The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 30, 2008 @06:44AM from the consequences-we-at-least-hope-were-unintended dept.

wjamesau writes "What's the deal with broadband caps, like Comcast's 250GB/month data transfer limit, which goes into effect tomorrow? Om Malik at GigaOM has a whitepaper laying out the facts and fiction about Comcast's short-sightedness (which other carriers are mimicking), and how it will impact the future Internet: 'Given the growth trend due to consumers' changes in content consumption, today's power users are tomorrow's average users. By 2012, the bill for data access is projected to be around $215 per month.' Ouch." The white paper is embedded at the link using Scribd; for a PDF version you'll have to give up an email address.

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Re:Article summary by neokushan · 2008-09-30 07:05 · Score: 5, Informative

There is actually a term for that, it's called a Cartel.

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+1 IDisagreeSoHeMustBeATrollOrAnAstroturferOrAShill
Re:Article summary by genner · 2008-09-30 08:23 · Score: 4, Informative

People *are not* tied to a single provider. I can go with Comcast, Verizon, Road Runner, SprintPCS, and others.

That's rare. The reality for most people is you have one DSL provider and one cable provider.