Comments on: Yo FCC! Are You Doing Anything About Metered Broadband?

By: ed

ed — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:05:04 +0000

How much is Comcast paying the FCC to turn their cheek. Comcast is avery greedy company that really doesn't care about it's patrons. They continually delet programs,and are under handly forcing those of us, on a fixed income, to purchase a broader program. FCC wake UP.

By: GigaOM White Paper: The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps - GigaOM

GigaOM White Paper: The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps - GigaOM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:23:21 +0000

[...] have been very vocal about the short-sightedness of this decision being made by Comcast (and some other carriers), and [...]

By: GigaOM White Paper: The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps - GigaOM

GigaOM White Paper: The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps - GigaOM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:23:21 +0000

[...] have been very vocal about the short-sightedness of this decision being made by Comcast (and some other carriers), and [...]

By: Michael Compton

Michael Compton — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:53:27 +0000

Good grief, what depressing comments these are.

We truly have become a nation of corporate sheep. “Business should be allowed to run business”….The public interest be damned! Our society exists only to serve the needs of those in pursuit of profit!

As a society, we are in serious trouble.

Get a grip, indeed.

By: Techory.com - Regular Ramblings About Technology » The Internet Crisis?

Techory.com - Regular Ramblings About Technology » The Internet Crisis? — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:52:10 +0000

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By: J.W.

J.W. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:14:07 +0000

Consumers have the last word by where they decide to spend their money.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:12:47 +0000

Metered broadband does not need to involve limits.

Cost of bandwidth is not directly proportional to amount used because of overheads etc. but if price is proportional to cost of bandwidth there’s no problem. The user that uses ten times the bandwidth but costs the company twice as much should only pay twice is much.

Companies will never admit their costs because it allows customers to know when they’re getting ripped off.

Where possible companies will instead apply the most baroque pricing system they can where this increases profits. For other examples see cell plans, gym memberships and medical insurance.

Existing price plans worked in favor of companies prior to P2P/video. Now they don’t so they’re changing.

Your article doesn’t clarify the issue any. Next time try using less words.

By: In Case You Missed These - GigaOM

In Case You Missed These - GigaOM — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:28:42 +0000

[...] Yo FCC! Are you doing anything about metered broadband? [...]

By: gregorylent

gregorylent — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:52:38 +0000

hey, kimgjo, at one time dentists weren’t an essential service either

By: Warning Sign: Metered Broadband Already a Hassle - GigaOM

Warning Sign: Metered Broadband Already a Hassle - GigaOM — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:36:30 +0000

[...] August 2, 2008 at 9:36 PM PT Comments (0) We’ve talked before that metered access is a boneheaded idea that is bad for innovation, bad for Microsoft and Google, and ultimately bad for you. Until today, [...]

By: hasselquist.net » Blog Archive » FCC Says BitTorrent Throttling Illegal, EFF Releases Tool for You To Test Your ISP For It

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:58:20 +0000

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By: kimbjo

kimbjo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:23:07 +0000

I wish GigaOm would come off it’s high horse.

Broadband is not an essential service. And who is GigaOM to decide what is a fair profit margin for ISP’s to reap? If they set their margins too high, then competitors will invest to offer unlimited services.

Let hte market place work out hte innovations.

Broadband is not an essential service. And even if it was (like my water bill or my electricity bill), other essential services are billed in a metered fashion.

Get over it.

By: Stop the Cap! · FCC Commissioners “Discuss Frontier Usage Caps” At Hearing in Washington

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:52:26 +0000

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By: FCC Says BitTorrent Throttling Illegal, EFF Releases Tool for You To Test Your ISP For It

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:55:39 +0000

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:05:10 +0000

Should be “their butts are also on the line.”

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:03:43 +0000

We’re ignoring the potential for antitrust lawsuits based on capping. As was intimated earlier, it’s uncanny how many of the same organizations that are talking about caps, also provide other services such as some form of cable, dish, or other packaged entertainment.

Are there really growth problems with all the ISPs? Or are the online video services such as Netflix, Unbox, iTunes, Hulu, Joost, et al perceivedto be threat to these capping organizations? If so, if all of the organizations collude to set capping limits, where none had previously existed, I don’t think it takes a lawyer to see this issue ending up in the court systems.

I don’t know about other countries, but the US takes a dim view of anti-competitive business practices initiated by near-monopolistic business entities.

As for metering gas, water, and electricity, this is not the same thing, especially for DSL providers.

I don’t think it would be unreasonable to talk about some caps, such as the one earlier that mentioned 900GB, or something to that effect. But these 5GB caps are nothing more than a lawsuit just waiting to happen.

What I want to know is: what are Apple, Amazon, Netflix, NBC, CBS, Joost, Microsoft, Google, Warner Brothers, Disney, et al going to do about the issue of broadband caps? After all, they’re butts are also on the line.