Comments on: Why Comcast really cares about data caps and tiered plans

By: Phillip Dampier

Phillip Dampier — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:28:28 +0000

As we have argued repeatedly on Stop the Cap!, Comcast has no need for a usage cap of any kind, so talking about what is "reasonable" totally misses the point. If a company claims congestion necessitated the cap, and it then introduces a new video streaming service that contributes to that "congestion" -and- totally exempts that traffic from the usage cap Comcast imposes on others, it exposes the real agenda here -- to use psychology to keep customers loyal to Comcast's own video and avoid the competition that will eat away at your usage allowance.

When consumers consider cable cord cutting, they'll think twice if they have to live under a usage cap regime that will now include overlimit fees that charge almost 20 times Comcast's own bandwidth and traffic costs.

Phillip Dampier
Stopthecap.com

By: Ian Bell

Ian Bell — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:40:40 +0000

Agreed. And I would not be surprised if at some point they charge people extra on the TV side too :)

These companies are just getting way too greedy.

The quality of Comcasts HD channels are absolutely terrible when compared to FiOS or satellite providers. I'm surprised they get away with it.

By: Philip Palmer

Philip Palmer — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:59:04 +0000

Oh cable modem internet. I really don’t miss sharing my speed with the neighborhood.

By: Alan Hughes

Alan Hughes — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:59:47 +0000

Limiting people’s web usage is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of, are they gonna start charging me extra for watching too much tv also?