1 edit | Without a meter, Comcast can't enforce the cap Split from this topic --> »missing bandwidth meter
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You know, I still want to argue that until they provide a meter, they can't actually hold you to the cap.
When they say, "There's software to tell you what you've used" my response is this, my software doesn't determine what your software says. That would be like me putting a meter on my water faucets to keep track of how much water I use then trying to tell the water department that their meter is wrong because mine says this. Everything that you can be billed against generally has laws or regulations dictating that you can see their statistic personally/first hand. Scales at the supermarket? You can see the readout. Power Meter, you can see it (Granted reading it is another matter), Water meter, same thing. Yet here comes comcast with the "Here's your limit, we'll know when you hit it, you just get to guess. So far it looks from here like it's more of a soft limit anyways but still it's a bit of a principle to me.
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 sortofageekNot TroublePremium,Mod
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»The Elusive Meter
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»If metered, What cost would you pay?
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»bandwidth usage monitor?
»Until there is an official meter, there should not be a cap.
»Comcast Releasing Promised Usage Meter
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»Monthly Cap- What period?
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 KYL
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Wilsonville, OR | reply to KookyMan
I see that you must be referring to the OBVIOUS AUP
»www.comcast.net/terms/use/
And just in case you missed it I've outlined it as well
Are there restrictions on data consumption that apply to the Service?
The Service is for personal and non-commercial residential use only. Therefore, Comcast reserves the right to suspend or terminate Service accounts where data consumption is not characteristic of a typical residential user of the Service as determined by the company in its sole discretion. Comcast has established a monthly data consumption threshold per Comcast High-Speed Internet account of 250 Gigabytes (“GB”). Use of the Service in excess of 250GB per month is excessive use and is a violation of the Policy. See the Network Management page at »www.comcast.net/terms/network/ for more information and to learn how Comcast applies this Policy to excessive use. Common activities that may cause excessive data consumption in violation of this Policy include, but are not limited to, numerous or continuous bulk transfers of files and other high capacity traffic using (i) file transfer protocol (“FTP”), (ii) peer-to-peer applications, and (iii) newsgroups. You must also ensure that your use of the Service does not restrict, inhibit, interfere with, or degrade any other person's use of the Service, nor represent (as determined by Comcast in its sole discretion) an overly large burden on the network. In addition, you must ensure that your use of the Service does not limit or interfere with Comcast's ability to deliver and monitor the Service or any part of its network.
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 LoPhatPhuudPremium,VIP,MVM
join:2002-01-06
Albuquerque, NM
kudos:26 | reply to KookyMan
Re: Without a meter, Comcast can't enforce the cap Wow, everybody rip the speedometer out of your car. Then you can drive as as fast as you want and you can't get a ticket 'cause you don't have a speedometer. |
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 nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | reply to LoPhatPhuud
Mmmmm more like...If the law required you to monitor you're speed, but speedometers didn't exist.
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AVonGaussPremium
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Boynton Beach, FL | reply to KookyMan
Most areas I believe while not having a working speedometer may not be a valid excuse out of a speeding violation, those same areas also require a working and accurate speedometer to be present in the vehicle. |
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 camperPremium
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Bethel, CT
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You know, I still want to argue that until they provide a meter, they can't actually hold you to the cap.
In actuality, because of the agreement with Comcast that you agreed to (more than likely, under duress), Comcast can pretty much do whatever they want; up to and including terminating your service. |
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| said by camper:In actuality, because of the agreement with Comcast that you agreed to (more than likely, under duress), Comcast can pretty much do whatever they want; up to and including terminating your service. Duress? Duress means under threat or coercion. No one from Comcast threatened anyone or held a gun to anyone's head to get them to take Internet service.
They offer a product and you are free to take it or leave it. If you disagree with the TOS, then simply order Internet service from another provider. |
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Bethel, CT | said by neil0311:They offer a product and you are free to take it or leave it. If you disagree with the TOS, then simply order Internet service from another provider. That's a little disingenious. "Another provider" isn't an option for too many people. And that TOS is an unreadable mass of legalese, as unreadable as the TOS of the "other provider". With the current duopoly system the only choices for most people is little choice and what choice there is is basically badder or worser ... 
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 EGThe wings of lovePremium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ
kudos:9 | reply to LoPhatPhuud
said by LoPhatPhuud:Wow, everybody rip the speedometer out of your car. Then you can drive as as fast as you want and you can't get a ticket 'cause you don't have a speedometer. Are you lost Phudd ?? !! LOL !!   |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to KookyMan
You don't have a meter on your phone line to know how many calls you've used, do you? Yes, they still bill you for what you have and it's "at their word".. right?
Just another example of being held to something "with out a meter" of your own in your hands to check yourself. |
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join:2004-08-01
Detroit, MI
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said by LoPhatPhuud:Wow, everybody rip the speedometer out of your car. Then you can drive as as fast as you want and you can't get a ticket 'cause you don't have a speedometer. That analogy doesn't apply as the cap is about consumption not speed. Why are so many clueless when they try to make this analogy? 
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 elios
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Springfield, MO | its more like the water co. telling you you can only use 250 gallons a month then having the only way to tell how much you use being meter in a locked box only the water co. can see |
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Stumbles
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Port Saint Lucie, FL | With the locked box in a basement with the lights burned out, behind a door guarded by a Leopard..... |
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said by Cthen:said by LoPhatPhuud:Wow, everybody rip the speedometer out of your car. Then you can drive as as fast as you want and you can't get a ticket 'cause you don't have a speedometer. That analogy doesn't apply as the cap is about consumption not speed. Why are so many clueless when they try to make this analogy? Okay, so replace speedometer with odometer. I'm sure you got the point. |
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said by Stumbles:With the locked box in a basement with the lights burned out, behind a door guarded by a Leopard..... Or easily accessed through your account on their web page, accessed through the intertubes. |
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1 edit | reply to LoPhatPhuud
said by LoPhatPhuud:Wow, everybody rip the speedometer out of your car. Then you can drive as as fast as you want and you can't get a ticket 'cause you don't have a speedometer. The speedometer breaking would be a better analogy, as the consumer has no choice in that, like not having a meter at Comcast. That being said, you'll still get a ticket for speeding and probably a citation for defective equipment, if it's obviously broken to the officer(or you try using it as an excuse).
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