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TheHelpful1
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join:2002-01-11
Upper Marlboro, MD
| Re: I was thinking about giving it a spin.... said by fatmanskinny  :
"We are going to Linux. Then we are going to Unix. Then on up to Mac. Then on to DOS. Then we are going to Dell. Then we are going to Microsoft to defeat Bill Gates! YEEEEAAHHHHH!!" - Howard Dean on Technology
Please for the love of God tell me Dean did not actually say that.
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fatmanskinny
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join:2004-01-04
Wandering |  Re: I was thinking about giving it a spin....
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zelimer
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|  Customers Can't Sue Per Terms of Use/Service
If that's not legally possible, they've pulled off one helluva bluff. The way it was presented was that I had to agree to their Terms on the spot or I'd be without connectivity and without my main email accounts on the spot.
They're not a fun company, but there are no other broadband options. Things went badly when I tried an SBC/PacBell DSL installation. The guy who came to the house spent 4 hours failing to make it work. He literally ran out before anyone could sit down at the computer and realize he lied when he said it finally did work. --mjz | |
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b_zen
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join:2002-07-24
Saint Louis, MO
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| Charge me by the byte then Old news... This is why I think that charging by the byte works, just as that discussion we've had back in September 03.
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL
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| For the nth time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comcast uses this as a network management tool! Live in an area where they have decent provisioning? Then download away, they aren't going to care. Live in an overloaded or poorly provisioned area? Then watch yourself.
Users have been getting kicked for for downloading as little as 30 gigs to +100 gigs. While others have proclaimed monthly averages of 50~+100 gigs without a peep from Comcast. Where that line is really depends on where you live and their network status as any given time. | |
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VWSpeedRacer
join:2002-10-06
Essex Junction, VT
clubs: | Familiar ring to it... And to think... just a few years ago America was all confused about the meaning of the word "is".  | |
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superht1
join:2001-02-22
Kennesaw, GA
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| Re: What do you mean?! said by ctceo :
Ok, they mean to tell me that DSL providers are going to use caps as PR ammo. Not likely. What I've seen already is DSL providers using the cap denial as ammo. You'd think they'd just get over it, and post some reasonable friggin' caps. Time to quit acting like a monopoly, Comcast, and start acting like a business commited to it's customers!
ctceo, my iq is only 1 and I know that bandwidth capping is stupid if not utterly shady and despicable. | |
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ctceo
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join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
clubs: | Re: What do you mean?! huh?, nevermind... | |
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waynemr
join:2002-01-28
Madison, WI | Contact to start a class action lawsuit »www.lieffcabraser.com/
They took on and won against AOLs claims about unlimited use being charged, etc. | |
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lonetrixter
join:2002-10-16
Princeton, NJ
| Two quick things... well they've basically *SAID* what the limit is.. the limit is being one fo the top 0.5% of subscribers for a given period (assumably one month). Since that has nothing acually to do with how much *you* have downloaded and everything to do with how much everyone else has downloaded... they can't actually say what next months' limit is, cause they won't know till after its over an they go back and check everyone's statistics.
my real problem is the lack of an option of what you can do once they decide yer over this transient limit. Its one thing to say 'we're sorry, but you're really using more connection than everyone else in your tier.. for an extra $20 a month we can bump you up into the *REALLY* really unlimited tier and we'll shut up and let you do whatever you want.. it wouldn't be *great* but at least you could keep yer service and download 24/7 no worries)
Its another matter entirely so say 'you used more than we want you to, go away' especially after PROMISING you that they wouldn't put any limits on how you would use the service.
The huge problem with dsl is that the distance is at least in this current generation, totally unsurmountable... if you live too far, or have older phone equiment along the path to your home.. theres nothing that *you* can ever do to get service.. and unless you live much closer than average to yer local phone switch yer SEVERELY limited in speed right off the bat.. thats why DSL companies can't rib cable companies for limiting user's bandwidth.. cause DSL has the distance limit built inherent in the very technology of the system. | |
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