 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Did anybody else get the new AUP in their email? I got this tonight-
Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer,
We appreciate your business and strive to provide you with the best online experience possible. One of the ways we do this is through our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The AUP outlines acceptable use of our service as well as steps we take to protect our customers from things that can negatively impact their experience online. This policy has been in place for many years and we update it periodically to keep it current with our customers' use of our service.
On October 1, 2008, we will post an updated AUP that will go into effect at that time.
In the updated AUP, we clarify that monthly data (or bandwidth) usage of more than 250 Gigabytes (GB) is the specific threshold that defines 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.
250 GB/month is an extremely large amount of bandwidth and it's very likely that your monthly data usage doesn't even come close to that amount. In fact, the threshold is approximately 100 times greater than the typical or median residential customer usage, which is 2 to 3 GB/month. To put it in perspective, to reach 250 GB of data usage in one month a customer would have to do any one of the following:
* 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).
And online gamers should know that even the heaviest multi- or single-player gaming activity would not typically come close to this threshold over the course of a month.
In addition to modifying the excessive use policy, the updated AUP contains other clarifications of terms concerning reporting violations, newsgroups, and network management. To read some helpful FAQs, please visit »help.comcast.net/content/faq/Fre···sive-Use.
Thank you again for choosing Comcast as your high-speed Internet provider.
This is a service-related email. Comcast will occasionally send you service-related emails to inform you of service upgrades or new benefits to your Comcast High-Speed Internet service.
Copyright 2008. Comcast. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Comcast respects your privacy. For a complete description of our privacy policy, click here.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Nothing here. I forward my CCast mail to my AIM account, but I haven't seen anything there. Well, there's a security newsletter but nothing like you mentioned. |
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RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1
1 edit | They're probably sending it out in batches or something, you'll probably get it soon.
I also got an email about the new Comcast Email coming, SmartZone Communications Center- »www.comcast.net/smartzonetour/ |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | reply to RR Conductor
Nope.
Just some Online Security Newsletter... |
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RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Did you get the one about the new Email? |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | If I did, it got deleted and I have forgotten about it.
Not that I am aware of... 
CRS - Can't Remember Shit.
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RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | reply to RR Conductor
LOL I get that too, it comes with aging  |
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I got one too overnight. |
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I got one too. |
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 sortofageekNot TroublePremium,Mod
join:2001-08-19
There & Then
kudos:13
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(topic move) Today's Bandwidth Limits Thread Moderator Action
The post that was here (and all 4 followups to it), has been moved to a new topic .. »Today's Bandwidth Limits Thread
Please keep this thread on topic. Bandwidth limits discussion belongs in the stickied thread. Nothing has changed there. |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | reply to RR Conductor
Re: Did anybody else get the new AUP in their email? *FINALLY* got the AUP email... 
Better late than never, huh? |
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just got it |
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RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | reply to dadkins
said by dadkins:*FINALLY* got the AUP email... Better late than never, huh? Lol Well, for most things anyway |
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shezamsMy Other Car Is A ZamboniPremium
join:2001-08-14
Hyattsville, MD | reply to RR Conductor
I got mine this morning. To be honest I don't know that I am in danger of exceeding them, but I don't know how streaming video would affect that. I have put my file sharing days aside, at least.
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 DaHenPremium
join:2002-11-08
Brockton, MA | reply to RR Conductor
Hi RR,
Gots mine on the thirteenth as well. |
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DaHenPremium
join:2002-11-08
Brockton, MA | reply to RR Conductor
Got another one a few minutes ago. They wanna make sure I get the message. lol.
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RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Lol I guess so |
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