Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it
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@wirestyle22 said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@JaredBusch said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@Dashrender said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
If you are using such a low amount, why the need for caps? oh so they can punish the 1-5% who who choose to use more.
I have to ask, are those 1-5% really costing the company money? Or are they simply looking for ways to make more money for no reason other than they can?
And if they start here now, who's to say in 5 years they won't be doing this again.
Oh we see that your usage is 190 GB/m on average - your new cap is 200 GB, if you over that you will be billed $1/meg. UG!
This is actually a raise from the original trial (which I was not in) according to the FAQ. https://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/data-usage-trials
There is also a Flexible use trial apparently.
The biggest issue I have is the max overage is $200. If you offer a $50 add on for "unlimited" why is your max overage $200? Obviously to make money. but still, the few people that are going to hit these numbers are going to be the noisy ones. Why not just set the max overage to $50?
Did they give you a breakdown of the bandwidth you use on average? I think the average home user is unlikely to know how much bandwidth they use in a month.
You can see it when logged into your account.. I like how the numbers do not match.
I suspect that the lack of detail is because I bought my own modem and do not use their gear.
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@wirestyle22 said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@DustinB3403 said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@wirestyle22 said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@JaredBusch said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@Dashrender said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
If you are using such a low amount, why the need for caps? oh so they can punish the 1-5% who who choose to use more.
I have to ask, are those 1-5% really costing the company money? Or are they simply looking for ways to make more money for no reason other than they can?
And if they start here now, who's to say in 5 years they won't be doing this again.
Oh we see that your usage is 190 GB/m on average - your new cap is 200 GB, if you over that you will be billed $1/meg. UG!
This is actually a raise from the original trial (which I was not in) according to the FAQ. https://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/data-usage-trials
There is also a Flexible use trial apparently.
The biggest issue I have is the max overage is $200. If you offer a $50 add on for "unlimited" why is your max overage $200? Obviously to make money. but still, the few people that are going to hit these numbers are going to be the noisy ones. Why not just set the max overage to $50?
Did they give you a breakdown of the bandwidth you use on average? I think the average home user is unlikely to know how much bandwidth they use in a month.
I have no clue how much internet I use in a month, and don't care honestly. If they want to meter usage, they had better have a great way of letting people know when they are near the cap before the penalties take place.
How can they even do this with Verizon shitting all over them?
Because comcast is buying TW, so they are looking to find ways to circumvent Net Neutrality.
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@DustinB3403 said
Because comcast is buying TW, so they are looking to find ways to circumvent Net Neutrality.
No they aren't. Level3 (one of the biggest) was just bought by TWC. Comcast would not be allowed to buy TWC
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@Jason said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@DustinB3403 said
Because comcast is buying TW, so they are looking to find ways to circumvent Net Neutrality.
No they aren't. Level3 (one of the biggest) was just bought by TWC. Comcast would not be allowed to buy TWC
Right, Charter bought TWC and Brighthouse Networks.
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TWC and TW are different companies.
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@JaredBusch said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
I suspect that the lack of detail is because I bought my own modem and do not use their gear.
Mine Matches and I own it. I would say modem model/firmware they loaded is more of the issue.
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@DustinB3403 said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
TWC and TW are different companies.
If Comcast ever owns the rights to Animaniacs they will RUE THE DAY
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@DustinB3403 said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
TWC and TW are different companies.
Um No Time Warner is short for Time warner Cable. and no those all fell through.
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@Jason said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@JaredBusch said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
I suspect that the lack of detail is because I bought my own modem and do not use their gear.
Mine Matches and I own it. I would say modem model/firmware they loaded is more of the issue.
Well it is a brand new Arris just bought middle of last month when I got the house because I needed service working on both places at the same time. My graph for last month matches.
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This reminds me of what Verizon announced this week. We get rollover minutes (yay) but they only rollover one month. They didn't do like T-Mobile, who let's you roll over for a year because (get ready to laugh) "it causes confusion to customers". What a crock!!!
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@aaron said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
Comcast sells unlimited for $50 there?
Those fuckers have the most bizarre pricing schemes, it must be all based on zip code.
That is on top of the base bill. Not "just" $50.
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Let me reword this to be a little more realistic. "We see the writing on the wall with Google (Alphabet?) Fiber, and we are going to try to squeeze as much fat out of our pig as we can before we go away."
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Do you have a choice of providers? When I was in Austin AT&T Uverse rolled out caps and I moved off them to Time Warner. I called them up to tell them I was moving and they tried to talk me out of it. I said no, and 10 minutes later my service was off. That's the fastest service I've ever had from AT&T
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@Nic said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
Do you have a choice of providers? When I was in Austin AT&T Uverse rolled out caps and I moved off them to Time Warner. I called them up to tell them I was moving and they tried to talk me out of it. I said no, and 10 minutes later my service was off. That's the fastest service I've ever had from AT&T
Fortunately I already had the new service up and running.U-Verse is available, but I will never switch to that. Comcast is the only real game available. As I do not use TV service, only internet nothing is holding me to this if something better comes along. but nothing yet. The downside to living in the burbs.
A good portion of small town America is headed towards municipal fiber projects because the incumbents are not doing anything.
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I stand corrected on other solutions for my area. I just learned that WOW is available in my area.
https://sales.wowway.com/OnlineStore/PricingAndPackaging.aspxThe pricing is the same as Comcast, so I have no reason to change at the moment.
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@JaredBusch said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@Nic said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
Do you have a choice of providers? When I was in Austin AT&T Uverse rolled out caps and I moved off them to Time Warner. I called them up to tell them I was moving and they tried to talk me out of it. I said no, and 10 minutes later my service was off. That's the fastest service I've ever had from AT&T
Fortunately I already had the new service up and running.U-Verse is available, but I will never switch to that. Comcast is the only real game available. As I do not use TV service, only internet nothing is holding me to this if something better comes along. but nothing yet. The downside to living in the burbs.
A good portion of small town America is headed towards municipal fiber projects because the incumbents are not doing anything.
I'm involved in a project in my town to start and expand a municipal network. Do you have any more info, links and stuff to help with that?
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@prcssupport said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@JaredBusch said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
@Nic said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
Do you have a choice of providers? When I was in Austin AT&T Uverse rolled out caps and I moved off them to Time Warner. I called them up to tell them I was moving and they tried to talk me out of it. I said no, and 10 minutes later my service was off. That's the fastest service I've ever had from AT&T
Fortunately I already had the new service up and running.U-Verse is available, but I will never switch to that. Comcast is the only real game available. As I do not use TV service, only internet nothing is holding me to this if something better comes along. but nothing yet. The downside to living in the burbs.
A good portion of small town America is headed towards municipal fiber projects because the incumbents are not doing anything.
I'm involved in a project in my town to start and expand a municipal network. Do you have any more info, links and stuff to help with that?
Local carrier running fiber in Quinicy, IL: Adams followthefiber.net
Local municipality doing their own fiber in Highland, IL: highlandcommunicationservices.com/ -
@prcssupport said in Xfinity (Comcast) is rolling out a metered connection trial in Chicagoland and I am part of it:
I'm involved in a project in my town to start and expand a municipal network. Do you have any more info, links and stuff to help with that?
I was not directly involved in the planning or implementation of HCS (the second link above), but I participated in the community meetings and talked to voters and such to get it passed on the ballot. At the time I worked for one of the towns larger employers and was sick and tired of the poor service choices available.
I am sure you can contact HCS and eventually get put in contact with someone that was part of it all to give you more information.
Edit: Highland, IL is a bit unusual due to the fact that until deregulation forced it, the only place to buy electricity was from the city. Most towns do not maintain their own utilities. The benefit this provided to the fiber project was that the city already had rights to poles and easements to run the fiber.
Edit 2: Highland, IL was severely under served for internet. For telephones service, the ILECs kept selling the town around until it eventually ended up with Verizon, and they don't want it. The infrastructure was never upgraded over the years nor was the CO equipment. There is not not even any 15 year old DSL available, because there is no equipment in the CO for it.
For cable service, the town did get cable internet from Charter back in late 1999 along with all the other towns in the area. But like the phone companies, never upgraded the network afterwards. In 2007/2008 when the HCS project was still in meetings with residents trying to decide a path forward, Charter sent people to tell the residents what a huge mistake it was and waste of taxpayer money. But for some reason, the next month the town was swamped with Charter vehicles working on the lines and within months DOCSIS 2 level of service was finally available.
