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I got call today .. 400 gb last month

There's nothing little about 250 GB. You'll be missed.
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reply to chong67
Just get a DSL connection to run your torrents and use Comcast for everything else... =)

I dont mine using ATT DSL. I actually get 6.4 mb download and I on my computer 16 hrs a day. More than enough to bust 800gb download with no problem if I choose to download that much every hour.

But the upload speed is only 350 kb. I would be even happy with a 1mb upload speed, but its not!

Also with 350kb speed, my video call on Skype will be jerky on my end.

I just have to stop upload maybe until the last 5 days of the month to see how much I have left.

My motherboard got 2 ethernet jack. Is that what its for? One for DSL and other for Cable Modem? Can it work like this?

reply to chong67
Funny how willing they are to lose customers over this issue. You'd think they'd rather have your money.

reply to chong67
You could always switch up to business class and loose the cap...

»business.comcast.com/internet/plans.aspx

Comcast is never afraid of no business.

They are going to get even bigger if regulators allow them to buy NBC. What are these people thinking!

I am not going to pay more to get their business class. I migh just have to get ATT DSL 6.0 mbps for $19.95 per month. I just dont like their upload speed at 350 kbps.

reply to SpottedCat
The other question is the more people that download, the slower their network is for everybody.

Is that for everyone in a subdivision? I doubt seriously that I am hurting anyone downloading in my neighourhood. My neighourhood is not high class.

Also Comcast maybe can do something like a free buffet for anyone to download unlimited say like between midnight and 6 am? Of course this is fantasy.

reply to chong67
550, 320, 254, 258 for me. I don't have any other (reasonable, and by that I mean not satellite) providers available in my neighborhood so I'm switching to Business as soon as I get warned.

That or I could actually curb my usage. I find that impossible though, seeing how this is already a "curbed" version of my desired usage

Unfortunately I could hit 240GB on a 768kbps connection in a month.. and probably more when including upload.
»www.google.com/search?q=768+kilo···+1+month

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reply to chong67
Their cheapest business internet at 12/2 is $60 from what I see.

Well, I dont know. Right now ATT DSL is offering $19.95 per mth for 1 yr.

So I think Comcast is doing all these for money. It has nothing to do with degrading their network for those that download alot.

reply to chong67
I struggle keeping it under 250gb also. Last month i hit 249GB.

I refuse to give them more money for business class, and they're the only ISP faster than 3mbps download in my area.

I end up hitting about 200gb before the 15th and then have to slow down my usage drastically to keep it under 50 for the remaining month.

This is definitely nothing more than a scheme to get more people to switch to business class, or lose the customers [ab]using their connections.
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reply to chong67
There is some kind of cap? First I heard of it.
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reply to chong67
What I think is a real joke is the fact that they have a 250GB cap, but they keep pushing higher and higher speeds.

Sure... Fast is nice, but if you don't have the throughput to really use it what's the point?

I did some math a little while ago, and this is kind of frightening:

Assuming a constant use of bandwidth (Yes, I know, 99.99999% of users don't constant use their full allotment, but look at the numbers)
Cap / Speed = Time to utilize the entire cap.
(250 gigabytes) / (768 kbps) = 31.6049383 days =
(250 gigabytes) / (1.5 Mbps) = 15.8024691 days = 379.259258 hours (Or 12.6 Hours / Day)
(250 gigabytes) / (6.0 Mbps) = 3.95061728 days = 94.8148147 Hours (Or 3 Hours/day of saturation)
(250 gigabytes) / (12.0 Mbps) = 1.97530864 days = 47.4074074 Hours (Or 1.6 Hours/day of saturation)
(250 gigabytes) / (18.0 Mbps) = 1.31687243 days = 31.6049383 hours (Or 1 Hour/day of saturation)
(250 gigabytes) / (24.0 Mbps) = 23.7037037 hours
(250 gigabytes) / (50.0 Mbps) = 11.3777778 hours
(250 gigabytes) / (100.0 Mbps) = 5.68888889 hours

I know it seems like a lot of numbers but for your average user, it looks like 6.0Mpbs speeds are your best friend. Some might be safe at 12, but keep in mind this only accounts for downstream, and once you pass 12Mbps, its very difficult to actually saturate your feed for your typical home user. Most servers won't provide data at that rate, and then your just paying for what you can't use. (Granted torrents and other peer to peer will saturate you, and provided you can be saturated, the above will demonstrate how long until you are at your cap.)

I think that 250gb is a absolute joke, especially considering they keep pushing faster and faster speeds.
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I miss my dial-up modem... It was an error correcting modem... I seem to have so many typo's lately.....

Edit: Just read something in a fresh reply. I'd love some un-metered time in the wee hours, low use. I think it would be great for those of us who like to seed Linux Distros that we use and download. One thing I've never gotten though, my understanding of peering arrangements between L1/L2/L3 ISPs usually is a What I download from your network - What You download from my network = How much I pay/bill you for per month. I'm surprised that Comcast doesn't try to increase their Uploads to start and offset some of this.

reply to chong67
Theoretically, you could use two ISPs, and set up a bridged connection. BUT, the easier route may be, if you are considering spending more money on a second ISP, just bump the residential serivce to commercial service. That way, you get the faster speeds, and dont have to worry about caps at all.

reply to chong67
Just wait ATT wants to put a 5gb cap + overage on dsl
you'll see

comcast's 250GB soft cap with warrning after repeated months of going over is not anywhere near as bad

I've not heard anything on ATT Capping, granted, I've been following Uverse much more closely as I'm trying to switch. I can get practically the same speed, minus Powerboost (oh well), plus the ability to run servers and no caps.
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I miss my dial-up modem... It was an error correcting modem... I seem to have so many typo's lately.....

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