@Rustyben wrote:
@Strikes12 wrote:
Comcast is exploiting us for money, obviously. Case and point: Look at their own 'Tools' that tell you how much Data you might end up using. Switch the "HD Streaming" to 24 hours a day, and it's already over 1TB (the Data Cap).
Now imagine your a family. You've got yourself, husband/wife (or not), and kids. So going with a basic 'family' setup here... that's 3 total people; Mom/Dad/Youngling. So now that's potentially 3 different HD Shows/Movies being Streaming at once. Because, in what world do they all watch the same things?! Right?? haha. So that's roughly 3.6 TB of data a month if they watch shows 24 hours a day; which wouldn't exactly be unheard of... and that's ONLY if they watched Streaming shows all day.
How about that new Video Game that your Youngling just got online, so you didn't have to drive them to the store? It's, on average, 60GB! Some of them are even over 100GB! That's TEN (10%) PERCENT of your Monthly Data Cap!! There is no way that Comcast didn't realize how much Data things are these days. If they really were only 1% of people then we wouldn't see so many complaints from people hitting it month after month because they have a FAMILY. This new Data Cap singled out and exploits all families. We end up paying the price for what? Comcast's GREED. We're not hurting ANYONE. That's why we used to have Unlimited Data until Comcast imposed this Data Cap on our family. We're just trying to enjoy the Technology this Nation has to offer us and we're being PUNISHED for it. Which brings me to another point. If I was paying $70 for my Internet plan BEFORE this Data Cap when into please; meaning it was unlimited. I was paying $70 for Unlimited Data. But, now they're saying "Unlimited Data is worth $50". Fact. They're stating that now, by charging us a fee of $50 for Unlimited Data. This mean, I should have -$50 to my Plan because I'm NO LONGER getting Unlimited Data! Where's that logic? I should be paying $20 for 1TB Data Cap now.
Comcast. Greed is Comtastic.
Hi, I'm a customer, just like you. HD streaming in your home while connected to your gateway modem and watching linear channels or in-home on-demand or recorded assets from DVR do not count at all toward your cap. you can stream those 24/7 and get no count of data toward the cap. If you want to watch netflix or hulu etc those bytes do count. Not sure how you think downloading 100GB game should not be counted, it is your data to use or not.
Comcast had most of us on 300 GB cap for years and upped it to 1000 GB (1 TB) and it was most welcome and appreciated. in other threads on the board some roku dongles were running an HD screensaver 24/7 downloading images no one was watching. Easy to turn off but took some work to find out what was using the data.
I do appreciate the reply. Also, please don't read into my text; there's no aggression, just a bit of frustration, and I appreciate the discussion as a very long time Comcast Customer.
1) I only have Comcast Internet. Always have. I don't have a TV Service; don't want, don't need it. Obviously Comcast realizes there's a lot of us out there that are this way. So, to recoup lost revenue on TV Services they're hitting us at the Internet side; with these Unwarranted Data Caps that have no actual function than to charge us more money. There's no DATA SHORTAGE, sir. Never in my life as the "Internet run out of data" or became so 'Bogged down' from users that it slowed to a crawl.
2) " you can stream those 24/7 and get no count of data toward the cap." --- Right, because it's NOT Internet Data; it's TV Services. Please don't try and confuse the two or compare them together; it's like Apples to Bananas, sir. Can't do it.
3) Saying that you "Appreciate" Comcast upping the Data Cap doesn't make it right, or even better. 300 GB is an obscenely small amount of data. 1 TB is just as small. This isn't a mobile market; it's a home environment. I'm sure you'd be even more "Welcoming and Appreciative" if Comcast reverted back to their Unlimited Data as they have for years and years ago (you can't deny that).
4) An "HD Screensaver" isn't going to chew through 1 TB of Data; or even 1 GB of data. Let's not be stupid here; anyone with a lick of Tech Experience knows how big an HD Picture is... and that's not even going to make a dent. I don't believe this excuse for a second and call 'BS', 100%. 5) I never said "100 GB shouldn't be counted toward my Data". I said that Comcast is obviously looking the other way, because they should know (as we all do) that 'Games' are rather large. I was stating a fact that there are games on the market right now that would take up 10% of someone's Data Cap in just a matter of minutes when downloaded. Factor in a family that has 2 kids; now that's 20% of the Data Cap because they both bought the game. Come'on - Let's use those brains of ours... it's not right, and it's not even anywhere close to a reasonable Data Cap level to label people "Extreme Abusers" for using 1TB of data. There's 4 other families, that I personally know, that have hit 2-3 TB overages because they have a large family. So even in that small of a localized testing poll... that's way more than 1% of users. To this day, Comcast has never been able to prove/back up their statements/research. Just do a quick poll on this website, alone, for how many go over and it's way more than 1%. Comcast needs to be REASONABLE. If the Data Cap was more along the lines of 5+ TB, then sure... that's more acceptable. 6) This is the year 2017. Comcast is moving us backward; not forward. As a Shareholder of this Company, this current outlook is grotesque. I'd find it hard to believe that Comcast Business Executives don't realize they're targeting American Families with this.
7) Let's not even get started on how well Comcast is doing. They aren't exactly hurting. http://cmcsa.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1023210
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