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Comments on news posted 2008-09-05 14:24:08: We've always known that Comcast has long had an invisible usage limit, because our users have been complaining about it for the better part of a decade. ..

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Matt3
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Yep... business as usual

This is not surprising at all and exactly what most people thought was going on.
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hopeflicker
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Greed!

Capitalism breeds greed. People just dont like to admit it.

That's what happening within Comcast.


inferno

join:2008-07-06

reply to Matt3

Re: Yep... business as usual

Comcast is a complete joke... Just upgrade your old CRAPPY equipment and let the customers use as much bandwidth as we want! UPGRADE YOUR OLD CRAPPY EQUIPMENT COMCAST AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE STUPID BANDWIDTH PROBLEMS!!

Also... comcast get rid of your entertainment sections, I see you are selling movies directly from your site. Start thinking about upgrading your old crappy system before you start making sites that sell movies... there are other better sources for that type of content... UPGRADE YOUR OLD CRAPPY EQUIPMENT COMCAST!!


c64

join:2008-07-31
Lansdale, PA

comcrap

just florida!they been shoveling the bull for over 30yrs.
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quatrix
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Only 1,000?

They should boot at least the top 1%.


Sith HMP
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Clarity

I get it now. If they can afford to just throw away 1000 customers every month with out blinking an eye, I now understand why they could care less about fixing any of my service issues. Thanks a lot Insight for handing me over to these tools.


Linklist
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reply to Matt3

Re: Yep... business as usual

said by Matt3:

This is not surprising at all and exactly what most people thought was going on.
And the "WE THE PEOPLE" crowd are now getting what they demanded - an announced & marketed hard cap. And instead of 1,000/mo of the very worst abusers getting booted, Comcast gets to boot many many more within a couple months of Oct 1(new rules give an extra 30 days beyond 1st month before termination). So say around Dec 1 or thereabouts, we can start reading all the woeful stories about how "I was not an abuser, but just an advanced user backing up my terabytes of disk storage".

Moral of story: "Beware of what you wish for - you may get it."
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azjerry

join:2002-12-04
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Interesting policy

Given enough time they would boot every last user.

HeavyC

join:2004-03-31

reply to quatrix

Re: Only 1,000?

Then after you booth that top 1%, boot the top 1% again. Just rinse and repeat. They'll have a really easy to manage network before too long....there will be no traffic on it.


hopeflicker
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reply to Linklist

Re: Yep... business as usual

said by Linklist:

said by Matt3:

This is not surprising at all and exactly what most people thought was going on.
And the "WE THE PEOPLE" crowd are now getting what they demanded - an announced & marketed hard cap. And instead of 1,000/mo of the very worst abusers getting booted, Comcast gets to boot many many more within a couple months of Oct 1(new rules give an extra 30 days beyond 1st month before termination). So say around Dec 1 or thereabouts, we can start reading all the woeful stories about how "I was not an abuser, but just an advanced user backing up my terabytes of disk storage".

Moral of story: "Be honest with your customers in the first place."
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DarkEnigma

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curius

would constant gaming lead up to 250gb worth of data transfer in a month,or also video streaming(youtube), online radios video steams, stuff like that


hopeflicker
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said by DarkEnigma:

would constant gaming lead up to 250gb worth of data transfer in a month,or also video streaming(youtube), online radios video steams, stuff like that
Sad to think that we have to ask questions like this, huh?
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Dogfather
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And we're supposed to believe anything these ISPs say

Comcast lying, Bell Canada lying...and we're supposed to believe any claims coming from them.

This is evidence that nothing they say is to be believed and the burden of proof (eg that they're having capacity problems) is on them.

Everything they say must be assumed a lie.


Karl Bode
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reply to Linklist

Re: Yep... business as usual

Yes Tom, it's consumers who demand clarity and accountability that are the problem. Clearly.


RadioDoc
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reply to hopeflicker

Re: Greed!

Breeds? Capitalism is greed. Greed is what makes it work.

manhole0

join:2000-09-12
Modesto, CA

reply to DarkEnigma

Re: curius

If my math is correct, you would need to use greater than 768kbps of data non-stop for the entire month to exceed 250GB in one month.

I'd like to see Comcast release what percentage of their users currently use more than 250GB/month so that way we will know how many of their users they will be terminating


RadioDoc
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reply to Karl Bode

Re: Yep... business as usual

Now come on Karl. You know that customers are just a necessary evil, to be handled like cattle.

This makes me proud to be a Florida taxpayer. Go get 'em Bill.


hopeflicker
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reply to RadioDoc

Re: Greed!

said by RadioDoc:

Breeds? Capitalism is greed. Greed is what makes it work.
And in some cases like this, people get screwed because of greed.
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DarkEnigma

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reply to manhole0

Re: curius

there's webcams we use online games videos whats the speed u think they use all at the same time if we do use it and in multiple computers around the house or multiple game systems what would be the average kbps at any given time


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reply to Karl Bode

Re: Yep... business as usual

said by Karl Bode:

Yes Tom, it's consumers who demand clarity and accountability that are the problem. Clearly.
It wasn't the average consumer demanding it. They weren't affected and were not aware of any problem. It was the well above average abusers demanding the clarification and a hard cap. Well now they get to pay for what they wanted and got.
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