Comcast Details Their Six Strikes Plan → Locked up in a walled garden.

As I read Comcast's policy, the customers will not allowed access to the internet except for essential websites (which websites considered essential are not defined) unless the customer takes some action to exit the walled garden. If you want to contest a copyright violation letter pay up $35.00. If it was not for the punitive fee and I received such notice and I had never downloaded copyrighted music illegally, I would try to work with the ISP to determine why my account was identified as violating the DMCA. Of course if the the notice was sent because of sloppy work on the part of the ISP's employees, perhaps they would not want to identify why the account holder received notice.

if they deny you product for which you're paying you can just cancel the contract with no etf.

I believe they used the term essential SERVICES. Meaning your voice calls will still work, and your home security application will work. But you wouldn't be able to browse anywhere as long as the browser hijack is active.
»customer.comcast.com/hel ··· services

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Comcast designed our browser alert system not to interfere with a subscriber’s essential services, such as digital telephone service (for example to call 911) whoever the telephone service provider, email, security or health service.

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And when they say email will work, they mean their email system, not a web email app like gmail.

And go where for internet access?

Many place have multiple ISP available.

Not many and those that do have ISPs that also have 6 strike policies.

Hahaha. Ya, right..

Pick one.. Optimum (well.. Charter now) or CenturyLink.

For me: Cable, dial-up, and satellite. See the problem? :P