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Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official
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Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official  August 28, 2008 - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.On Oct. 1, the cable company will update its user agreement to say that users will be allowed 250 gigabytes of traffic per month, the company announced on its Web site. Comcast has already reserved the right to cut off subscribers who use too much bandwidth each month, without specifying exactly what constitutes excessive use. "We've listened to feedback from our customers who asked that we provide a specific threshold for data usage and this would help them understand the amount of usage that would qualify as excessive," the company said in a statement on its Web site. Customers who go over the limit are contacted by the company and asked to curb their usage. "We know from experience the vast majority of customers we ask to curb usage do so voluntarily," the company said. Comcast floated the idea of a 250 gigabyte cap in May and mentioned then that it might charge users $15 for every 10 gigabytes they go over, but the overage fee was missing in Thursday's announcement. Curbing the top users is necessary to keep the network fast and responsive for other users, Comcast has said. Comcast stressed that the bandwidth cap is far above the median monthly usage of its customers, which 2 to 3 gigabytes. Very few subscribers use more than 250 gigabytes, it said. A user could download 125 standard-definition movies, about four per day, before hitting the limit. The cap is also above those of some other ISPs. Cox Communications' monthly caps vary from 5 gigabytes to 75 gigabytes depending the subscriber's plan. Time Warner Cable Inc. is testing caps between 5 gigabytes and 40 gigabytes in one market. Frontier Communications Co., a phone company, plans to start charging extra for use of more than 5 gigabytes per month. |
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That's fucking bullshit. I'm stuck using comcast. I don't use that much bandwidth, especially since I hardly use my p2p programs anymore, but still, thats fucked. Bunch of cheap cunts limiting our shit. |
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yep.... thats fucking brutal  |
Open up, I'll give you a taste.
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Why the anger then if this wont affect you. If you bothered reading the article, It states that customers that use over 250 gigs will be charged. |
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i dont know wot u guys r whinging about.in the uk isp's says unlimited download..but read the small print and its says 40gig per month is your limit. but i dont know wot i would download everyday to exceed that limit.i mean 1 movie at best is 700mb.an album is 70mb!! so wot the hell r u complaining about? i mean 250 gig per month!!! hell the hell do u exceed that???? |
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250 GB yet you bitch?!?! damn give me half that and i will be happy. |
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wow, in Australia you can't even get an unlimited internet plan if you get any serious kind of line speed. Hell, i'm lucky to get 50gb a month with a 1.5mb connection for AUD$65 |
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my hard drive isn't 250 gigs... |
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I'm a Receptacle Utilization Engineer. I should have been born in Europe. |
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Wow, I got rid of Comcast just in time. |
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This is what is going to happen: The fuckers come complain to us (wbw) because the site is slow because there provider is limiting (capping) traffic. I say the we (wbw) have to fix the problem that is TOTALLY out of our hands... |
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