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Is Comcast Running Out Of Bandwidth?

Some people are wondering if Comcast is running out of bandwidth. Comcast has decided to clamp down on bandwidth in recent months, so the idea they may be maxing out is not as far fetched as it once may have seemed.

“The dirty little secret in the industry is these cable guys are going to run out of bandwidth,” Schatt said. “Comcast’s clampdown on usage is kind of a warning sign, a harbinger that bandwidth is becoming more and more of an issue.”

But Comcast disagrees. “Unfortunately, he doesn’t understand how we are managing our network,” said Andrew Johnson, vice president of communication for Comcast.

The cable TV and Internet company has plenty of bandwidth capacity, especially in the Bay Area where it has spent $680million in the past five years upgrading its networks, Johnson said. Part of that upgrade included a new network in Santa Rosa, which pushed fiber lines even deeper into neighborhoods and increased bandwidth.

According to the company, they have plenty of bandwidth, but heavy viewers still cause a slowdown of the system and need to be terminated for the good of the order.

For heavy users of Comcast, the pill is a bitter one to swallow, indeed.