Comments on: Reach Your Broadband Cap With Comcast Backup Service http://gigaom.com/2009/01/22/reach-your-broadband-cap-with-comcast-backup-service/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mozy Inks Deal to Bring Cloud-based Backup to China http://gigaom.com/2009/01/22/reach-your-broadband-cap-with-comcast-backup-service/#comment-158599 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:10:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=36300#comment-158599 [...] China Telecom isn’t the first broadband provider to offer online backup services; Verizon and Comcast released similar offerings earlier this year. But they typically carry a higher price tag than [...]

]]> By: ZNF ‘Round The Web http://gigaom.com/2009/01/22/reach-your-broadband-cap-with-comcast-backup-service/#comment-158598 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:25:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=36300#comment-158598 [...] Reach Your Broadband Cap With Comcast Backup Service I’m still waiting for a way to track my data usage from their cable modem. Whatever software utility they’re working on doesn’t account for my Xbox, TiVo Amazon, and Netflix Roku VOD. However, I can’t bash Comcast too much… 250GB/month looks absolutely mammoth and generous compared to Time Warner Cable’s meager 40GB cap. [...]

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://gigaom.com/2009/01/22/reach-your-broadband-cap-with-comcast-backup-service/#comment-158597 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:25:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=36300#comment-158597 I’m still waiting for a way to track my data usage from their cable modem. Whatever software utility they’re working on doesn’t account for my Xbox, TiVo Amazon, and Netflix Roku VOD. However, I can’t bash Comcast too much… 250GB/month looks absolutely mammoth and generous compared to Time Warner’s meager 40GB cap.

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]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2009/01/22/reach-your-broadband-cap-with-comcast-backup-service/#comment-158595 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:33:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=36300#comment-158595 It seems pretty unlikely that the 200GB storers are going to do a complete refresh every single month. So, really they only need to worry about the bandwidth cap that very first month. Even so, it does seem strange that signing up for a service like this doesn’t buy you a higher bandwidth cap as a fringe benefit. By the way, I think Comcast gives you 1GB of storage for free these days, but I’m not sure if the functionality is otherwise identical to the paid service.

]]> By: Scott Westerman http://gigaom.com/2009/01/22/reach-your-broadband-cap-with-comcast-backup-service/#comment-158594 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:32:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=36300#comment-158594 Hi Stacy!

My own experience with a variety of on-line back-up services is that it has not adversely impacted my monthly bandwidth usage. True, when you first sign up and back up the bulk of your stuff, you may gobble a little more. But I’ve found that my monthly incremental back-ups are relatively small.

With regard to Comcast’s bandwidth policy, we’re still finding that over 99% of our customers never come near a cap. This includes a number of folks who download significant on-line content each month.

I can’t speak for our strategists, but my sense is that as speeds continue to increase and more bandwidth intensive content appears, we will continually evaluate our policies and make appropriate adjustments that best serve the customer.

Love reading your stuff!

Scott Westerman
Vice President
Comcast
@comcastscott on Twitter.

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