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Internet question
Can a subscriber be bumped of their service for exceeding the provider's bandwidth cap? For a year?
Seams a bit odd to me.
A friend's son sent me this chat between Comcast and a customer.
http://techbasic.net/index.php?optio...d=165&Itemid=1)
Seams a bit odd to me.
A friend's son sent me this chat between Comcast and a customer.
http://techbasic.net/index.php?optio...d=165&Itemid=1)
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From: Brandon, MS
Interesting. I wonder what my bandwidth usage is through Comcast since I also have Vonage phone service which obviously runs through my Comcast cable modem?
Not to mention how much my son uses when playing World of Warcraft online.
Not to mention how much my son uses when playing World of Warcraft online.
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From: West Valley Utah
Comcast does not have a hard limit on bandwidth. The TOS states basically that if you use the connection to the point that it degrades the connection for that node, you can get booted off the network.
Comcast sends an abuse letter first. You call and they tell you the problem and tell you to use the connection less. The sticky part is, they will NOT give you a number to shoot for and there is where people get angry. A second letter will usually get you booted off for a year.
In general from what I have read, about 200 gigs of data, month after month, will get you the letter. It also depends on your specific area. If the norm for your area is 200 gigs a month, nobody in that area gets the letter.
I happen to agree with Comcast's policy. If Comcast does set a hard limit, it will be small and everyone is going to pay for the 2% that really does abuse the connection.
I have used as little as 10 gigs and well over 100 gigs a month and never had a problem with Comcast.
Comcast sends an abuse letter first. You call and they tell you the problem and tell you to use the connection less. The sticky part is, they will NOT give you a number to shoot for and there is where people get angry. A second letter will usually get you booted off for a year.
In general from what I have read, about 200 gigs of data, month after month, will get you the letter. It also depends on your specific area. If the norm for your area is 200 gigs a month, nobody in that area gets the letter.
I happen to agree with Comcast's policy. If Comcast does set a hard limit, it will be small and everyone is going to pay for the 2% that really does abuse the connection.
I have used as little as 10 gigs and well over 100 gigs a month and never had a problem with Comcast.
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Cableone will throttle your speed back if you exceed a certain amount of usage in a certain period of time. States that in their terms of use. I don't think they will cut you off though.....just slow your connection down.
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"Jay" needs to think a little more from a business perspective. There is a good reason to not publish the hard limit. Let's say it is 200GB and is published. If you download more than that per month you get flagged. What is likely to put you over that limit as a residential user? Multimedia content, likely illegal content. Now, let's say that if you don't go over 200GB/month, you don't get flagged. So you use a little utility that tells you when you have hit 199.5GB so that you can stop and avoid the known limit and not get flagged. You would clearly be within the "letter of the law", but you would still be abusing the system.
I get tired of all the folks that think the Internet should be totally free--bandwidth costs money, a lot of money to implement and maintain.
It would be like paying $10 for an all-you-can-eat buffet and going up with garbage bags and clearing out the buffet as soon as they put out any food. Noone else would get any food, but the manager would probably kick you out before you got very far into filling the bags.
Jason
I get tired of all the folks that think the Internet should be totally free--bandwidth costs money, a lot of money to implement and maintain.
It would be like paying $10 for an all-you-can-eat buffet and going up with garbage bags and clearing out the buffet as soon as they put out any food. Noone else would get any food, but the manager would probably kick you out before you got very far into filling the bags.
Jason
Last edited by jroehl; Feb 13, 2007 at 10:18 AM.
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