Today I came across a technology news article that probably slipped past most photographers. This morning I read about how Comcast announced a usage cap to their broadband user policy. This usage cap will limit Comcast broadband subscribers to 250 Gigabytes of usage per month. As a Comcast user this really caught my attention, but should also catch the attention of all broadband users such as home office workers or photographers. This trend started back in May when Sprint limiting their “unlimited 3G broadband” service. And many people believe the trend will ripple through the rest of the broadband providers.
The impact of this on photographers will be a hit to your business bottom line. Depending on how many photos you upload or transmit over the internet to customers every month, you’re business costs for broadband service could be going up over time. And that’s before considering the future that video will have for photographers.
In addition, the online backup solution previously mentioned will be much more difficult to use. The issue with these services is always performing the initial backup of all your data. When that data is 100’s of Gigabytes or multiple Terabytes of data, having a monthly cap of 250 Gigabytes means that the initial backup could take months or cost you extra fees.
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned by Comcast is what affect this usage cap will have on the pricing of their broadband offerings. If they are now limiting their unlimited bandwidth, I image many customers will be expecting to pay less for the capped service. But will Camcast and other broadband providers who cap their usage agree?
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Broadband usage caps by Comcast and potentially others could impact photographers and hit their business bottom line. Depending on how many photos you upload or transmit over the internet to customers every month, you’re business costs for broadband…