It is a better option, but I still think it is a lesser of two evils. Emphasis on evil. Thing is that Sweno is right about the problem being tackled in a
sledge-hammer-for-a-fly manner, and I would be absolutely pissed if I went from pulling 300-400 kilobyte/second downloads to 100 instead (I was pulling those
rates several years back).
What really needs to happen is that they need to cut a little fat off their bottom line to put in new infrastructure where it's needed. As much money as
they make, they should be able to afford it instead of cutting their customers like that.
And I stick with my argument about how HD content is starting to progress on the Internet and how it can be adversely impacted by these bandwidth limitations.
I don't think we'll see these kinds of problems here in Japan where fiber optic connections are the prefered broadband connection at about US$45/month
and DSL lines (our fastest ones are their slowest) are the equivilant of dial-up. The Japanese definitely know how to handle bandwidth and Comcast should be
taking notes.
sledge-hammer-for-a-fly manner, and I would be absolutely pissed if I went from pulling 300-400 kilobyte/second downloads to 100 instead (I was pulling those
rates several years back).
What really needs to happen is that they need to cut a little fat off their bottom line to put in new infrastructure where it's needed. As much money as
they make, they should be able to afford it instead of cutting their customers like that.
And I stick with my argument about how HD content is starting to progress on the Internet and how it can be adversely impacted by these bandwidth limitations.
I don't think we'll see these kinds of problems here in Japan where fiber optic connections are the prefered broadband connection at about US$45/month
and DSL lines (our fastest ones are their slowest) are the equivilant of dial-up. The Japanese definitely know how to handle bandwidth and Comcast should be
taking notes.