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Re: Comcast Bandwidth Exceeded Notice!!! »www.comcast.net/terms/use.jsp
Under "Prohibited Uses And Activities:" quote:
(vii) restrict, inhibit, or otherwise interfere with the ability of any other person, regardless of intent, purpose or knowledge, to use or enjoy the Service, including, without limitation, posting or transmitting any information or software which contains a worm, virus, or other harmful feature, or generating levels of traffic sufficient to impede others' ability to send or retrieve information;
Under "Newsgroups:" quote:
Comcast permits users of the Service to download a maximum of one gigabyte (1GB) of newsgroup content in any one month, unless users are subject to a Service plan that permits downloading more newsgroup content.
Under "Violation of Acceptable Use Policy:" quote:
Comcast does not routinely monitor the activity of Service accounts for violation of this AUP. However, in our efforts to promote good citizenship within the Internet community, we will respond appropriately if we become aware of inappropriate use of our Service. Although Comcast has no obligation to monitor the Service and/or the network, Comcast and its suppliers reserve the right at any time to monitor bandwidth, usage, transmissions, and content from time to time to operate the Service; to identify violations of this Policy; and/or to protect the network, the Service and Comcast users.
So if the AUP is to be believed, either someone ratted you out, or your bandwidth consumption was so outrageously high that it stood out from the crowd and was noticed.
What I truly found disturbing was this little gem, also under "Prohibited Used and Activities:" quote:
(ii) post, store, send, transmit, or disseminate any information or material which a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, offensive, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, distressing, vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful;
Under this clause, the image posted earlier in this thread of a steaming pile of crap could be considered a AUP violation.
(EDIT: spelling)
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| said by MrBradTX:
»www.comcast.net/terms/use.jsp
What I truly found disturbing was this little gem, also under "Prohitited Used and Activities:" quote:
(ii) post, store, send, transmit, or disseminate any information or material which a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, offensive, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, distressing, vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful;
Under this clause, the image posted earlier in this thread of a steaming pile of crap could be considered a AUP violation.
As could the proceeding paragraph from Comcast terms. | |
| reply to MrBradTX
said by MrBradTX:
Under this clause, the image posted earlier in this thread of a steaming pile of crap could be considered a AUP violation.
Only if it were posted from a Comcast account.  | | |
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 JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
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Rockville, MD | said by J D McDorce:
said by MrBradTX:
Under this clause, the image posted earlier in this thread of a steaming pile of crap could be considered a AUP violation.
Only if it were posted from a Comcast account.
Right on JD! I'm not bound by any such restrictions!
But even so, I only transmitted text (the url of the image), not the actual image. | |
 hbregPremium
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Feasterville Trevose, PA | said by JTRockville:
But even so, I only transmitted text (the url of the image), not the actual image.
JT, sshh, next us Comcast customers will see transmitting text will be against the AUP. LOL | |
 hqh510
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Manassas, VA | reply to MrBradTX
I think the bandwidth consumption was outrageous to them that I stood out. I never boasted about how much I downloaded to people, so that isn't going to the reason for this notice.
said by MrBradTX:
So if the AUP is to be believed, either someone ratted you out, or your bandwidth consumption was so outrageously high that it stood out from the crowd and was noticed.
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 SolarPupHardware GodPremium
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Greeley, CO | reply to MrBradTX
Yeah but that's newsgroup content.. that's not the service content itself... and honestly if it's not in the AUP stating specifically what the max is, then they have no room to bitch. Unless someone is really complaining about slow speeds, (which could be on their node), then they need to detail what the rate limits are...
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| reply to MrBradTX
you realize that you are probably costing them more than $60 in transport bandwidth costs at their peering points, not to mention the capital to support you. I have adelphia so I am not sure how much you pay, but thats more than I pay for my service. | |
| In other words you are costing them more than you are giving them in which case I woudl boot you off the network. The guy claiming to do 200 GB a month is costing them more than $350 in bandwidth to support him per month.
How many of you would be willing to pay $300 for unlimited access? not me
How many of you would be willing to pay $100 a month for a high usage limit? I might | |
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