Today: Comcast is limiting ALL their customers bandwidth

[mannyworks00]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BLOG01/81001033/1002/BUSINESS
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329170,00.asp

How does this affect Internet stations?

Lets crunch the numbers -- the limit is 250 megabits (NOT megabytes) per month, lets convert it to gigabytes.

1.) 1 Megabit = 128 megabytes http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...cial&hs=FcB&q=gigabit+to+megabyte&btnG=Search

2.) 128 megabytes X 250 megabits = 32000 megabytes/ per month

3.) If 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
Then 32000 megabytes divided By 1000 = 32 Gigabytes.

4.) The result for comcasts residential monthly bandwidth cap is 32 gigabytes a month in downloads/transfers or whatnot.

Someone please correct my math if I am wrong but if a listener tunes in to a 128k all day everyday for 30 days that puts him or her over that mark.

Ok perhaps someone won't tune in that much, but what if this person also downloads a lot of movies, or watches youtube alot......they will reach 32 gygabytes in no time.

Can someone please confirm if I did the math right?

 

[RadioMan203]

I don't know if you did the math right, but you gave many of us a good reason to not use Comcast! I'm so glad I have DirecTV for my television and DSL for my internet access. The franchise in my area is absolutely terrible when it comes to service in general and when I tried their cable internet service it was only one-third as fast as my DSL line.

The only thing that's good is that they announced it as opposed to knocking people off and denying the fact that they had been turning people off.

 

[mannyworks00]

Ok I JUST CONFIRMED WITH COMCAST. IT IS GIGABYTES not "gigabyte" as stated in the article. Well just for the hell of it:

128kb all day everyday for 30 days is 39 gigabytes. The cap is 250gigabytes so it's still 1/6 of their monthly so if you're an internet station, a warning might be helpful to your comcast listeners. Here is a link to calculate other bitrates.
http://www.radiotoolbox.com/online_tools/bandwidth.php

 

[Starbucks]

Guys...this can't effect your internet station...especially if you have a stream host , you can still have as many listeners for what you pay for monthly. It' only affects people with 13,000 e and spam mails, and bit torrent movies or downloading like 25 plus a month.

 

[mannyworks00]

1) Typo; I meant to say the article states: "gigabit" rather than gigabyte.


2) The point I was trying to make is that your comcast listeners would run out of bandwidth while listening to your station...but since they have 250 gigabytes and not 250 gigabits (as stated on the article), then they are fine.

Ok I JUST CONFIRMED WITH COMCAST. IT IS GIGABYTES not "gigabyte" as stated in the article. Well just for the hell of it:

128kb all day everyday for 30 days is 39 gigabytes. The cap is 250gigabytes so it's still 1/6 of their monthly so if you're an internet station, a warning might be helpful to your comcast listeners. Here is a link to calculate other bitrates.
http://www.radiotoolbox.com/online_tools/bandwidth.php

 

[XRQKFM]

Cable companies in Arizona, Nevada and a few in California have been limiting bandwidth for years, Cox Las Vegas, has raised the limit to 15gb over the years; it had been 7gb not long ago. Laughlin, Nevada is 10gb, Golden Valley, AZ. is only 5gb, however with their ideal of ultra fast broadband being only 512mb, it might take some time to burn up that bandwidth! Noteworthy; is the fact these companies all charge higher rates, than companies without limits; Bright House in Bakersfield, charges less for 5gb without limits, than Golden Valley charges for 512mb with a 5gb monthly limit. Rapid Cable in Frazier Park, California cuts you off after 1gb, HughsNet, is also very limited.



Steve
www.xrqkfm.com