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Short: DSL and Cable 5 gig caps in Rochester
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:20:28 -0700
Now if the FCC/FTC wanted to do some good, this is a real target ________________________________________ From: Dave Burstein [daveb () dslprime com] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:26 AM To: David Farber Subject: Short: DSL and Cable 5 gig caps in Rochester Dave Frontier/Citizens, the telco in Rochester New York, has just imposed a 5 gigabit cap. (DSl Reports story, checked with the company by me.) Their competition is Time Warner, also working on caps. This is 2 HD movies a month. Your readers can decide whether that's an attempt to prevent people watching ESPN direct from Disney or The Jerusalem Post/Al-jeezera instead of Time Warner's CNN. My take is there's nothing wrong with a bandwidth cap/charge if it has something to do with the cost of the service. A large carrier's costs are 4-7 U.S. cents per gigabyte, dropping so I believe Comcast's proposed 250 gigabyte cap has a basis. I think a cap this low is about competition, not the costs of bandwidth. Dave Burstein Editor, DSL Prime ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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