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by loewenskind 5851 days ago
Is their line running at near capacity at all times? If not it seems not only not fair, but silly to have their network lines sitting mostly idle for the last week of every month.
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Rules and pricing needs to be simple and consistent. Even if it was possible to implement QoS to broadband, it would be awfully confusing for both the consumer and the telco. Why should someone in a busy area be capped when they reach the limit, while someone somewhere else can keep going? It might make sense from a technical perspective, but not at a consumer level.

If the telcos are not price gouging, there shouldn't be a problem with data caps. Stop being a cheapskate!

Your point seems to contradict itself.

>Even if it was possible to implement QoS to broadband

It most certainly is possible.

>Why should someone in a busy area be capped when they reach the limit

What limit? I'm arguing that there shouldn't be a limit. You just provide a guaranteed minimum bandwidth. When the line is under-utilized the connected clients can use as much as they can. When utilization goes up traffic is shaped down as far as needed to handle it.

With data caps then people in your less busy areas will find themselves completely offline toward the end of the month while the line sits idle. Why?

You would have to ask them that question to get the full answer, however I have never experienced bandwidth issues in the 5 years+ I have been connected.re. Idle pipes at the end of the month, this is likely mitigated by each customers billing cycle starting when they first use the service.