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- Neticule, on 05/08/2008, -2/+249***** ridiculous, japan has 100mbit connections with prices dropping all the time, and here in america our services are just being crippled instead of improved.
Shame on you comcast, if you go through with this deal you will just be stifling the growth of your user base, as well as the growth of the internet. If you are stupid enough to go through with this plan, atleast be smart and offer an UNCAPPED service. Charge triple if you need to, but it will PISS me off if I buy the top tier service available to me, and am still capped. I have heard of you doing this ***** to comcast customers that have went over your "hidden" bandwidth limit, when confronted you would not even offer them an unlimited service, no matter what they paid, that is just stupid business.
/end_rant - twiztidsinz, on 05/08/2008, -2/+131Comcast... It's Sucktastic!
- blankoboy, on 05/08/2008, -0/+85100MB (up and down) FTTH here in Tokyo, with no data caps/overage fees for ~$45/month which includes IPTV and IP Telephony services. Welcome to the Internet America. Don't you think it's time you stood up and made a change in your country? You guys are getting royally reemed (same goes for Canada, f*cking Rogers and Bell).
- CatsAreGods, on 05/08/2008, -3/+78I signed up for an unlimited service with brochures telling me I could download whatever I wanted 24 hours a day, and by golly that's just what I expect.
- davidsmero, on 05/08/2008, -2/+54everyone get a hacked modem and uncap it.
they won't be able to determine because its not provisioned to any account. - bhattsan, on 05/08/2008, -2/+46I've been enduring comcast's ridiculousness for some time now, considering their speeds, but I just might move to DSL, if it goes any further :(
- davidsmero, on 05/08/2008, -1/+43www.tcniso.net
get a sb5100 , and read up on the forms. very simple to do and you can be up and running in minutes and enjoy a constant 30mbit/1.5mbit connection.
dont worry about them finding out, its very complicated. if you use mac address as someone else in the same general area it makes it all more difficult.
message me if u need help. - AngelBunny, on 05/08/2008, -1/+34you would have to run at around 101.6kB/s 24/7 to hit 250gb. To stream high quality standard def tv is about 150kB/s +/- 20kB/s basicly the main reason they are forcing 250GB a month limit is to make sure no one in the future can buy super cheap tv over ip service. imagine getting thousands of channels for $20 a month. it is easily possible with tv over ip if done right and comcast wants to hold their tv monopoly.
- Thundercat1971, on 05/08/2008, -2/+30I believe if you read it carefully, you signed up for unlimited* service
unlimited* = whatever comcast secretly limits us at this month. - AngelBunny, on 05/08/2008, -1/+27this is what I do. with comcast especially it is super easy.
all you do is get a modem (sb5100 for example) that isn't tied to someones account. it can be a used modem from ebay, for example. then plug it into your wall, plug it into a router your normal cable modem does not use or spoof the mac address on your router. comcast can identify who you are if you have the same mac address behind 1 legit modem and another uncapped modem. after plugging the router in plug a computer in to the router and try to get online. if you get a welcome to comcast page then go into your router or your computers settings and set to a non comcast dns server like 4.2.2.2, for example, and then try to get online again. :)
there are more steps to modding a modem to get it uncapped. also, if you use to much bandwidth on a non registered modem then they will ban its mac address then your modem has to be modded so that you can change its mac address. - parallax7d, on 05/08/2008, -1/+26DSL is slower, but I switched from comcast because I was sick of paying them a premium every month, just so they could ruin the internet with my money. I still game online, but pings are about 20 ms higher and downloads about half the speed, but it never bothers me, and I am an excessive internet user. I'm saving money, and the money I do pay doesn't go to one of the worst corporations in the US.
- dOOBiEx213, on 05/08/2008, -0/+23Please sir, elaborate. I've read in Time Warner's site about uncapped modems, but I've been paranoid they might know who's doing it.
- theaceoffire, on 05/08/2008, -0/+22I hate them for trying to make more money while taking away what we had.
- Okari, on 05/08/2008, -4/+26I don't know, those Linux distros add up pretty fast.
- sansri88, on 05/08/2008, -2/+21Skip the blog, go to the source:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Conside ... - dOOBiEx213, on 05/08/2008, -1/+20Holy *****, MOVE NOW. No job, no house, no family, no friends are worth a 10gb limit.
- RudeTurnip, on 05/08/2008, -3/+22It's not that hard to do when you've got iTunes or Miro sucking in hi-def MP4 videos (all legal, btw) on a daily basis. I don't subscribe to TV service, just FIOS internet service.
Comcast is simply stifling innovation by restricting IPTV services from flourishing. There has to be an antitrust violation in there somewhere. - eLuminx, on 05/08/2008, -5/+24hopefully enough people start to boycott this piece of ***** company and they start loosing it just like the RIAA. Let's hope their broadband side of the company goes down, and lets hope it goes down crashing and burning...
- davidsmero, on 05/08/2008, -2/+21what she said lol.
a good way to get mac addresses...go to best buy and write down the hfc mac's off the motoral sb5100 boxes. their near the serial number and barcode on the outside of the box. - burnstyle, on 05/08/2008, -0/+18actually no one had to do it.
- dOOBiEx213, on 05/08/2008, -3/+19torrent =! illegal
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -2/+18I translated that for everyone "comcast is ready to do anything except upgrade its network"
- spyders, on 05/08/2008, -4/+20Here in Australia, we have almost always had to live with monthly bandwidth caps, both on ADSL, Cable and wireless. Speed throttling or exhorbitant excess charges follow if you exceed your cap. There are almost no "all-you-can-eat" plans from any ISP here.
I'm currentl on a 100Gb per month cap, speed throttled after exceeding cap, ADSL 1 (8M up, 384k down - no ADSL 2 from my ISP in my area yet), costing me AUD$179 a month. At least my ISP doesn't count uploads in that cap.
250Gb monthly plan and $1.50 per gig after that would be pretty sweet to us.
I feel your pain guys, but in perspective, it's not as bad as it could be. Sorry. - theaceoffire, on 05/08/2008, -0/+15How much is the cost of living? Average apartment cost?
I am getting desperate for a land of Anime, Video Games, and fast internet... - davidsmero, on 05/08/2008, -0/+15yes. any docsis network.
- Enkairi, on 05/08/2008, -4/+19Damnit, I have Comcast.
I can't wait until Verizon offers its FIOS in my area, they already laid the fios lines.
On another point, the cap is 250gb, Id oubt many people are going to reach that. - evil-doer, on 05/08/2008, -0/+14lying
- Djharlock, on 05/08/2008, -5/+19Here's a fact, Comcast is a joke.
- RMoore08, on 05/08/2008, -0/+13"1. Hughes Satellite. (you can get this ANYWHERE)"
Don't EVER say this as an alternative. This service SUCKS. It has lots of latency (bad for gaming and due to the whole going into space and coming back thing) and they too have a "cap" they call it FAP, fair access policy where you cant go over a certain amount of DL or UL in a certain amount of time. Their customer service sucks and if there is a rainy day, good luck getting internet. It cuts out for several hours with even a little cloud in the way. I had it for a year ONLY because it was the only thing other than Dial up to get in my rural area of texas.
/me steps off soapbox - BesideYouInTime, on 05/08/2008, -11/+24Caps suck, but 250gb a month would be hard to hit without your line going full tilt 24/7.
- vdgmr1213, on 05/08/2008, -0/+13In my area, it wasn't even a choice. Comcast averaged around 1.1 mbs instead of their advertised 8 mbs. It was ridiculous. To pay for the service and get an eighth of what was being paid for AND having BT blocks AND everything else they did, Embarq was the only way to go. About the same cost for 5 mbs DSL that really is 5 mbs. While its not everything I wish it was, its better than Comcast. They only learn if you show them you don't like it and hurt them where it counts.
- asforme, on 05/08/2008, -0/+12I got kicked off of Comcast. I asked about a business service and they simply responded that if I didn't lower my bandwidth usage I would be suspended. I asked how much to lower it, their response, "we don't have set bandwidth limits". I'm now on verison dsl, it's slower but I'll be damned if I'm giving Comcast another dime.
- dOOBiEx213, on 05/08/2008, -0/+12hahah will do. Thanks for the heads up.
- jull1234, on 05/08/2008, -0/+11their. god damn.
- encrypter, on 05/08/2008, -0/+11can these be done to use on the Rogers network in Canada?
- AngelBunny, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10most of comcrap's customers are in areas were there is no competition.
- FatLoser, on 05/08/2008, -2/+12At first I thought you were making a dig at blankoboy, then I realized you simply didn't realize.... apartments in Japan generally require 6+ months deposit/fee. Plus you have to deal with all the cultural stuff like paying your landlord another 6 months "thank you for letting me in" fee. Plus, you know, the $2000 or so you have to drop each month for the 1 bedroom apartment's rent.
Japan has an amazing infrastructure because it is a small country (compared to the USA), and so while they have better connections, they have far less invested and the costs are much smaller because the average end point is something like 1/100 as far from the source (given the same source distribution per capita) than you'll find in the USA. - aimhelix, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10If FiOS (Ver) is smart - this might be the time to capitalize vs. cable, since Comcast is considering practicing '*****.
- AngelBunny, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10250GB is 101.6kB/s 24/7 which isn't very much when you live in a house with 3 other room mates and all are computer addicts. Heck, if 4 people ran youtube 5 hours a day and didn't use the net for anything else they would hit the 250GB limit.
- Shootfast, on 05/08/2008, -3/+13Come down to Australia, where some providers get off on offering 250mb a month...
- rebotfc, on 05/08/2008, -0/+9This IS the real reason, its anti-net neutrality by the back door. If they make google pay to serve files, they will charge the customer.
- FecalHurler, on 05/08/2008, -0/+9Hahaha this is why I love Digg. You're a good man.
- KiraDnote, on 05/08/2008, -1/+10surely somebody has software that will generate valid mac addresses
- CatsAreGods, on 05/08/2008, -0/+9You think they'd *lower* your bill if you used less data?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! - slick519, on 05/08/2008, -0/+8you are stupid. the reasonable and fair thing to do would be offer a very inexpensive package for the emailers/occasional web goers.
what comcast is proposing is just mean. i am probably just bitter because a 250GB cap would DESTROY my ratios on all mah sweet trackers. - Ninjapope, on 05/08/2008, -1/+9Except most people who subscribe to them probably don't even know what the hell a Gigabyte is.
- sparql, on 05/08/2008, -0/+8he is. legitmate digital distribution scares the hell out of comcast, who has profited for years on monopolizing various parts of the country. We are at the point where you could realistically suck down a HD signal all day long, they need to do something to stop that.
- davidsmero, on 05/08/2008, -0/+8Its very difficult. Since the modem is not provisioned to any account they can't see who is really belongs too, hence who will they call?
The only thing i am aware of is them tracking it back to the node you are on. Each node houses 100-300+ modems in a 2 mile radius or so.
How I miss my comcast days..... - FecalHurler, on 05/08/2008, -0/+8David, does this also block ISPs from keeping an accurate tab on DLing? For example, if I'm downloading/uploading something that is tagged, is it possible that it can still be traced back to me? I have a warning from Comcast to chill out...
- legoalert33, on 05/08/2008, -0/+8Thats alot of porn.
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