  GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | So what happens when you leave Comcast? Do you have to download all your files back to your machine? Or, can you continue on with the service.
Pricing is pretty good to the point it becomes a very nice, competitive service on its own. | |
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| | 250 GB cap + $10 FOR 200gb more sounds good they should 250 GB cap + $10 FOR 200gb more sounds good they should also offer that for people over the cap. | |
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 |  Killa200Premium
join:2005-12-02
Southeast TN | Re: 250 GB cap + $10 FOR 200gb more sounds good they should said by Joe12345678:250 GB cap + $10 FOR 200gb more sounds good they should also offer that for people over the cap. I think your missing the purpose of this service. The 200 GB doesn't go towards your usage a month, it is for online space to backup your important files and data from your pc in case of data loss due to the many things that could cause it. | |
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| |  ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Grafton, WV
1 edit | Re: 250 GB cap + $10 FOR 200gb more sounds good they should NM | |
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| | Counts against the cap? Good I'm a Comcast subscriber and I dislike the cap (even though I never come close to it according to DD-WRT), but I'd rather they treat all traffic the same and make their home grown services subject to the same limits as all other services. | |
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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | Carbonite? Are they using Carbonite? Optimum Online also offers 2GB of free storage through Carbonite but we have no limits so it is actually a pretty good deal.
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|  ericn32mehPremium
join:2009-09-23
Costa Mesa, CA | Re: Carbonite? The screenshot says it's Mozy. | |
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| ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Grafton, WV | Re: Other options out there said by mob:I use one that is advertised on television, and so far, it's been like advertised. They don't care what ISP I use either. Besides, I would bet that the**AA's would try to get Comcast to give them access to your files. A judge who is clueless is all they would need. Fixed it for ya as they are all clueless... | |
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|  SterlingIP Support Tier IIIPremium
join:2003-05-30
Pittsburgh, PA | They can get a subpoena for anything almost regardless of where its located or collocated in the us, if served with a valid subpoena we would have to turn that info over, that's why your info is not given to the mpaa and only warning letter are issue, is because we cannot just released that to anyone who ask for it. But who knows maybe i could be wrong on some thing but personal identify information is never released | |
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1 edit | Cox has a similar service But they don't have the options like Comcast is offering. You get 5 GB free, then $3.99 / month for 25 GB but that is it.
Their client program doesn't currently support Win7 X64, but they claim they are working on it.
Kinda sucks that it counts against the caps. Not sure if Cox's does or not.  | |
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| | Just go back to being a dumb pipe please. Just go back to being a dumb pipe please. | |
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JimFPremium
join:2003-06-15
Allentown, PA
1 edit | Network Neutrality Pitfalls That is why all the network neutrality fanboys will regret their decision. The free market allocates resources far more efficiently than government edict, which is really only a cave-in to certain special interests. | |
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|  Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | Re: Network Neutrality Pitfalls I'm reminded of the phrase "Damned if you do, damned if you don't." | |
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| | | Not me. How am I to regret this at all? If this service they offer creates problems for their people and their caps then 1 of 2 things will happen: 1.) They will raise the caps 2.) They will take measures to reduce the use of the service.
They have a service that competes with others out there. Keyword "competes". Shouldn't they have to play on a level playing field and not give their service an advantage over another by NOT counting it?
IMHO, you people that are for companies building a wall garden would regret that if they ever get their way and are allowed to build that garden. | |
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| | | said by JimF:The free market allocates resources far more efficiently than government edict, which is really only a cave-in to certain special interests. And sometimes the free market needs to be put in check. NN only came about due to the poor behavior of some operators. The only people to blame for NN are the operators who forced people to ask for government intervention.
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | the problem is that they shouldnt say a damn thing, and just silently at the end of each billing month omit data sent or recv from inhouse services.
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| | Yeah... because I trust Comcast (or any ISP) with my data. (/sarcasm) | |
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| | Mozy Online Backup > Comcast Backup Mozy Online Backup = $5 a month for unlimited space... this is $10 a month for 200 gigs... fail... | |
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|  Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1
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| Re: Mozy Online Backup > Comcast Backup said by inferno:Mozy Online Backup = $5 a month for unlimited space... this is $10 a month for 200 gigs... fail... According to the page, Comcast Backup is Mozy (or powered by Mozy).
Personally I hate Mozy since last time I tried it it created a file on my drive that grew out of control. I only noticed it when I couldn't figure out where my disk space was going and found a 2 GB file in the Mozy folder.
That and I hate programs that needlessly run as a driver. Mozy runs as a driver and monitors all disk access and stores it in the before mentioned file.
I personally prefer DropBox which only does stuff when it's actually running. It also offer 2 GB free, though the paid services are more expensive then Mozy.
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| | GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | Re: Mozy Online Backup > Comcast Backup I don't like Mozy either. I want external storage to use as a remote hard drive. Mozy forces you to use their service only as a mirror. So, if you delete something off your hard drive, those files will then be deleted off of Mozy at some time in the near future.
Not what I want . . . unless Comcast has modified the Mozy functionality. | |
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| |  StraitShootWho Loves Ya Baby? - Theo KojakPremium
join:2003-02-08
Clinton, MA
kudos:1 | You just answered my question.. I use Dropbox. Sounds like I should stay with them... | |
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| yabos
join:2003-02-16
London, ON | LOL, so what are you paying the extra 5 bucks for then I wonder? Might as well just sign up for Mozy $5/month for unlimited storage if it's the exact same service. | |
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|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by inferno:Mozy Online Backup = $5 a month for unlimited space... this is $10 a month for 200 gigs... fail... Hmmmmmmm. i seem to remember a post somewhere where mozy was throttling after so much data was uploaded.
so much for unlimited unfettered service!
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| ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Grafton, WV | Re: Windows Live Skydrive has 25GB free storage for backup None of them sound good with no linux capability... | |
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| | | | Re: Windows Live Skydrive has 25GB free storage for backup Ubuntu has one, called Ubuntu One, iirc.
Installed 9.10 and tinkered a bit. | |
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MTUPremium
join:2005-02-15
San Luis Obispo, CA | Fad Must be the result of management encounter-sessions & corp-think. Now Norton (Symantec) is offering 'on-line storage'.
Perhaps there's $ offered from the intel agencies. | |
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| | No Cap From 12am-12pm This is why I think Comcast and others that want some kind of cap should offer a period where usage is not counted against the cap. It allows you to download/upload things that aren't time sensitive like Online Backup or torrent downloads.
The cost to provide this bandwidth in the middle of the night is near $0 because usage is so low and bandwidth is a "use it or lose it" kind of resource. | |
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| | | Re: No Cap From 12am-12pm Well, it was never about the cost of providing bandwidth so chances are remote. | |
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| |  IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | Re: No Cap From 12am-12pm said by bugabuga:Well, it was never about the cost of providing bandwidth so chances are remote. I think you're onto something....  | |
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| | Ummmm no... Using this service form Comcast would be akin to letting the MPAA store your downloaded movie collection for you. Lunacy.
I see a high chance for personal lawsuits using this service. If Comcast is willing to deep packet inspect your daily web traffic, what do you think they are going to do with the files they are storing for you?
Avoid like the plague. | |
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| | can anyone log in? was anyone able to successfully sign in and download the software?
when i go to login it says
Page Expired
To protect privacy and enhance security, the page you are trying to access is no longer available. | |
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|  jack bGone FishingPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-08
Cape Cod
kudos:1 | Re: can anyone log in? said by samrocks:was anyone able to successfully sign in and download the software? when i go to login it says Page Expired To protect privacy and enhance security, the page you are trying to access is no longer available. Try this page:
»security.comcast.net/backup/details/
worked for me
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join:2008-05-08
Hanover, PA | Webspace You get 7GBs of webspace (1GB per email account) which you can share so this is no big deal. | |
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| dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Webspace said by Da Man:You get 7GBs of webspace (1GB per email account) which you can share so this is no big deal. theres probably a max filesize limitation on the webspace option.
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| | about this data back up I work for a local ISP and we started to do this online back up and we offer it as unlimited back up and the software we use is called datavault so far its working great. | |
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