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Re:Comcast has disabled a throttling system that it deployed... by bronco21016 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:11PM (#17306516)
5 day old account and a statement like that? Sounds a bit like a CableCo shill to me.

Comcast offers service at speed tiers. When you pay for a speed tier you would expect to be able to use that speed a reasonable amount of time without having to spend extra. Nobody is expecting to max out their 150 Mbps connection 24/7 but that same connection starts hitting additional fees after 14 hours of maxing that connection in a month.

Data caps are a clear money grab because they need new revenue for their dying TV business. A business dying because of their failure to innovate and constant gouging of customers due to monopolistic practices.

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Re:Comcast has disabled a throttling system that it deployed... by izzydata on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:18PM (#17306577)
I expect to be able to max out my advertised connection bandwidth 24/7. I don't see why I shouldn't have that expectation despite being physically impossible for everyone to do so. They shouldn't advertise those speeds alongside unlimited data perhaps.
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