YukonHawk
join:2001-01-07
Patterson, NY
 ·Comcast
2 edits |  [News] Comcast Terminating Service of Power Users
Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs
ARTICLE DATE: 04.04.07
By Chloe Albanesius
The source of this story is from PC Magazine....
Please refer to »www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2111373,00.asp |
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b1gdr3
I Blame Your Mother
join:2001-07-28
Pittsburgh, PA | um, why provide a link if you were going to paste the whole article?
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YukonHawk
join:2001-01-07
Patterson, NY | Good Point |
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gar187er
Premium Alcoholic
join:2006-06-24
Dover, DE | reply to YukonHawk
550gigs!??!!? DEAR GOD!!! that guys has no right to complaind/l that much!!!! |
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kadar
Premium,ExMod 2001-02
join:0000-00-00 | reply to YukonHawk
Funny that the problem is download abuse and Comcast's response in the article is about sending (upload). |
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dj12midnit
Tag You'R It
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join:2000-07-28
Lynden, WA
clubs: | reply to YukonHawk
Would have been a better story if they had said what it was they were doing to use that much bandwidth.
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PghNeon
join:2006-12-21
Pittsburgh, PA
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Comcast lies. They don't "proactively" contact you... they leave a message at your house when you're now there and make it near impossible to reach them.
Then they lie... lie... and lie some more when it comes time to reconnect you.
They lost a $130+ a month customer. Hope it was worth it to them. |
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Morty
Premium
join:2004-09-18
| said by PghNeon  :They lost a $130+ a month customer. Hope it was worth it to them. It likely was. |
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RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
·Comcast
| These mega corporations probably could care less, until they suddenly start to see their subscriber base drop. Comcast seems too big for their own good, but megalomart style businesses is the norm now days  |
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SparkChaser
BURY BECK
Premium
join:2000-06-06
Downingtown, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
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said by gar187er :550gigs!??!!? DEAR GOD!!! that guys has no right to complaind/l that much!!!! That was the second guy. They didn't give a number for the first guy.
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OinkOinkOink
@comcast.net | reply to YukonHawk
When you use so much bandwidth that you are no longer profitable, apparently Comcast will hand you your hat.
Businesses are funny that way! |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
| reply to gar187er
said by gar187er :550gigs!??!!? DEAR GOD!!! that guys has no right to complaind/l that much!!!! But .. but .. but he cut it back to 450GB the next month!  And he still wonders why it was cut off.
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padrongus
join:2007-04-06
Miami, FL
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I don't think we are too far off from high definition 720p & 1080i/p movies being available commercialy from for example Apple iTunes and others . Once this is available Comcast and others will need to change their download policy - I plan on buying HD movies online and like it or not that means many gigs of download per/month. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
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| said by padrongus :I don't think we are too far off from high definition 720p & 1080i/p movies being available commercialy from for example Apple iTunes and others . Once this is available Comcast and others will need to change their download policy - I plan on buying HD movies online and like it or not that means many gigs of download per/month. and how many of these movies do you plan on downloading per month? the HD movie downloads on xbox live are only 6-7 gigs each. thats an awful lot of movies in 1 month to reach a significant total. |
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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1 edit | reply to RR Conductor
Re: [News] Comcast Terminating Service of Power Users
said by RR Conductor :These mega corporations probably could care less, until they suddenly start to see their subscriber base drop. Comcast seems too big for their own good, but megalomart style businesses is the norm now days Adopting the communist style hyperbole of karlmarx will only make any argument you are trying to make meaningless.
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TKJunkMail
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said by YukonHawk : [News] Comcast Terminating Service of Power Users Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs ARTICLE DATE: 04.04.07 By Chloe Albanesius The news story had it right. Your changing "Bandwidth Hogs" to "Power Users" is like putting a dress on a hog.
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Villa
@sbcglobal.net
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| So I guess it would be okay with you if your phone company disconected you for making to many phone calls a month, even though they have not told you there is a limit or what it is. |
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gordo
@comcast.net
| said by Villa :
So I guess it would be okay with you if your phone company disconected you for making to many phone calls a month, even though they have not told you there is a limit or what it is.
Man you are totally comparing apples to oranges !!!
How about giving us a substantial break |
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LarryE
join:2000-07-29
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
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said by plat2on1 :said by padrongus :I don't think we are too far off from high definition 720p & 1080i/p movies being available commercialy from for example Apple iTunes and others . Once this is available Comcast and others will need to change their download policy - I plan on buying HD movies online and like it or not that means many gigs of download per/month. and how many of these movies do you plan on downloading per month? the HD movie downloads on xbox live are only 6-7 gigs each. thats an awful lot of movies in 1 month to reach a significant total. And where are you planning on storing all those movies. How many terrabyte hard drives do you have? |
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