IntelLoyalist
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- Jun 14, 2008
Shiggity -
Respectfully, I disagree with some of your statements; and I would like to address them individually:
Yay for ISP monopolies enforcing w/e they want and pretty much saying screw you if you don't like it.
"Monopoly" is defined as exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.
Neither Comcast nor any other Internet Service provider is a monopoly because neither they nor any of the others has exclusive control over access to the general internet or the ability to set prices beyond their own Autonomous Systems.
As for what Comcast or any other service provider decides to do with their own AS's is entirely their business. If you do not wish to purchase a service from them you are not compelled to do so.
People abusing P2P / torrents ruin it for everyone because there is no legal way for Comcast to weed them out [at the moment].
The use of P2P software is entirely legal, and just as legitimate as any use that you personally wish to put your own connection to. It is also presumably within the Terms of Service for Comcast customers, otherwise Comcast would be on entirely firm legal ground for doing whatever they want to stop the practice, up to and including canceling of service.
Personally, were I running Comcast I would offer a special service for P2P and MMP customers with a higher price point. (Is that acronym correct? Massive Multiplayer? I'm not a gamer, so I don't know.) It would have symmetrical speeds, possibly Base10T wirespeed and a special Customer Premise box that is actually a switch, not a router; because that would allow traffic to flow at the higher speed layer 2 instead of layer 3. But that's just me. Greedy Capitalist that I am, I see problems like that as a money making opportunity.
Not to mention comcast says they can downthrottle anyone they want now.
It IS their network you know. They can do whatever they want with it.
When downloading large files from fileplanet, I get downthrottled all the time now.
Have you considered purchasing an internet connection that is more in line with your preferred use?
Forgive me, but it sounds like your complain is rather akin to trying to tow a 35,000lb boat with a Subaru Forester and then complaining that Subaru's factory hitch keeps breaking.
I'll be going along at my max avg of ~750KB/s then all of a sudden it'll drop to less than 10KB/s then go back up. So dumb.
If I may... A more appropriate complaint would be "So Frustrating". It is not, however; "dumb". Bandwidth is a commodity. Just like oil, if the demand outstrips the supply; the price will float up. Just as it would be unreasonable to expect your local gas station to sell you gas that costs 3.50/gallon for 2.00/gallon, it is unreasonable to expect an internet service provider to sell it's service for a price that doesn't allow it to fully recoup it's costs.
What's even worse is that I usually download these files late at nite, when no one else is using the network anyways....
Isn't that rather like complaining that you shouldn't get a speeding ticket for driving at 90mpg in a 65mph zone; because it's 3:00am?
Also, I find myself wondering how you know the internet habits of all their other customers?
Finally, I find it a little ironic that you complain that you can't do your bandwidth hogging activities because of all the other bandwidth hogs.
Believe me...
I would LOVE to have an unlimited pipe for $20/month. Everyone wants a bargain. But at the end of the day you HAVE to realize that your internet service provider OWNS the infrastructure that it is selling you access to, and therefore it has the right to set the rules.
If you feel that you are not getting a good value for your dollar, you can simply take your business elsewhere. OR, you can stay where you are but buy a more appropriate service level.
Finally, if you are in the somewhat frustrating position of having to make do with the internet connection that your parents have purchased for you; I feel your pain. We didn't HAVE the internet when I was young... we banged rocks together... But Dad would never purchase a big enough rock for me, and that really bummed me out.
Respectfully, I disagree with some of your statements; and I would like to address them individually:
Yay for ISP monopolies enforcing w/e they want and pretty much saying screw you if you don't like it.
"Monopoly" is defined as exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.
Neither Comcast nor any other Internet Service provider is a monopoly because neither they nor any of the others has exclusive control over access to the general internet or the ability to set prices beyond their own Autonomous Systems.
As for what Comcast or any other service provider decides to do with their own AS's is entirely their business. If you do not wish to purchase a service from them you are not compelled to do so.
People abusing P2P / torrents ruin it for everyone because there is no legal way for Comcast to weed them out [at the moment].
The use of P2P software is entirely legal, and just as legitimate as any use that you personally wish to put your own connection to. It is also presumably within the Terms of Service for Comcast customers, otherwise Comcast would be on entirely firm legal ground for doing whatever they want to stop the practice, up to and including canceling of service.
Personally, were I running Comcast I would offer a special service for P2P and MMP customers with a higher price point. (Is that acronym correct? Massive Multiplayer? I'm not a gamer, so I don't know.) It would have symmetrical speeds, possibly Base10T wirespeed and a special Customer Premise box that is actually a switch, not a router; because that would allow traffic to flow at the higher speed layer 2 instead of layer 3. But that's just me. Greedy Capitalist that I am, I see problems like that as a money making opportunity.
Not to mention comcast says they can downthrottle anyone they want now.
It IS their network you know. They can do whatever they want with it.
When downloading large files from fileplanet, I get downthrottled all the time now.
Have you considered purchasing an internet connection that is more in line with your preferred use?
Forgive me, but it sounds like your complain is rather akin to trying to tow a 35,000lb boat with a Subaru Forester and then complaining that Subaru's factory hitch keeps breaking.
I'll be going along at my max avg of ~750KB/s then all of a sudden it'll drop to less than 10KB/s then go back up. So dumb.
If I may... A more appropriate complaint would be "So Frustrating". It is not, however; "dumb". Bandwidth is a commodity. Just like oil, if the demand outstrips the supply; the price will float up. Just as it would be unreasonable to expect your local gas station to sell you gas that costs 3.50/gallon for 2.00/gallon, it is unreasonable to expect an internet service provider to sell it's service for a price that doesn't allow it to fully recoup it's costs.
What's even worse is that I usually download these files late at nite, when no one else is using the network anyways....
Isn't that rather like complaining that you shouldn't get a speeding ticket for driving at 90mpg in a 65mph zone; because it's 3:00am?
Also, I find myself wondering how you know the internet habits of all their other customers?
Finally, I find it a little ironic that you complain that you can't do your bandwidth hogging activities because of all the other bandwidth hogs.
Believe me...
I would LOVE to have an unlimited pipe for $20/month. Everyone wants a bargain. But at the end of the day you HAVE to realize that your internet service provider OWNS the infrastructure that it is selling you access to, and therefore it has the right to set the rules.
If you feel that you are not getting a good value for your dollar, you can simply take your business elsewhere. OR, you can stay where you are but buy a more appropriate service level.
Finally, if you are in the somewhat frustrating position of having to make do with the internet connection that your parents have purchased for you; I feel your pain. We didn't HAVE the internet when I was young... we banged rocks together... But Dad would never purchase a big enough rock for me, and that really bummed me out.
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