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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | reply to funchords
Re: Why Comcast won't play: Verizon Until we have some actual proof that Comcast, AT&T or anyone else is actually going to drop customers, I'll remain skeptical. What kind of legal obligation do these ISP's have to follow? What if Comcast doesn't really drop any customers, but their competitors do?
Unless these same 3-strike users are also promoting network congestion on a frequent basis, I just don't see anyone voluntarily losing money over this. Financial gain has to be generated, or at least perceived to be created, at some point along this new process. I'm sure the intricacies will be identified and made public knowledge before too long. This kind of stuff always gets out. | |
 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | said by jmn1207: What if Comcast doesn't really drop any customers, but their competitors do? Brilliant! Dirty, but brilliant! | | |
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 hw
@uiowa.edu | reply to jmn1207
They already have. There's at least one thread in the Mediacom forum where someone's been terminated. In one case for sure, the first two strikes were actually for the same file (and same timestamp, so someone just sent the *same* complaint twice!)
I've just cancelled my service to basically preempt termination. I did not really ask what my 1st strike was for, the second about a month later, I had not run a thing since the first.. third, they do give one last chance to sign a form saying you won't do it again. I went ahead and cancelled.. I have a Verizon aircard already, which is fine for everything but large transfers (due to the 5GB cap).. if I can't use the cable for large transfers it's pointless for me to have it.
Reportedly, it was implemented at AT&T's insistence (AT&T is Mediacom's upstream provider). There's a thread regarding Sandvines (conclusion, Mediacom doesn't have one where the OP thought they did), which turned into a discussion regarding just this topic. | |
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