said by Rick :

They're saying they are NOT blocking access to it...NOR are they limiting access to it.

As a regular course of business however, they do protect their network from ABUSERS. As well they should.

I would venture to say that the ones complaining about this are the same ones soaking up 400 and 500 gigs of bandwidth per month.

And, perhaps Comcast is doing something about them...for THAT reason, that then impacts their usage overall for bit torrent uses.

Folks..i've never had a problem with my comcast connection.
And as you can see by both my posts..the help I provide to many others..and longevity here at BBR..I'm no normal run of the mill recreational user of this service.
I use it heavily.

And again..no problems on my end. Nor do I expect there will be.

The ones having the problems are the ones who feel that for 42.95/month they're entitled to their own backbone or something. These people know no limits..and their use hurts the rest of us.

I'm not denying them the right to whatever, but I do say that if you're going to need a connection like that..you really should
a)plan ahead for it and
b)not expect a residential provider to give it to you

Do you understand what a connection like that would cost if you had to pay for it yourself?
Thousands of dollars.

You get it for this price because the rest of us contribute to it and subsidize it for all.
Well, I'll tell you..I'm tired of subsidizing your outrageous usage which is basically for the sole intent of stealing others copyrighted works.

Comcast.please..whatever you're doing..keep on doing it.

I and many others love you for it.

said by Rick :

Your position has no merit whatsoever.

Comcast has and is investing heavily in their networks all the time.

Proof of that is in January, I was getting about 4400k speeds with Adelphia.
Now I see 20,000k + with Comcast with Powerboost on the DL side..and almost 2,000k on the upload side.

How can you say that this isn't a great leap forward and progress..and giving we customers a whole lot more for our money.

And, I will note..not a single dime more has been charged for all this.

It is simply amazing that those who complain about this are the ones who expect comcast..or any provider..to give them over THREE HUNDRED GIGS of access per month..for the price of 43.00 a month.

that is outrageous to expect. That kind of speed and bandwidth would cost them THOUSANDS of dollars per month to buy for themselves. And yet..they feel that it should just be handed over to them for this price.

I'm sorry..but 300 gigs per month is NOT a cap at all. It's a number that is in the stratosphere. And, if people are hitting that..then they deserve to have warning letters sent to them and their service cut off.
Comcast..nor any isp..should not have to have their network ruined and the rest of the 95% of we customers affected to make this very small base of customers happy.

What these people SHOULD do is upgrade to a business account..or split their access across a couple providers.

This is a residential service..not their own personal backbone to steal copyrighted material.

This issue is beyond old....
Comcast has now spoken out clearly about it.

And really..it's time to move on.

said by qworster :

DON'T YOU GET IT??

said by qworster :

I get speed tests that show I'm getting 10 mB downloads, yet half the time, web pages load slowly.

said by Rick :

As for me, i'll just continue to think that up to 300gigs a month at speeds up to 20 to 30Mb for 42.95 month is one helluva good deal.

said by Claybraker :

So the invisible cap is now 300gigs a month? I'd heard of folks getting in trouble for 200gigs. Glad to hear they raised it

said by Rick :

And, I will note..not a single dime more has been charged for all this.