Time Warner broadband: know your limits. (Trees And Things)

pO157: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:10:40 EST

Dude.

...where's my car?

thefadd: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:50:04 EST

Dude.

pO157: You gotta lock that down.

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:48:04 EST

With the increasing legal availability of HD movies through iTunes and other services, Time Warner, Comcast, et. al. can no longer make the argument that "only pirates use that much bandwidth" - it would be very easy for a moderate movie watcher to run

pO157: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:43:33 EST
I have had a cell phone eight years now
Every time I renew my plan (Sprint) my rates go down and my features go up. Because that's how I roll. You just have to know how to do it right. I currently have 2 lines, free roaming, free texting, free

pO157: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:39:04 EST
Do the math, but unless you have to use cable, you can do better without.
Exactly. We have no need for landline phone service, except for the security system. The phone was costing us almost $40 a month just for local calls (which we nev

Shy Elf: I'm a Comcast Monopoly Victim

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:38:46 EST
I have practically zero broadband choices other than Comcast. No DSL; I'm too far from the hub. No other cable companies; I've checked, there are none. No Verizon fiber. Practically speaking, it's Comcast or dialup.
Oh, the

HidingFromGoro: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:58:45 EST
And the messed up thing about it is, they have that capability now, to deliver quality HD programming but they don't. I didn't even buy a HDTV (something I regret when I play my Xbox 360) because even when the bandwidth is available to deliver uncomp

HidingFromGoro: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:11:34 EST
Are there are any that aren't loaded with the shit any more?
Firefox extensions are your friend. Seriously, with FlashBlock, NoScript, and AdBlock Plus it's like a whole new internet.

wetkarma: marginal costs and the other edge of monopolies

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:19:52 EST
I use to work for an ISP, and trust me -- they don't pay by the byte. Instead they pay based on the 95th percentile of use - furthermore pull up any charge of wholesale bandwith prices and you'll see they are going down (not UP or even flat) year over year

port1080: Re: but does it scale

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:10:24 EST
People who are waiting for Verizon to save them from their cable monopoly are likely to be waiting a while. At current roll-out rates, FiOS will pass every dwelling in the USA in the year 2080.
While I wish Verizon was rolling FiOS service

jwb: Re: but does it scale

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:46:58 EST
When you watch HBO, there is no marginal cost to anybody. Every person in America could change the channel to HBO at once, and no bad thing would happen to the cable system. HBO bills your cable company monthly for the number of subscribers, an

wetkarma: but does it scale

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:08:04 EST
Comcast and Time Warner will still relay arbitrary amounts of traffic, but they will charge you for amounts over a certain base rate. Every other product in the world is charged by amount used, and it's a good fit for Internet service as well.
Wh

jwb: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:54:11 EST
Let's stop using the word "cap" here. Comcast and Time Warner will still relay arbitrary amounts of traffic, but they will charge you for amounts over a certain base rate. Sounds pretty damn reasonable to me. What is everybody bitching ab

permazorch: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:30:48 EST
The mandated switch next year is to digital, not high definition.
Yeah, but c'mon! What do you think is going to happen between Thanksgiving and February 19th? Whether it's Festivus, or Orthodox Christmas, Solstice, or whatever-the-fuck, people w

MayorBob: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:29:18 EST
The mandated switch next year is to digital, not high definition.

skeeter1: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:09:27 EST
"I can still afford all three but I really don't want to any longer, especially for how little I honestly use any of them. Something's gonna get cut."
Well, here's what I mean. When Cox Cable first became available around here 30 years ago,

joshv: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:47:50 EST
Yes, but the vast majority of the content available now is not HD. There's not much HD on iTunes, and as I noted in my previous post, you'd have to spend a ton to go over 40GB/month on iTunes.
I agree with you that HD is the future, but bandwidth

joshv: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:01:33 EST
Botched my math there. That would be 40 movies, or 80-100 episodes, depending on their length.

port1080: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:59:46 EST
Most "regular" users aren't going to be downloading pirated blu-ray movies.
There you go again with that. iTunes already has perfectly legal HD movies for sale, as do some other sites, and this will become more and more common within the ne

joshv: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:52:58 EST
Most "regular" users aren't going to be downloading pirated blu-ray movies. I am a relatively heavy user of online video and I doubt I go much above 40GB/month. I use Netflix, iTunes, and about half a dozen of the various network's web-based ep

thefadd: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:56:45 EST
I have had a cell phone eight years now and dsl and directv for two. They all seem to have really pinched up the rates in the last few months. I can still afford all three but I really don't want to any longer, especially for how little I honestly use any

skeeter1: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:22:33 EST
"or even flash-heavy sites/ads."
Are there are any that aren't loaded with the shit any more? Bugs the hell out of me when I do my morning check of weather, the wave of the future in terms of movie delivery systems. $99 for the b

port1080: Re: Time Warner broadband: know your limits.

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:11:28 EST
joshv argued in the sub-q that it would take "hours and hours" of video to reach 40GB. That depends - if we're talking low-def highly compressed stuff, then yeah - but if we're talking hi-def movies, then not so much. A two hour HD movie can be