[CS-FSLUG] DSL (Verizon) vs. Cable (RoadRunner)

[Frank Bax]

At 09:32 AM 6/24/04, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
>I'm going to guess that they have bandwidth usage triggers that holler
>when a certain lines uses x Mb of bandwith in y amount of time or
>something like that. Then they'll watch and if they don't like what they
>see, will provide warning or if they are feeling ornery just cut your
>access.


The local cable company does this - but usage trigger is not hard coded to 
a specific bandwidth number of megabytes.  The 'trigger' letter (Oct. 2003) 
contains this paragraph:
 >> Rogers has a responsibility to ensure that all of its customers 
experience a high
 >> quality of service and performance when using Rogers Hi-Speed Internet. 
Your
 >> usage consumes a disproportionate share of our network's resources 
which has
 >> a negative impact on network performance. In fact, you fall within the 
category of
 >> less than 1% of our residential customers whose usage exceeds that of the
 >> average customer by well over 2000%.