[IP] Short: DSL and Cable 5 gig caps in Rochester

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Now if the FCC/FTC  wanted to do some good, this is a real target
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From: Dave Burstein [daveb@dslprime.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:26 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: Short: DSL and Cable 5 gig caps in Rochester

Dave

Frontier/Citizens, the telco in Rochester New York, has just imposed
a 5 gigabit cap. (DSl Reports story, checked with the company by me.)
Their competition is Time Warner, also working on caps. This is 2 HD
movies a month. Your readers can decide whether that's an attempt to
prevent people watching ESPN direct from Disney or The Jerusalem
Post/Al-jeezera instead of Time Warner's CNN.

My take is there's nothing wrong with a bandwidth cap/charge if it
has something to do with the cost of the service. A large carrier's
costs are 4-7 U.S. cents per gigabyte, dropping so I believe
Comcast's proposed 250 gigabyte cap has a basis. I think a cap this
low is about competition, not the costs of bandwidth.
Dave Burstein
Editor, DSL Prime




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