swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
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join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs:  | comparison time.... and the bitching
We will see how nice they play once and close they are, say, to DD-WRT or Tomato bandwidth tracking. Hope that it is just about dead even. I can see people about to bitch and complain that what they get doesn't add up to Comcast's numbers. |
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Aozora
join:2008-11-28
 ·Comcast
3 edits | Wow, those other caps are hardcore nasty bad
I am doing close to ~100GB a month without torrents. With some torrent usage I could easily go over it if I ignore the torrent and don't monitor it.
I am glad I am with Comcast and hope they keep raising the cap. 40GB? I would be paying $100+ a month for that service after overage fees.
Those other caps are clearly killers. If you subscribe to Netflix or something you are very limited. You can smoke through the cap in 2 days without a problem and in an absolutely legal manner. Also if you do gaming that is a big no no as well. Gaming eats up bandwidth pretty badly unless compared to torrents or streaming movies which eats up more. |
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NoOneButMe
join:2001-08-24
TX | 250GB makes Sence to Me
i have fios and dont even use 60gb a month so comcast picking 250gb is nice for them poor souls with TW and AT&T RIP i bet there testing them ideas in the same market even people are soon going to have to order there own t1's again lol sad to say |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
2 edits | MAC addr of CM or addr of device attached to CM ?
Sounds good to me. But which MAC addr(s) will it be monitoring? If it is the CM, it would include all the sytem overhead. But if it the router or PC, it would be almost all real end user data. |
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Ga Dawg
join:2003-09-11
Marietta, GA | reply to swhitney2003
Re: comparison time.... and the bitching
I'm currently tracking my usage through my IPCop firewall. I'm very interested to see how my numbers look compared to Comcast's. |
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NoOneButMe
join:2001-08-24
TX | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Mac addr of CM or addr of device attached to Cm ?
what if a hacker is uncapping useing a cloned mac ? wont you get charged ? |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | hmm
I am doing around 210GB on a heavy month. |
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Aozora
join:2008-11-28
·Comcast
| reply to NoOneButMe
Re: 250GB makes Sence to Me
said by NoOneButMe  :i have fios and dont even use 60gb a month so comcast picking 250gb is nice for them poor souls with TW and AT&T RIP i bet there testing them ideas in the same market even people are soon going to have to order there own t1's again lol sad to say Do you do online gaming?
Do you stream movies online?
Do you do anything bandwidth intensive in any way?
That is a very low amount nowadays unless you stick to browsing, checking e-mail, and very small bandwidth applications like instant messaging, etc.
If the answer is no to the above questions then the cap might be fine for you but for others who do things besides browse and instant message the bandwidth caps on other services are not very reasonable. On the months were I use torrents or something I go above 150GB with only one person using the HSI. |
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swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
Premium
join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs:
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1 edit | reply to NoOneButMe
Re: Mac addr of CM or addr of device attached to Cm ?
said by NoOneButMe :what if a hacker is uncapping useing a cloned mac ? wont you get charged ? If that does occur, then I think you should worry more about someone freeloading off of your bill to begin with. I'm sure Comcast would be able to track down identical MAC addresses.
Edit: okay, maybe not so easily track down  |
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NoOneButMe
join:2001-08-24
TX | reply to Aozora
Re: 250GB makes Sence to Me
i use this for checking emails youtube and gaming nothing to crazy im into linux distros allso i download 1-3gb distros to test out but ya this is bs i can only see crying with this hackers can clone modem mac's and such this is goin to get nasty |
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NoOneButMe
join:2001-08-24
TX | reply to swhitney2003
Re: Mac addr of CM or addr of device attached to Cm ?
ya its easy to clone and as long as comcast dont flag that acount thay wont see the cloned modems you see some of there markets are kinda old in some places so i can see this as a prob |
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wvcaver
Premium
join:2005-04-17
Millersburg, OH
 ·Embarq
| reply to Ga Dawg
Re: comparison time.... and the bitching
said by Ga Dawg :I'm currently tracking my usage through my IPCop firewall. I'm very interested to see how my numbers look compared to Comcast's. This question has not been asked !
Do these ISP meter your network overhead or what you actually download ?
overhead is about 15 % more than what you actually download ? |
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knkayotte
join:2001-02-02
Camp Verde, AZ | reply to Aozora
Re: 250GB makes Sence to Me
Online gaming uses very little bandwidth. Even if you buy your games online, the largest newest games are well below 10 gigs.
Streaming movies could be an issue if your a power user, but for your Joe it's not. |
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xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| adios comcast
thanks god i quit them a few months ago. they still owe me a 76 dollar credit. been waiting for 2 months now...now they sure bitch when you owe THEM money, but expecting a refund check for two months? they can suck my balls. im loving my 20/20 fios...way over 250 gb and not looking back. |
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tubbynet
reminds me of the danse russe
Premium
join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ
·Cox HSI
·Callcentric
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| precursor for things to come...?
said by Karl Bode :But after their tangle with the FCC for forging packets and throttling P2P traffic, Comcast's all about transparency. According to Comcast, less than 1% of all users will ever brush against the current cap. Still, should the cable operator ever use lower caps or implement overages, they'd need to be sure that customers understand how much bandwidth they're using. i believe this is the key language here. once they have everyone using their service (and assuming the metered trials go well in texas and nevada), comcast should be able to effectively drop their cap, claiming most users never hit the number. the users can't claim ignorance, because they have the tools at their disposal to monitor and track what is going in and out of their lines.
i hate to play devil's advocate, but given the broadband industry's want for cutting corners and not upgrading their infrastructure, i can only see this as a precursor for things to come, especially given that the bandwidth will be even more crunched as docsis3 rollouts happen in all of the comcast markets. sure, from the cm to the node will have increased bandwidth, but in order to save money, comcast won't upgrade any of the fiber to the node because people won't create enough crunch on the node since they dont want to go over their now "lower than 250gb cap".
its a slippery slope.
but i'm still waiting for Rick 's spin on the whole thing 
q.
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Tigerpaw509
Premium
join:2006-07-15
Huntley, IL | Not worried
I got 5 machines plus a tivo and only d/l 163 gig since 8/3/05 |
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HFB1217
The Wizard
Premium,ExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-26
Camelot
clubs:
1 edit | Dumb Question But Well....................
Do Iet a refund if I don't use all of my 250 gig?
Like not a chance!!! |
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jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ
1 edit | Tool?
Comcast is a bunch of tools.
After this morning's outage, they owe me an additional 5GB. |
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macgal12
join:2008-11-30
Fort Wayne, IN | Hmm
I don't have this issue since I have FiOS and I'm lovin it.
20/5 fios |
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sapo
I eat meat
Premium
join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA
1 edit | reply to Aozora
Re: 250GB makes Sence to Me
I watch hours worth of online material, I watched 3 seasons with 20x 45min episodes last month, streamed some movies from netflix and downloaded a few, and then along with online gaming and regular internet usage among 3 computers I didn't come close to 250gb. I'm not agreeing with caps here but I think you are exagarating, if you blow through the cap through 2 days you should definitely be paying for business class service, its only fair. |
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