ace1974
join:2007-06-09
Goldsboro, NC | Comcrap
Typical Comcrap tactics.. |
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fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering
1 edit | The wheels on the bus....
go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round everytime we mention Comcast capping speeds....
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jhigh420
join:2001-04-12
Atlanta, GA | bye bye comcast
Everyone switch to bellsouth till comcast gets their shite together  |
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whiteyonenh
join:2004-08-09
Keene, NH
clubs:
 ·RoadRunner Cable
|  Bad Comcast Bad, No Cookie For You.....
Now this article is pointless, because it fails to mention what they mean by "movies" and or "songs" as they could be talking about 128kbit MP3's and 700MB AVI's for all we know.
Whereas, most people that I know that want quality will find the FLAC and full DVD-9 Rips.
The difference between the two file sizes, and obviously quality, is sometimes staggering.
I'm not even going to get into HD-DVD or BluRay Rips, although, those are huge, and I doubt anyone could download those in a day, especially not four of them. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26 | Normally, this would be the perfect time
for the Bagdad Bob picture with the caption "Move along. No caps here" but I think we get the gist.
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
| Thanks Comcast!
Thank you Comcast for actually taking a stand and removing customers who are consuming 200GB+ every month. Those customers who run torrents 24/7, downloading movies, uploading movies, and in the end, just slowing down my connection. Thank you for not being like AT&T or Cox who apparently could careless how their network and service is degraded as long as the customer pays. Thank you for being on top of it and for removing the less than 1% of the top bandwidth abusers on your network.
And thank you for not making it known what the caps are. That way users aren't abusing it by always coming "close" to the bandwidth limit, but never over.
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mbkowns
Got Bandwidth?
join:2003-07-01
Riverside, CA | ATT has caps also that statement was dumb...
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Jon
Premium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | They have caps?
hmm, never heard of that.  |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
| reply to mbkowns
Re: Thanks Comcast!
said by mbkowns  :ATT has caps also that statement was dumb... ATT has caps? So then the article is wrong when it says "AT&T, who has no caps, says they have some bandwidth hogs, but says "we figure that's why they buy the service."" ? |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou | reply to Rob
When have you heard about someone complaining about speed problems due to oversubscription with AT&T?
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gatzdon
join:2002-10-25
Lake Zurich, IL
| Excessive???? or the new Norm?
So let's see, 8 hours a day of streaming TV/Radio/Telephone use is not out of the question for a large family.
There are hundreds of tv stations around the world that broadcast on the internet. There are thousands of radio stations that also broadcast on the internet.
Why would it be out of the question for someone to get their entertainment from the internet rather than a cable subscription. Afterall, what are they paying for the internet for?
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
2 edits | Thanks Comast...
for protecting the 99.99999% of us who aren't affected by this one single bit.
Thanks Comcast, for giving even those who DO download 300 gigs a month a WARNING letter telling them to curb their activities...or else.
Thanks Comcast..for giving even those people another alternative, namely actually paying for what they use in the form of subscribing to a workplace, business level connection instead.
Thanks Comcast, for your commercials regarding the Slowsky family. Lord knows the reason THEY don't have this problem and can say "they have some bandwidth hogs, but says "we figure that's why they buy the service."
is because their service is generally so slow their customers could never abuse the network if they wanted to.
Thanks comcast, for all the free speed upgrades since you took over adelphia. Going from 4400k speeds in January, to over 20,000k now has been a real pleasure.
Thanks Comcast, for giving BBR something else to write about every other day. The sleeping tech story was getting a bit old anyway.
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jtorre69
join:2005-12-26
Hollywood, FL
| reply to Rob
Re: Thanks Comcast!
It's not that at&t does not care about the state of their network, it's just that with at&t you don't share your network connection with your neighbors. It doesn't matter if your neighbor downloads countless data .That's what makes dsl a better product than cable modem. That's why at&t doesn't have to resort to this. |
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Sith HMP
I Did What?
Premium
join:2004-04-25
Bloomington, IL
| reply to Titus Pullo
Re: Normally, this would be the perfect time
Move Along... |
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Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
Premium
join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to jtorre69
Re: Thanks Comcast!
said by jtorre69 :It's not that at&t does not care about the state of their network, it's just that with at&t you don't share your network connection with your neighbors. It doesn't matter if your neighbor downloads countless data .That's what makes dsl a better product than cable modem. That's why at&t doesn't have to resort to this. Not totally true. You eventually share the bandwidth with them somewhere. Instead of at the node, it's at the CO. So now you're sharing with the whole town instead of just your neighbors. |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
| reply to jtorre69
said by jtorre69 :It's not that at&t does not care about the state of their network, it's just that with at&t you don't share your network connection with your neighbors. It doesn't matter if your neighbor downloads countless data .That's what makes dsl a better product than cable modem. That's why at&t doesn't have to resort to this. DSL is a shared medium, just like cable. The difference is at which point you begin sharing your connection with your neighbors on a DSL connection is not the same point on cable.
DSL is not a better product than cable modem. Whichever service is available in your area, and reliable, that is which service is a better product. Not to mention that cable tends to yield faster speeds than DSL, constantly. |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| reply to Rob
said by Rob :Thank you Comcast for actually taking a stand and removing customers who are consuming 200GB+ every month. ...snip...
Exactly! Basically Comcast is just kicking a bunch of file pirates off their network so who really cares. I sure don't.
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jtorre69
join:2005-12-26
Hollywood, FL
| reply to Rick
Re: Thanks Comast...
thanks rick for putting everything out of perspective.
a)your so called 20,000kbps connection is temporary. It's just for the first few mbps of a download.
b)comcast max here is 8m, dsl is 6m here in hollywood fl. that's not much a difference to gloat about.
c)when i go on-line ANYTIME of the day I get my 6mbps regardless of how many people are on-line on my block and regardless if they use bitTorrent.
d)your not preaching to the choir here so take your gross exaggerations and lies elsewhere. THE GIG IS UP! |
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AtlGuy
join:2000-10-17
Marietta, GA
| reply to Rob
Re: Thanks Comcast!
said by Rob :Thank you for not being like AT&T or Cox who apparently could careless how their network and service is degraded as long as the customer pays. I have no knowledge about Cox so I can't comment on that, but AT&Ts network is degraded? That's funny because I ALWAYS get the speed I'm supposed to get. I can't recall ever having to deal with a "degraded" network. |
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Fried fly wings
@1dial.com
| Fly wing fever
It's amazing that this is finally hitting the main stream press.
Even more amazing is the way that some people think other peoples actions are their business when they have absolutely no affect on them.
Shut up about what other people are doing and go pull the wings off of some flies or beat your children.(or however else you treat the sickness) |
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