Comments on: FCC Chairman: I’m concerned about data caps

By: Brett Glass

Brett Glass — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:07:09 +0000

This article is evidence of GigaOm’s continued relationship with Google, and pushes Google’s corporate agenda: no caps on anything, even if ISPs lose money. The truth is that the total amount of data transferred is simply the integral of bandwidth used over time. Since bandwidth is limited and expensive, but one can count on the fact that not everyone will be running at peak capacity all the time, it makes very good sense to sell broadband by the byte. Nothing else is really fair.

By: Ed Dodds

Ed Dodds — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:52:41 +0000

Software scheduling could easily break down packet priority at the client (think BOINC, World Community Grid, etc.) where urban WISPs (assuming they don’t cap as well) could pick up the deferred packet ques. Grass root meshes, etc. will begin to spring up. A monopoly without a standing army is a temporary monopoly.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:00:47 +0000

And that’s what the FCC should care about. Making people question their online activity isn’t good for consumers and it’s not good for the development on new services — especially when places like S. Korea and Japan are providing superfast speeds and their populations are developing the apps that will use them.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:58:48 +0000

Nope. I have three people in my house that are online on different devices. My daughter watches Netflix on Saturday morning for her cartoons and my husband is a fan of MLB.Live so he can watch his beloved Cardinals, and I work all day on the web downloading and uploading content. While we are online a lot I don’t think we’re too far from normal. Check out the story where I aske dothers their usage to get a feel for how people are consuming data: http://gigaom.com/2012/07/19/america-show-me-your-broadband-usage/

By: Kevin Coble

Kevin Coble — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:46:31 +0000

Now according to the Orange and Red and Hughesnet, only about 1% of all customers use more that 2 to 10 GB. It’s about time the FCC stands up and recognises the fact that people are being ripped off. Personally I don’t have a cap of any kind nor do I expect to ever have one again with this company but I was with Hughesnet for ten years and know what it is like to live under that curtain. My family probably still doesnt use over a dozen gigabytes a month simply because 10 years of satellite trained us to be conservative and the fact that we don’t have a cap yet satill hasnt trully sunken in.

By: ytd2525

ytd2525 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:11:52 +0000

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By: Elite

Elite — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:25:37 +0000

A single 1080p scene from Brazzers is 4 gigabytes.

This gentleman would only need to have a subscription to Brazzers put a queue of 30 HD scenes into his download manager to easily blaze past 120 gigabytes. Brazzers has terabytes of content and with your membership you get unlimited access. This is the same for many porn sites.

With 3 terabyte hard drives to be had under $150 there’s no excuse not to be pushing hundreds of gigabytes of data in a month.

By: Blah

Blah — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:22:55 +0000

If they advertise 1.5Mbps down, 1.0Mbps up, and I pay for that, I should damn well be allowed to use that speed 24/7. If you don’t have the capacity, don’t sell it. Record profits, while increasing rates, then imposing caps and overages at the same time. Doesn’t make sense to a consumer.

Also, 120GB would be easy to pull in a large home with SEVERAL dozen connected devices. Especially if Netflix or Hulu or another LEGAL streaming source was your main point for TV.

By: Parkite

Parkite — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:20:05 +0000

No kidding. How does one consume 125 GB in 1 month? Streaming porn in HD?

By: Parkite

Parkite — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:18:01 +0000

The reason there are data caps is b/c of data hogs. Ideally, everyone would be charged on the basis of consumption. Instead, you have modest consumers subsidizing the data pigs at the broadband buffet.