Comments on: Time Warner Attempts To Outlaw Faster, Cheaper Community Broadband http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/ Deliciously Geeky... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:30:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Broadband http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-396240 Broadband Thu, 07 May 2009 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=23727#comment-396240 Comcast last year paid the state of Florida $150,000 to deal with this exact issue and the ambiguity that surrounded it. Each month, Comcast would contact the top 1,000 users of its 14.4 million user network network, regardless of how much data they had transferred, and warn them that they were violating the acceptable use policy. When users asked what the limit was, they were simply told that they needed to stay out of the top 1,000 user list—something impossible to know.<br><br>The state attorney general said that "a 'top 1,000' criteria, as previously applied, did not clearly and conspicuously disclose to the consumer the specific amount of bandwidth deemed to be excessive under Comcast's subscriber agreements." In response, Comcast adopted the explicit 250GB/month cap. Comcast last year paid the state of Florida $150,000 to deal with this exact issue and the ambiguity that surrounded it. Each month, Comcast would contact the top 1,000 users of its 14.4 million user network network, regardless of how much data they had transferred, and warn them that they were violating the acceptable use policy. When users asked what the limit was, they were simply told that they needed to stay out of the top 1,000 user list—something impossible to know.

The state attorney general said that “a 'top 1,000' criteria, as previously applied, did not clearly and conspicuously disclose to the consumer the specific amount of bandwidth deemed to be excessive under Comcast's subscriber agreements.” In response, Comcast adopted the explicit 250GB/month cap.

]]> By: Matthew Walton http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-396150 Matthew Walton Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:45:37 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=23727#comment-396150 Not to be one of those nitpicky jerks who find every mistake there is, but do you mean Mbps not mbps? wouldn't mbps be millibits per second? Not to be one of those nitpicky jerks who find every mistake there is, but do you mean Mbps not mbps? wouldn't mbps be millibits per second?

]]> By: jmlee337 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-396031 jmlee337 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:26:13 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=23727#comment-396031 One would think their attempts would fall under some anti-trust/anti-monopoly legislature or something One would think their attempts would fall under some anti-trust/anti-monopoly legislature or something

]]> By: Jon http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-396029 Jon Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:36:29 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=23727#comment-396029 Don't get me wrong, Cable companies are the devil. I totally agree that a community should be able to setup and manage there own ISP, cable services etc. , but in Time-Warners defense, they have something called build-out requirements. They have to run lines and offer service to any area with certain specified population densities, even if it is not profitable. Don't get me wrong, Cable companies are the devil. I totally agree that a community should be able to setup and manage there own ISP, cable services etc. , but in Time-Warners defense, they have something called build-out requirements. They have to run lines and offer service to any area with certain specified population densities, even if it is not profitable.

]]> By: Blairf Felgenheimer http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-396023 Blairf Felgenheimer Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:43:16 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=23727#comment-396023 Just another reason to dump Time Warner. They have about as much chance to stop city owned ISPs as does Microsoft to stop Linux.<br><br>mcman, not sure what podunk you live in but the Comcast here has 4 levels of residential service 15/20/30/50 mbps download (with powerboost) at costs ranging from $43 to $140 per month. Just another reason to dump Time Warner. They have about as much chance to stop city owned ISPs as does Microsoft to stop Linux.

mcman, not sure what podunk you live in but the Comcast here has 4 levels of residential service 15/20/30/50 mbps download (with powerboost) at costs ranging from $43 to $140 per month.

]]> By: mcman http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/04/23/time-warner-attempts-to-outlaw-faster-cheaper-community-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-396018 mcman Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:43:39 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=23727#comment-396018 That's about the only good thing about Comcast broadband. They only have one level of residential service and over the past 4 years the speed has gone from 3mbps to 16mbps but the price does not go up with the speed changes. That's about the only good thing about Comcast broadband. They only have one level of residential service and over the past 4 years the speed has gone from 3mbps to 16mbps but the price does not go up with the speed changes.

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