Comments on: Why Tiered Broadband Is the Enemy of Innovation

By: Of Canada, Caps & Clouds: Broadband News and Analysis «

Of Canada, Caps & Clouds: Broadband News and Analysis « — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:13:19 +0000

[...] gullies tends to keep them from sampling some of the latest applications and services, thus harming innovation. For example, in 2008 the video live streams from the Olympics contained this warning: Since the [...]

By: FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband: Tech News «

FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband: Tech News « — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:03:18 +0000

[...] it was an issue that was roundly criticized by consumer organizations and those in Silicon Valley (including GigaOM) as anti-consumer and anti-innovation. In a press conference after Genachowski’s speech, FCC [...]

By: Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps: Tech News «

Charter Follows Comcast With Broadband Usage Caps: Tech News « — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:39:20 +0000

[...] Lamont said that 98 percent of Charter’s 5.2 million customers will be unaffected by the decision to enforce the caps (Charter actually first included caps in its acceptable usage policy in February 2009). However, demand for broadband is increasing every week as folks use more online applications and consumer video from the web. For example, streaming a movie on Netflix uses about 1 GB per hour, so that equates to about 100 hours of Netflix streaming video each month. Services such as Netflix and Hulu Plus that involve high-quality video streams are only becoming more popular and pervasive as more consumers connect their televisions to the web. We made this argument back in 2008 when Comcast implemented its 250 GB per month cap and continue to believe that such caps could act as a threat to innovation. [...]

By: Is Netflix at the Mercy of Big Cable?: Video «

Is Netflix at the Mercy of Big Cable?: Video « — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:48:31 +0000

[...] that’s starting to change, as some providers have begun offering tiered broadband plans to subscribers — and this is where the company’s streaming service is vulnerable to [...]

By: Can You See Me Now? The Future of Video Chat

Can You See Me Now? The Future of Video Chat — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:02:05 +0000

[...] are concerned about how that traffic may affect their networks. On wireline networks, caps, tiered pricing plans and network management tactics that slow broadband during times of congestion or during certain [...]

By: Derrick

Derrick — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:54:47 +0000

If the stupid Cable companies like Xfinity once known as Comcast and other major land based broadband providers would just use their brains and think in terms of consumer opinion, you know...us people who pay the money for these services. Maybe they would realize they are making a HUGE MISTAKE, and one that will be costly in the end in terms customer base.

Let's look at what Time Warner Cable is doing. They thank goodness are one company that is actually thinking about their Consumers, not about the money necessarily. They initiated a trial based on Consumer opinion, mainly of their own subscribers down in Texas. And look at the results of their feedback.....100% NEGATIVE.

Gee..maybe that ought be a wake up call to major Cable Companies and Fiber based broadband providers that, hey maybe we shouldn't do this, our customers don't like it.

Unfortunately, its too little, too late. We are looking at the end of unlimited Broadband and it won't ever be back again. Thanks to poor decision making of the Cable companies who in the beginning set out to give High Speed its Value and its worth it once was. Not anymore, we can all kiss it goodbye.....Metered Broadband Caps are now the future of Broadband and the Internet.

So what does this mean for us the Consumer. No more Video downloads, No More Software Downloads, No More Streaming Music, No More Streaming Video, No More VOIP Services and the ultimate end of online Entertainment that we all once enjoyed the way it was meant to be, free, open and unlimited.

Way to go you screw ball Broadband providers.

By: Google’s Fiber Network Could Foil ISPs and Fuel Innovation – GigaOM

Google’s Fiber Network Could Foil ISPs and Fuel Innovation – GigaOM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:49:12 +0000

[...] the web will break under the weight of network neutrality, or how the ISPs needs to raise prices or implement tiered pricing plans because some consumers are using too many resources. What we don’t have is the data showing [...]

By: Google to Build Fiber Network to Drive Web Innovation – GigaOM

Google to Build Fiber Network to Drive Web Innovation – GigaOM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:40:50 +0000

By: Web Marketing Search Engine Optimization

Web Marketing Search Engine Optimization — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:13:23 +0000

But there is a need to disrupt them again and force them to upgrade, otherwise there will be no further innovation.

By: AT&T should dump the iPhone’s unlimited data plans. « Monkeybabble

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:26:33 +0000

[...] adding a meter to Internet time will reduce people’s propensity to try out new stuff online—killing innovation on the world’s most innovative communications [...]