 DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to IPPlanMan
Re: Over the cap! unlikely
I have a frend that downloaded 1TB in a month and no call
you keep forgeting its a soft legal cap
you go over and it just opens the door for them but doesn't mean they'll come in and yell |
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 IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | I just think it's funny that for all the talk of no one ever hitting the cap, that the screenshot shows someone hitting the cap and going over it...
»help.comcast.net/content/faq/Fre···sive-Use
quoting from it:
How does monthly data usage threshold change Comcast's policy on excessive use?
Comcast's overall policy on excessive use remains the same ;the only change is that Comcast now provides a monthly data usage threshold starting on October 1, 2008. By providing a specific monthly data usage threshold, Comcast is providing greater clarity to its customers about excessive use.
Why did Comcast choose 250 GB as its data usage threshold?
250GB is far beyond the current median of data usage for a typical residential Internet customer in a month, so this amount of data accommodates any reasonable definition of typical monthly residential usage.
To reach 250 GB in a month, for example, a customer would have to do any of the following:
Send 50 million plain text emails (at 5KB/email)
Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song)
Download 125 standard-definition movies (at 2 GB/movie)
Upload 25,000 hi-resolution digital photos (at 10 MB/photo)
What is normal or typical use?
Data usage changes over time as Comcast's customers use the Internet and the services and applications available for it. Currently, the median data usage by Comcast High-Speed Internet customers is approximately 2 - 4GB each month (these numbers may vary on a monthly basis). This reflects typical residential use of the service for purposes such as sending and receiving e-mail, surfing the Internet, and watching streaming video.
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"We're going to start at one end of (Fallujah), and we're not going to stop until we get to the other. If there's anybody left when that happens, we're going to turn around and we're going to go back and finish it."
Lt. Col. Pete Newell: 1st Inf. US Army |
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rwizardPremium
join:2004-04-20
Roswell, GA | I notice that they don't say how many Linux distro downloads or Windows 7 beta downloads that translates to.
Not to mention port scans, brute force password hacks, and other, less savory network traffic. I think we've been slighted.
Hard to mount a good DOS attack with some silly cap getting in the way... |
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dagg
join:2001-03-25
Galt, CA | reply to DarkLogix
I was kind of worried about caps until I actually took a look at what im using on an average month. so far this month, im at 29 gigs. thats having a media server and watching streaming video on my tv most of the day, 2 desktops, 2 laptops which at least one of them is running some game or another most of the day, an airrave and game consoles.
it makes me wonder what on earth people could be downloading to account for 1tb of data transfer?
i dont really care that they do it, but... i cant for the life of me figure out what there is to download that would account for that much in any given month? |
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