 pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | reply to Atacand
Re: [Caps] Comcast Business vs Residential and data usage said by Atacand :So what if s/he is torrenting? Hopefully s/he is using a VPN to mask the payload. S/he is paying for the bandwith and it is theirs to use as they see fit.
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 JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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said by Atacand :So what if s/he is torrenting? Hopefully s/he is using a VPN to mask the payload. S/he is paying for the bandwith and it is theirs to use as they see fit.
within the limits of the TOS and the law, of course. Masking the payload doesn't get around the TOS
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said by Atacand :So what if s/he is torrenting? Hopefully s/he is using a VPN to mask the payload. S/he is paying for the bandwith and it is theirs to use as they see fit.
you're joking right?...
do you know exactly what happens when a person like you and or others who's got comcast who maximizes / saturates his bandwidth every month like he doesn't care?
is that why you posted anonymously? afraid your cover might get blown?
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| Actually, in all sincerity, I don't know what happens when someone saturates the node and uses as much as they want.
What happens? Congestion? |
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said by Atacand :Actually, in all sincerity, I don't know what happens when someone saturates the node and uses as much as they want.
What happens? Congestion?
I'm gonna leave it up to you to find out...google is your friend... |
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From what I understand, business class accounts are unlimited -- all you can eat.
Am I wrong? |
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| said by Atacand :From what I understand, business class accounts are unlimited -- all you can eat.
Am I wrong?
yes, you're misunderstanding what Comcast's TOS reads and tries to tell you..
your reply implied that the OP was still on resi accounts and that using it to UL 950GB is ok...
said by Atacand :So what if s/he is torrenting? Hopefully s/he is using a VPN to mask the payload. S/he is paying for the bandwith and it is theirs to use as they see fit.
OP is still asking about business accounts, so technically he's still on the resi side.
and even if it was a business account...read below..
said by JohnInSJ:1TB (or near saturation) uplink use on starter will probably get you the "please upgrade to the next level or terminate" request. There are no PUBLISHED caps, but there are weasel words in the TOS about excessive use at a given service level. You might want to go with Premium, and limit your uplink to about 50-75% total capacity on average.
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| I've combed the entire business-class contract and searched it specifically for keywords 'usage' and 'excessive', and the only mention is pertaining to abusing voices, such as mass dialing for telemarketing.
Please, I'm not trolling, but I'd love to see where it says this. |
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JohnInSJPremium
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San Jose, CA Reviews:
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| »business.comcast.com/smb/accepta···e-policy
III. Network Management and Limitations on Data Consumption
The Service is for commercial use only in a small, medium, or large business as determined by the applicable Business Services Agreement. Therefore, Comcast reserves the right to suspend or terminate Service accounts where data consumption is not characteristic of a typical commercial user of the Service as determined by the company in its sole discretion, or where it exceeds published data consumption limitations. 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. Your business must also ensure that its 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, your business must ensure that its 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.
If your business uses the Service in violation of the restrictions referenced above, that is a violation of this Policy. In these cases, Comcast may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your business' Service account or request that it subscribe to a different version of the Service if it wishes to continue to use the Service at higher data consumption levels. Comcast may also provide versions of the Service with different speed and data consumption limitations, among other characteristics, subject to applicable Business Services Agreements. Comcast's determination of the data consumption for Service accounts is final.
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| After reading that, I just closed my torrent client.
(I'm on business class.)
Thanks for the clarification. |
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1 edit | said by Atacand :After reading that, I just closed my torrent client.
(I'm on business class.)
Thanks for the clarification.
so now you understand....but being anonymous with your ISP domain showing didnt help...
i was kinda expecting that you were a business client but thought that you must have more than a bigger pipe than what regular Comcast biz subscriptions could provide a hosting / data center company...
and just so you know...proxies doesnt cover all your tracks...if you know what I mean.... |
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| I am well aware that proxies do not cover all of my tracks.
OpenVPN on the other hand.... |
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 plencnerbPremium
join:2000-09-25
Elgin, IL
kudos:2 | reply to JohnInSJ
said by JohnInSJ:http://business.comcast.com/smb/acceptable-use-policy
III. Network Management and Limitations on Data Consumption
The Service is for commercial use only in a small, medium, or large business as determined by the applicable Business Services Agreement.
The way I read that, if you want Business Class service, it must be for commercial use only. If that is true, and totally enforceable by Comcast, then how are people getting "Business Class" service at a non-business location? I've seen many posts on here where people will order Business Class to avoid the 250 GB cap (when it was in place), and they get it.
Not trying to start a fight here or anything, but the way I read that statement, if I'm not a business (aka a normal Joe Home User), I should not be allowed to get Business Class service. Or, am I missing something?
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| said by plencnerb:The way I read that, if you want Business Class service, it must be for commercial use only. If that is true, and totally enforceable by Comcast, then how are people getting "Business Class" service at a non-business location? I've seen many posts on here where people will order Business Class to avoid the 250 GB cap (when it was in place), and they get it.
Not trying to start a fight here or anything, but the way I read that statement, if I'm not a business (aka a normal Joe Home User), I should not be allowed to get Business Class service. Or, am I missing something?
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When I signed up for it, they classified my residence as a home office. Presumably, that would fall under the small business portion. I didn't have to provide a business name though.
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said by plencnerb:said by JohnInSJ:http://business.comcast.com/smb/acceptable-use-policy
III. Network Management and Limitations on Data Consumption
The Service is for commercial use only in a small, medium, or large business as determined by the applicable Business Services Agreement.
The way I read that, if you want Business Class service, it must be for commercial use only. If that is true, and totally enforceable by Comcast, then how are people getting "Business Class" service at a non-business location? I've seen many posts on here where people will order Business Class to avoid the 250 GB cap (when it was in place), and they get it. Not trying to start a fight here or anything, but the way I read that statement, if I'm not a business (aka a normal Joe Home User), I should not be allowed to get Business Class service. Or, am I missing something? --Brian Most people have "home businesses" - I do. You can get business class by saying you have a home business. You still are bound to the TOS/AUP. The wording is vague (I call this the weasel words clause) but I expect it's there to give comcast the option to reign in or upsell a customer who fills up or down or both pipes 24/7 on one of the lower tiers "because there is no cap" - I personally use anywhere between 200-400GB/mo, seldom more, on starter. I doubt I am anywhere near using "too much"
Starter 12/2 was 3.7TB down, .632TB up total capacity (ignoring speedboost). I was using about 10% of capacity before, even less now that it's 15/3.
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| I have the Premium 27/7 and am getting speeds of about 33/8. Is that normal?
Does anyone have an idea of what acceptable usage would be of this tier? Guesses? |
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pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | said by Atacand :I have the Premium 27/7 and am getting speeds of about 33/8. Is that normal?
Does anyone have an idea of what acceptable usage would be of this tier? Guesses?
33/8 during powerboost I take it?
As for acceptable use, I don't think there are any defined "limits" to where someone would get the call to bump up their speed plan. At least I've never seen anything confirmed.
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| I'm getting ~35/7 sustained.
The sales rep told me there was powerboost, but I have yet to see it. |
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pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | said by Atacand :I'm getting ~35/7 sustained.
The sales rep told me there was powerboost, but I have yet to see it.
Weird. The advertising material and others with 27/7 are seeing 27 sustained (although it's erratic, it averages out to 27 Mbps).
I guess they pushed a different config to your modem than the rest of us
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 NetFixerFrom my cold dead handsPremium
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| said by pflog:said by Atacand :I'm getting ~35/7 sustained.
The sales rep told me there was powerboost, but I have yet to see it.
Weird. The advertising material and others with 27/7 are seeing 27 sustained (although it's erratic, it averages out to 27 Mbps). I guess they pushed a different config to your modem than the rest of us OTOH, if Atacand is doing the speed tests through a VPN to leaseweb.com, that could have an effect too.
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