A recent article over at PC World explains how Comcast will restrict bandwidth for 10-20 minutes whenever the hell it feels like it.

n an interview Bloomberg, Mitch Bowling, Comcast's senior vice president and general manager of online services, announced the introduction of Fair Share, a new traffic managing system that will reduce the top internet speeds for targeted customers for periods between 10 and 20 minutes.

My thoughts on this are as follows:

Why do people create business models where they sell the use of a product but can't support people using it? Several examples come to mind involving the same thing: banks, insurance companies.. etc.

If I purchase internet access from Comcast and they say I get 2MB down, then I want 2 down, and I should be able to use it 24/7.  If they can't support people actually doing this, then change the limits.  I would rather be told I can have 256KB down 24/7 than a theoretical Max Down of 2MB that I will be punished for using.

I would not use Comcast unless I had no other choice, especially after they were caught manipulating torrent traffic and even had an FCC ruiling against them recently for "unreasonable network management practices".  So to Comcast I say.. Watch Your Back.. Someone Might Throttle You.