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Comcast May Raise Prices On "Internet Hogs"

Posted by timothy on from the easier-than-raising-actual-hogs dept.

lunartik writes: "According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Comcast may raise rates on users of their @home service who download a significant amount of audio or video files. Comcast claims that 1 percent of users use 30 percent of capacity. With the flat fee possibly flying out the window for users who utilize the service's speed, one wonders if US broadband is heading the same way as the Aussies." Time Warner has said much the same, and the spiral has probably just begun.

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  1. About fuckin' time by Kasreyn · · Score: 1, Troll

    I use my net connection for email and websurfing. I'll be glad when I'm no longer being billed to help cover the bandwidth of people downloading DVD-rips. Metering bandwidth = good.

    -Kasreyn

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    Kasreyn: Cheerfully playing the part of Devil's Advocate to hairtrigger /. flamers since 1999.