month, why should I pay the same as somebody using all 250G?
He uses services which clearly mentions the limit to be 250G, and he goes over that twice.
First they warn him, and let go. He does it again and they cut him lose.
What is the expectation here? That Comcast should warn him again (and again, and again)? Or 250G is too less? What if the limit was 500G - somebody would still end up going over that, and we would be discussing this very thing right here.
And please - 250G is a lot of data. We have netflix at home but no cable TV - so we end up watching a LOT of movies, I work from home sometimes for days, download music from amazon/google music etc - upload lot of pictures too. I go nowhere close to 250G.
Not that I am biggest fan of Comcast, but I am not paying for others who go crazy over the internet. He has option to upgrade to more expensive plan, if he really thinks he needs more than 250G.
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So ignorance is bliss??
"Sorry officer, I had no idea killing people was against the law. Can I go now?"
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Thanks for the insults, I guess??
I am not playing devil's advocate here. All I am saying is the example we have picked is wrong.
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He knew exactly why he was going over the limit. Uploading lots of raw images? Uploading ripped music in three different lossless formats? Netflix? Pandora?
Are you saying he did not know any of above activities would contribute to the data usage, and that they was some heavy lifting involved in it? Come one now!
And if I am warned once, I would make sure I know what counts, what does not. It's lame excuse to say "Upload counts too? Wha??"
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Yes, I do agree on throttling the usage instead of cutting them loose.
And I can't agree more on alternate ISP. Monopolies are good, 'capitalism' is the best.
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Please. That was after second incident. He had a chance to switch after first warning.
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I agree on both the points, Dennis. I am not saying Comcast is god-send and the victim here, but it's difficult for me to defend the 'victim' here for multiple reasons:
1. He is a techie ("worked as a Microsoft technology evangelist for XBox 360 and XBox live"). So I assume he knew pretty well about Comcast and it's caps.
2. Comcast makes it easy for you track your usage once you have signed up/registered.
3. He is 'audiophile' - uploading music to clouds/backup etc in three different lossless formats. Also uploading all his pictures in 'raw' format. This is just few of the activities among many other. Do you think, being a 'geek', he did not know how big those files can be?
4. He mentioned sharing the services with roommates. Not that anything is wrong with that, but if all the roommates are as much 'audiophile' as he is, the usage is just going to multiply.
5. While I agree it would be the best if Comcast tells you what is hogging your bandwidth, but he pretty much knows why the usage went over 250G (see my #3 above). It's a lame excuse to say Comcast didn't tell me what caused it.
My solution to this problem - meter the use and charge by it. That way, you can use whatever you want, just pay for it. If I am using just 50G a month, why should I pay the same as somebody using all 250G?
Can't agree on this one
Not sure I agree.
He uses services which clearly mentions the limit to be 250G, and he goes over that twice.
First they warn him, and let go. He does it again and they cut him lose.
What is the expectation here? That Comcast should warn him again (and again, and again)? Or 250G is too less? What if the limit was 500G - somebody would still end up going over that, and we would be discussing this very thing right here.
And please - 250G is a lot of data. We have netflix at home but no cable TV - so we end up watching a LOT of movies, I work from home sometimes for days, download music from amazon/google music etc - upload lot of pictures too. I go nowhere close to 250G.
Not that I am biggest fan of Comcast, but I am not paying for others who go crazy over the internet. He has option to upgrade to more expensive plan, if he really thinks he needs more than 250G.