Comcast and bandwidth capping USA

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  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    Comcast and bandwidth capping USA



    Today, we're announcing that beginning on Oct.1, 2008, we will amend our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) available at http://www.comcast.net/terms/use/ and establish a specific monthly data usage threshold of 250 GB/month per account for all residential customers
    Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song);
    or

    Download 125 standard-definition movies (at 2 GB/movie); or

    4GB a day
  • katzdvd
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Feb 2006
    • 2198

    #2
    I am stuck with Comcast here; someone needs to step in & set these guys straight. In addition to that new policy, folks in my area have simple web surfing/browsing issues that never seem to get resolved.

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    • doctorhardware
      Lord of Digital Video
      Lord of Digital Video
      • Dec 2006
      • 1907

      #3
      That is main reason that I dumped Comcast. Their tech support and customer service, have no clue.
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      • katzdvd
        Lord of Digital Video
        Lord of Digital Video
        • Feb 2006
        • 2198

        #4
        Their tech support and customer service, have no clue.
        They know exactly what they are doing - they are trained to act that way...

        Unfortunately, cable is my only (affordable) high speed option.

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        • drfsupercenter
          NOT an online superstore
          • Oct 2005
          • 4424

          #5
          Comcrap, as I so affectionately call them, never appealed to me, since I'm almost constantly downloading stuff (I'm not at liberty to say what due to certain forum rules ) so their "speed boost" wouldn't do anything.

          I actually know a few kids who are switching to Wide Open West (the ISP I have) because of this data usage cap. Since WOW is a small-area service, they'd never dream of limiting anything... since they don't have quite the demographic Comcast does. I used to think the occasional few-hour downtime was bad... but now I'm glad I don't have Comcast.
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