 CableToolPoorly Representing MYSELF.Premium
join:2004-11-12 | reply to Bateman
Re: [Connectivity] Account Suspended? said by Bateman :
Part-time freelancing, yeah, but we never had a problem before.
Fortunately, and I'm convinced it's because of this place, but ten minutes after the last post, I got a call back at last.
yeah, its usually pretty easy to track down peoples accounts when they anonymously post on the internet!
I know abuse goes over and over and every screams their favortie buzzword "UNLIMITED" although no Comcast advertising or specs say "Unlimited" anything.. but when capacity reports come out they are structured by subscriber penetration and average bandwidth use.
I can look through 100 nodes and the average bandwidth used is anywhere from 40-50gb.
When you look down the chart suddenly you see
45gb
40gb
52gb
49gb
172gb
42gb
39gb
etc.
You look up that node and see that out of the 168 people on the node ONE or a FEW people are hitting 500-600gb a month. I would think you really have to be one of the top bandwidth users as stated in previous posts to get a call. If you are above the areas average you really stand out.
This might not help anyone and only spark more "frustration" and Im not even sure if this is how things are determined but these are things that I see daily.
The last thing you want to do is put in a purchase request for a new router or node segmentation to accommodate 5 people out of 200 who, in all likelyhood, are violating their TOS. Unless Comcast starts actively monitoring CONTENT this "invisible cap" b.s. is the cleanest least confrontational and non evasive way to say "wtf?"
Because as stated before, reaching 200-600gb a month without violating your TOS is pretty dam hard to do. And if you are legitamtely hitting those numbers you probably are doing something that would more then likely be classified as a business account.
Just my .02. Rip me apart as usual! 
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 PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | said by CableTool:Because as stated before, reaching 200-600gb a month without violating your TOS is pretty damn hard to do. And if you are legitimately hitting those numbers you probably are doing something that would more then likely be classified as a business account. EXACTLY! Whenever this happens, the unfortunate customer complains "but I wasn't doing anything wrong!" However, they usually say "I was JUST working from home!" Working, you say? Sounds like you need a BUSINESS account! If you're working for yourself, that's your problem, but if you are an employee, you should be able to get your employer to reimburse you for your internet connection, as you are using it to do their work.
In this particular case, EIGHT people working form home? Well no wonder you got kicked off! Get a couple of business accounts!
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 RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | Does Comcast offer a business tier of service? |
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 JohkalCool CatPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
kudos:5 | »www.comcast.com/business/ |
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Seems to me, if you got 8 people in a household "working" from the same connection, a T1 would be the way to go. Split 8 ways it would only be like $50 each monthly. |
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 RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | said by magicjimmy:Seems to me, if you got 8 people in a household "working" from the same connection, a T1 would be the way to go. Split 8 ways it would only be like $50 each monthly. Well keep in mind a T1 is only 1.54/1.54. They could get Comcast Business Enhanced (8.0/1.0) for ~$160/month.. so about $20/mo. per person.
Unless Business class has these invisible caps as well.. |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to magicjimmy
Uhmmmmmmm lets see. 1536/1536(T1) divided by 8 is 192kbps per.
would YOU pay $50 for 192/192?
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Do they ever look up those nodes with high traffic and say, "oh look its a business customer!" and brush it off? |
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CableToolPoorly Representing MYSELF.Premium
join:2004-11-12 | I have no idea. Im not in the abuse department and have never looked into it much.
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 CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX
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said by cypherstream:Do they ever look up those nodes with high traffic and say, "oh look its a business customer!" and brush it off? Of course they do, those are the sub-50 GB users. 
Unless, of course, your business is running torrents. Then I'd like to apply.
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said by dvd536:Uhmmmmmmm lets see. 1536/1536(T1) divided by 8 is 192kbps per. would YOU pay $50 for 192/192? The thing is with a T1, it is a GAURENTEED speed. Sure there maybe SOME overhead but not much. When you shell out 400/month for a T1 connection your really not paying for the speed your getting, but rather the reliability and what not. |
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 NordicPCPremium
join:2002-07-21
South Elgin, IL | reply to dvd536
said by dvd536:Uhmmmmmmm lets see. 1536/1536(T1) divided by 8 is 192kbps per. would YOU pay $50 for 192/192? T1's don't devide up that way in use but either way I would prefer to use the Business 8/1 service. |
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