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Comcast is going to get a web-based bandwidth monitor |
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Written by Admin
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Saturday, 27 September 2008 |
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Comcast recently announced that it will disconnect users that eat
up more than 250 Gigabyte of bandwidth per month. There has been
some debate about whether that number is fair, with some arguing
that HD video downloads or online backup services could easily get
you to violate the cap.
Another big problem: Comcast's users aren't told how much
bandwidth they actually use, so they won't know if they use to
much until it is too late. There are some bandwidth monitoring
tools for you PC, but those don't include the considerable amount of bandwidth that
devices like the XBox, Vudu or the Netflix Roku can cause.
It looks like Comcast listened at least to this complaint. A
representative of the company chimed in on the subject in the comment
section of GigaOM today, writing:
"A web-based tool to enable users to monitor their usage is in
development."
The article that provoked the comment was arguing that the best way
to get rid of Comcast's bandwidth cap is to complain about it. I
guess Comcast's response just proved its point.
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