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Re:Comcast has disabled a throttling system that it deployed... by ra1n85 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:19PM (#17306583)
>Is it possible that the network would become saturated?

That's on Comcast to handle as a part of building and operating a network. It should not be the concern of the customer.

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Re:Comcast has disabled a throttling system that it deployed... by 0x0 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:29PM (#17306651)
Cost of network construction and maintenance is always passed on the customers, though. Without considering Comcast specifically, generally it'd be somewhat unfair and unreasonable if most users have to pay more to subsidize the "elite 0.1%"'s data usage. So I think it's not as black-and-white as you make it out to be.
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