Comments on: US ISPs start capping customer bandwidth

By: Globe Broadband caps P2P traffic at 20% | The Four-eyed Journal

Globe Broadband caps P2P traffic at 20% | The Four-eyed Journal — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:08:00 +0000

[...] issue is not something new, as ISPs in the United States, like Comcast and Time Warner Cable, have implemented the same [...]

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:07:26 +0000

I think it’s a NO-NO! It would be fine if our download speeds is the same as with America like with Charter (60 Mbps) but here in the Philippines, like 5 Mbps (regular DSL subscriber) and the worst of all some subscribers only commit 512 Kbps which isn’t comparable to US and other countries in Asia.

By: US ISPs start capping customer bandwidth | scrap ideas

US ISPs start capping customer bandwidth | scrap ideas — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:35:49 +0000

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By: Lyle, RN

Lyle, RN — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:35:16 +0000

As long as the cap is reasonable, why not if it results to better speeds and reliable service.

But they should disclose this bandwidth capping when they make TV and print ads.

It’s misleading to say that they offer unlimited internet when they limit the amount of data that subscribers can access.

By: ron

ron — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:52:39 +0000

is Verizon going the same direction with their FIOS service?

i’m not sure if this has any negative effect on verizon’s network but i was just wondering,if verizon fios can offer speeds between 10 mbps to 50 mbps,would it slow down their network if their customers were going over 250gb a month for their bandwidths necessitating a bandwidth cap? or will the cap probably be just higher?

By: jhay

jhay — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:19:49 +0000

Like Eizan, only heavy torrent users will not agree with this capping bandwidth.

But the issue here in the Philippines is connection speed and reliability. ISPs should address these first before thinking of regulating our bandwidth usage.

By: asdix

asdix — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:05:47 +0000

ngak..ngayon lng uli ako magcocoment ha..

it’s been here for quite a while na sa UK.i mean, d2 may mga fair usage policy na even last year pa.ung usual range ng home broadband na limit d2 is 50-60Gig which i think is fair enough for me, i mean, i use torrents but not often, i just stream movies pag walang pasok, ang minsan lng nga ako umaabot ng 20Gig(DL lng) pero if it’s the Philippines, iba na cguro kc uso msyado torrent, nung andyan pa ako, everyday ung mga Zero Day Downloads lahat kinukuha ko, mapa games, MP3 Albums or Movie.and i don’t think na ganun ka heavy ung internet usage sa pinas para i-cap, unlike most first worlds na parang 95% ung may internet connection sa bahay.. eheheh

By: Eizan

Eizan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:58:27 +0000

No no no! Please not here in the RP. My torrents are online 24/7, hehe. Although, if it does happen, I wonder what will be the reaction. For now, I’m happy as a subscriber to PLDY myDSL’s UNLIMITED plan. Yey!