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Jdurg:
Really what they're trying to do is stop people from downloading massive amounts of data in the form of music, movies, video games, etc. that they are pirating or selling.  The people who do that take up so much bandwidth it's not funny.

ChadTower:

I have Comcast and it isn't stable enough for a Netflix style movie streamer anyway.  Drops all the time... never for more than a minute or so but it happens too frequently for an HD movie to stream cleanly every time.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: Malenko on August 30, 2008, 03:31:05 pm --- if I ran an ISP I wouldnt want people raping it.

--- End quote ---

Well then, they shouldn't have advertised it as 'unlimited', should they have?  Oh, right, they changed the AUP.  Well, that makes it OK then.

There's three trains of thought as far as I can see.

1.  Anti-piracy.  Maybe, but Comcast doesn't strike me as the most altruistic company around.
2.  Anti competition.  Stop people from streaming video over the net and maybe they'll buy more PPV movies.
3.  They are truly running out of bandwidth and don't want to spend the money to fix the infrastructure.  Hard to believe, since I remember hearing something to the effect of half the glass in the ground is still dark.

I don't move nearly that much data, but it chaps ---my bottom--- on principle.

Ummon:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 30, 2008, 04:30:18 pm ---
I have Comcast and it isn't stable enough for a Netflix style movie streamer anyway.  Drops all the time... never for more than a minute or so but it happens too frequently for an HD movie to stream cleanly every time.

--- End quote ---

HD I can see being problematic. I don't think Netflix streams HD, at least it doesn't to me, but maybe that's my bandwidth. DVDs are obviously more defined than when I stream, but streaming quality is good enough for me.

Cakemeister:
My router does not have a total bandwidth option. I guess the only way to monitor total bandwidth would be to have some kind of Linux-powered firewall box having this function between the router and switch or between the router and cable modem.

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