Regarding Comcast’s New Bandwidth Cap

Posted in Telco on Sep 28th, 2008 | View Comments

Rather than addressing the problem by improving the data capacity of their network, they choose to go after the users. If you’re a baker and you keep running out of doughnuts, you figure out a way to make more doughnuts. You don’t limit customers to only a dozen each.

From Division by Zero

All I can say is, boy am I glad I have Verizon FiOS!

http://www.mzakariya.com Mark Zakariya

Unfortunately, entire communication grids and your local bakery aren’t quite the same thing. Your baker might simply need to upgrade his oven, or buy a few more pounds of flour every now and then- not to mention that the demands on the internet increase daily.

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