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Data Limits in 2015?
Posted 02-11-2015 at 07:57 PM by rocket357
I know Comcast has suspended their 250 GB limit and have been trialing different data plans, including one of the more idiotic ideas I've read yet (more on that in a moment), but I never bothered to actually read up on the stupidity that is taking place in the U.S.'s largest cable provider's upper management tier.
On first glance, lifting the 250 GB per month limit is a great idea. On the flipside, the way they are working around this is by raising the limit to 300 GB (gracias, amigos! </sarcasm>) and then charging additional rates above and beyond that 300 GB. The idiotic idea? Yes, that's the one fueling this and making this all appear consistent on paper: Give customers a $5 credit if they use under 5 GB a month.
Let me get this straight...you expect customers to pay 92% of their bill, but only actually use 1.7% of the service you provide? Think highly of the intelligence of your customers, eh?
This tells me a few things:
1) The desire to drop prices and force competitors out of "Comcast's territory" is stronger than the desire to provide a great service to their customers.
2) The demand for fast internet service in the U.S. is outpacing the (apparent) supply.
3) Given #2, one can only surmise that with U.S. internet providers, innovation is not the desired solution to fixing the problem.
Comcast, it is 2015. I don't have a data limit for my **CELL PHONE**. Grow up and get with the times.
On first glance, lifting the 250 GB per month limit is a great idea. On the flipside, the way they are working around this is by raising the limit to 300 GB (gracias, amigos! </sarcasm>) and then charging additional rates above and beyond that 300 GB. The idiotic idea? Yes, that's the one fueling this and making this all appear consistent on paper: Give customers a $5 credit if they use under 5 GB a month.
Let me get this straight...you expect customers to pay 92% of their bill, but only actually use 1.7% of the service you provide? Think highly of the intelligence of your customers, eh?
This tells me a few things:
1) The desire to drop prices and force competitors out of "Comcast's territory" is stronger than the desire to provide a great service to their customers.
2) The demand for fast internet service in the U.S. is outpacing the (apparent) supply.
3) Given #2, one can only surmise that with U.S. internet providers, innovation is not the desired solution to fixing the problem.
Comcast, it is 2015. I don't have a data limit for my **CELL PHONE**. Grow up and get with the times.
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