Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Christopher Null <cnull () yahoo com>
> Date: May 7, 2008 11:47:38 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, 'ip' <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] Re:    Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees

> A typical DVD is 4 gigabytes, not 4 gigabits (and many are double- 
> layer, so
> some fill up to a full 8.5 gigabytes). That's a big distinction.
>
> Also, the size of a movie is completely dependent on the the quality  
> of the
> encoding. A full-length movie encoded as a low-res DivX file may  
> only take
> up a few hundred MB, while a native high-definition movie can eat up  
> 25GB.
>
> My point: Talking in terms of "how many movies" is this is always a  
> slippery
> subject as there's no real standard to go by.
>
> CN
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:59 AM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] Re: Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ken [Ken () new-isp net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:51 AM
> To: David Farber
> Cc: rs9174 () gmail com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re:  Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees
>
> Ralph,
>
> The average DVD holds roughly 4 Gigabits of data, making it possible  
> to
> download approximately 60 movies in a one month period while still  
> leaving
> plenty of bandwidth for surfing and email.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD
>
> I hope this information helps to puts things into perspective for you.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Ken DiPietro
> NextGenCommunications
>
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 06:17 -0700, David Farber wrote:
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Ralph [rs9174 () gmail com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:43 AM
> > To: David Farber
> > Subject: Re: [IP] Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees
> >
> > 250GB would give you the bandwidth to download how many movies per
> > month?  0? 1? 5? 25?
> >
> > Ralph Sierra
> >
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