  ScreeIn the pipe 5 by 5
join:2001-04-24
Mount Laurel, NJ | so so when's the hack coming out for internet over voip?  | |
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 | | | Re: so I think it's already out, although I understand speed is kinda limited. Search for something called "dial-up".
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| | Cancel your service I work in the industry and I'm going to tell you that they are BETA testing this pricing model and keeping a close eye on who is going to cancel service and how many. If you let them do this you will be stuck with this pricing model FOREVER and I'm not kidding.
Cancel your service with Comcast as soon as October 1st hits and anyone else who gives you a cap. Trust me if all of you guys do this it will not last until Spring. I'm telling everyone that all you guys have is this one shot to make them listen. | |
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| | Band Width Meter Program How do you watch your bandwidth when you connect a Xbox or PS3 or Wii? the meter will only watch the computer. I demand a automatic stop of service if they implement this. Glad I'm a charter customer. | |
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| | 250 G cap seems like a lot now, it wont be for long! It's true that most of us never come close to exceeding 250G/mo. However as more services become available people will use there internet connection more and more. It will be interesting to see how this plays out a year or two from now. I’m willing to bet that the majority of users will become "excessive users". What does Comcast do if the majority of there users are continually hitting their caps? Will Comcast raise there cap to accommodate the new usage trend? I don’t think so! Instead they will come out with tiered pricing and charge for overages! More Gravy for Comcast! | |
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| | Do Blast! users get a higher cap? Any word if Blast! users get a higher cap?
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| | CAPS i hace charter 16/2 4 pc's and VoIP my router is DD-WRT so it logs my bandwidth, and i download alot and stream from hulu and netflix, online games, ect, and i never use more than 100gb a month, so 250 i guess is ok as long as they let you like pay for more if you go over instead of cut you off. | |
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schlice114SchlicePremium
join:2002-10-03
Colorado Springs, CO |  I don't get it
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Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard drive? | |
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 HFB1217The WizardPremium,ExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-26
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kudos:1 | Got the message Received the e-mail last night and at first had a fright I was getting a warning letter.
No big deal for my usage but i will be keeping an eye on my usage.
I guess as soon as Verizon covers my area it is good by Comcast.
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| | My planned October Usage: 249Mb I'm going to be running bitorrent and seeding everything i can find all month until I hit about 240Mb+.
If Comcast wants to set a cap, I will do my best to hit it. | |
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| | hmmmmm * Send more than 50 million plain text emails (at 5 KB/email);
* Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song); or
* Download 125 standard definition movies (at 2 GB/movie).
Why do they try to make this look so large when the pages you visit take up space too and standard definition is old age many things coming out is high def and songs many of them can be well over 4 MB and email 5 kb ummm what if you write a letter to you family it can be well over 4 kb and lets not forget if you send a photo or use news groups.
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| | Only the begining Some things in life need to be fought because of the principle of the thing.
The current cap was obviously chosen to get maximum acceptance so is probably much higher than comcast would have liked. But they know that once its implemented they can ratchet it down or even hold it stable when new more bandwidth hungry services come in like streaming HD video (which erodes their own video services as well as increasing their costs).
The meter is coming and cannot be avoided now I'm afraid but I think its a problem when most people can only chose between one or two service providers who will obviously help each other keep the rates high.
Society has benefited greatly from the internet and innovation has benefited mankind. Now we're all hooked, the 'drug dealers' are going to put the prices up to make more money.
So stop worrying about what your using now and start looking forward to what you'll have to pay for tomorrow's services. | |
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u3912974
join:2007-07-31
San Francisco, CA | I got a letter from Comcast re caps Does this mean that I am a heavy user? Or is this letter to all users?
...."excessive use of our service. We have an excessive use policy because a fraction of one percent of our customers use such a disproportionate amount of bandwidth every month that they may degrade the online experience of other customers...." | |
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