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  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 12:01pm

    Re: Re: Re: two ways to avoid the problem

    Oh how I agree with you. I won't get in to the issues I have seen but yeah they need it to be more transparent and less nig brother.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 11:50am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    400k is the home price not the Bandwidth. I get 16mb to the house in bandwidth.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 11:44am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    All I can say is FU. I am on UVerse (best I can get in a 400k plus neighborhood) and can't get anywhere near that. So! Just simply FU. Lucky BSTD. ;-)

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 11:40am

    Re: My solution to being capped

    I do understand what you are saying and would like to provide a basic example of it.

    Look to the generational differences with regards to answering the phone.

    I always answer the phone unless it just would not be appropriate. Because I grew up with the idea that all calls were worth answering.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 10:54am

    Re:

    It's not that. It's that they just are not informed enough of what to do. They only see the P/L statements and don't see the way to bring in more people or make more people loyal.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 10:52am

    Re: Re: Re:

    I meant a near reliable DSL or Cable connection for less than $200.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 10:50am

    Re: two ways to avoid the problem

    Smart, very smart. Take the Akamai model of media distribution to a controlled library internally.

    Better experience for all.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 10:46am

    Re: Re:

    And technology moves on and improves. 15 years ago a 1.5mb T-1 connection cost around 14k a month. Today you can get it for less than $500 and get a near reliable 20+mb connection for less than $200.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 10:31am

    Re:

    I think that is true but the issue is that they buy and pass the cost on to us for the total bandwidth whether or not it is used. In IT it is simple, Bandwidth is the size of the pipe total download amount is what is used. The average company pays for Bandwidth but uses much less than that "pipe" can do in any month. But they charge us as if we did.

  • On the post: New Report Debunks The 'Bandwidth Hog' Myth

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 09:37am

    Clear is a perfect example of Boneheadedness

    I had Clear WiMax from the day it was available in Atlanta. I left them over a year ago because they "Managed my Bandwidth" too often because of "over usage".

    I dropped to less than 56k speeds for more than a day anytime I tried to watch a Netflix video at the same time as I downloaded a large file after I moved to a new house in a more affluent area. Even though my monthly usage never changed it averaged the same for ever month for the last year.

    Well you say they did it because I was sucking up too much bandwidth during peak times. I say false. The bandwidth I used (85% of it, by their charts) was used during the slow period during the business day. (I do IT support so I would be doing support and watch Netflix during the business day.)

    I wasn't a heavy user by any measure. 3.6GB a month.

    That "throttling" pushed me away from Clear and also stopped me from recommending them. Before I saw that I was making around $1250 a month recommending them.

    In the year when my service was good I had over 600 people and companies sign up for Clear.

  • On the post: Google's Next Victim? British Intelligence Services

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 08:28am

    Re: If Google can find it...

    Funny I put two tags in my post but they are not showing. (The 2 empty lines. See how well it works, MI5-7) Here they are is a way that maybe they will show.

    meta name="robots" content="noindex"
    meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"

    Also I previewed it this time to make sure it works.

  • On the post: Google's Next Victim? British Intelligence Services

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 08:23am

    If Google can find it...

    How secret can it be?





    Those tags should be pretty much used anytime I want to keep state secrets.

  • On the post: DirecTV Admits Almost No One Wants To Pay $30 To Watch A Movie At Home

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 01:17pm

    Re: Re:

    Can anyone say OnStar?

  • On the post: DirecTV Admits Almost No One Wants To Pay $30 To Watch A Movie At Home

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 01:16pm

    Re: Re: Can anyone say focus group?

    No I waited because nothing was worth it. As for spending so much. (Children come first) Really? $16 for three formats? I think that is an OK amount. I got what I needed and a future format (for my house). Sure the digital version was close to shit but it was there even limited. Better than I can say for the usual fare they dish out.

  • On the post: Theaters On Prescreenings: Bring Your Firearms, But No Mobile Phones

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 12:29pm

    Re: Re: Yeah so?

    MPAA click wrap paradox.

    "Also BSA paradox on the click-wrap agreements"

  • On the post: DirecTV Admits Almost No One Wants To Pay $30 To Watch A Movie At Home

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 12:16pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    As a Netflix subscriber (7 years running) and a Redbox fan I feel zero need to pay the extra. So their logic fails.

    :-( to them.

  • On the post: Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT IP Debate

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 12:05pm

    Re: Re: Re: A Plan to Remove Money from Politics

    No but people should know when someone posts intelligently. I am not sure I agree with everything but still respect intelligence.

    I have a;ready submitting your comments to 3 different places.

    Nothing can bad can come from speaking as your self. But call-outs for bad grammar.

  • On the post: Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT IP Debate

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 12:01pm

    Re: Re: Re: What will really surprise you...

    No. That is nothing but trash now. They would not include that.

  • On the post: Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT IP Debate

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 11:57am

    Re: A Plan to Remove Money from Politics

    Why are you posting as an AC? You lose creditably fast doing that.

  • On the post: DirecTV Admits Almost No One Wants To Pay $30 To Watch A Movie At Home

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 11:54am

    Re:

    The $30 was for viewing movies just released in theaters.

    So the thinking was that you should pay more to be able to watch the movie on a smaller screen and not have to pay the $25 dollars you should for crap popcorn and flat soda.

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