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- 10goto10, on 10/10/2007, -23/+239Inaccurate... I'm on Comcast and I'm leeching movies full time, and I'm not being discon
- nixonrichard, on 10/10/2007, -5/+178Yes, I have a feeling "NETGEAR1004" in my apartment complex will meet a similar fate . . . he's been downloading 20gb HD movies lately . . . I'm guessing.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+126You two didn't understand the joke? Wow.
- KMye, on 10/10/2007, -3/+123This is a ***** policy by Comcast, but I'm betting 10-1 Frank Carreiro had an unsecured wireless network, and didn't know he was actually paying for half the neighborhood's internet access.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -6/+57So this is why my connection has been blipping off when I have LAN parties in my house.
What the ***** comcast? I've got a business line cable modem and my modem can't even support four computers using the same amount of bandwidth at the same damn time?
That's it, when I'm done moving to another ISP...
Christ, The only other option in town is SBC Yahoo... Crap. :/ - Tempest811, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50[This comment has been removed by Comcast to preserve bandwidth]
- Herolint, on 10/10/2007, -4/+50If I'm paying $50.00 a month for unlimited usage, I should not have to monitor my usage. If companies are going to advertise unlimited usage for a certain price per month, then that is damn well what they should give you.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35Well at your LAN parties, are you actually LAN'n or are you all just playing on the internet together. If you're actaully in a LAN, then there is nothing to do with Comcast. It's just your router.
- mkriss5681, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34I used to work for Comcast Internet a few years back. They wouldn't even tell me what the limit was so it was kinda frustrating to deal with these issues, but in the 2.5 years when I worked there I only came across 2 or 3 cases of getting the ban stick. Most of the people who I talked to who were using "too much bandwidth" got at least 3 warnings before being banned. In most cases the users were downloading so much stuff it was ridiculous. I asked one guy who got a warning letter what type of stuff he was doing and he said he was running an FTP site and uploaded to IRC and was using 100-200 GBs on a slow day and as much as a Terabyte when he had a "new release". Most of the people who did hit the limit were violating the terms of service by running a server of some sort (web, FTP, Game, ect).
I asked one of the higher up system admins what the limit was. He said it wasn't a set number but it was a percentage of the bandwidth on your node. If you are using more than 10% of your node (which was usually 200 people or so) you are in the risk of getting a letter.
Don't get me wrong I think Comcast's policy of limiting bandwidth is ***** but if you get these letters and then ignore them you but these people are using so much connection its slowing their neighbors down so it's kinda hard to feel sorry for them, especially when all they would have to do is pay an extra 10 bucks a month for the business service. - Modulo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26After we tell you where we "rip" our movies, maybe we can also tell you the secret place where we take the pot, hep-cat. We can get all "stoned out" "man"
- knowyourrights, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28Patience, if Google wins the 700MHz band, there will be many changes.
- peterjmag, on 10/10/2007, -7/+31This guy'd better have a pretty damn healthy supply of porn with that kind of usage...
- aladin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16use 200GB? You'd be surprised how easily I eat that.
- legatus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Phone companies do the same thing. Get yourself a unlimited roaming plan and roam all the time, see how fast you get dropped.
- loker269, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16This really bothers me that so many people want a set cap....right now you can download a ton through Comcast before you get kicked to the curb, but if they have to implement a stated cap they are going to low ball it and we will be stuck being able to download much less than what we could with the inviso cap. Also Comcast's inviso cap is more reactive than any other cap...with any other kind of cap it takes months or even years for it to adjust to the average users bandwidth needs, Comcast's inviso cap does it all on the fly so if the average download goes up so will the inviso cap....
It is really an optimal solution at least in my eyes.... - zeigual, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Ive had this exact thing happen to me. I am web developer so i use alot of bandwidth i admit, but they wont tell me how much is too much. I was also told my bandwidth warning phone call was a "prank" call when i reffered to it later. Then it was disconnected for weeks. When i called to complain they said i had to call some random number to get it turned back on. When I called it, they just dropped me into a voicemail telling me to leave my info. I didnt get a return call for weeks. And when i called the company to complain about the lack of the return calls they said the only thing they can do is call that number. They basically dropped me into a blackhole without telling me why my service was shut off and i had no way of fixing it. Really pissed me off. Screw Comcast!
I guess im part of that .001% - DaffyDuck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Whoosh!
- JoshuaH, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14From the store shelves. It helps if you run too.
- rusty182004, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12ever tried using skype with Rogers? What good is a 100gig cap if they're constantly analyzing every packet you send or receive and arbitrarily blocking them?
- jeuhrn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Is that even true? To send a terabyte in 24 hours, you'd need something along the lines of a 100 Base-T line.
- spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12gee if its slowing down the neighbors, perhaps they shouldnt oversell the bandwith they have.
- postal21, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14these days? easy as pie.
comes down to dont advertise as "unlimited" if its "limited". - loker269, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11If it is actually Comcast's business class service then you should not have to worry...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Then stop labeling your plans as unlimited. Just plain out say it.. X speed with a limit of Y GB. Otherwise they are cheating customer. When you go to an all you can eat buffet the owner cant throw you out for eating too much. This is complete BS on comcast part.
- loker269, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I think that was just some CSR who didn't know what they were doing.....Comcast's inviso cap varies for each and every node and area....so just because its 200GB's at this one does not mean it is 200GB's at this other one....could be 500 GB's....
- bitemegates, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11You are an idiot. New to Internet? I'd recommend your parents hire a reading and comprehension tutor.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11When I got my phone call last month from Comcast warning me that I was using too much bandwidth, I was told by the representative that I was in the upper one tenth of one percent of all Comcast subscribers for bandwidth usage. This is a totally arbitrary number which means that you're not judged by how much you use but by how much you use in comparison to other subscribers. I was told that the first time it happened you received a warning and the second time it happened they would suspend your account for twelve months. I explained to him patiently that this was complete and total ***** and the real problems was that they were overselling their network. He disagreed. I'm now looking at switching to a new provider.
- movieguyjon, on 04/03/2009, -0/+10It takes a better mind to understand subtle humor on the internet. :)
- Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10And if you call Comcast and ask them to help you secure your wireless network, they won't help you because they "don't support third party equipment."
- Krumm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Just because you don't use that much doesn't mean everyone who does is a terrorist - If you use something like Joost, and stream HD video (there are a lot more sites cropping up) then it soon mounts up.
Add on a couple of users in one house and you can easily hit that. - combatchuck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10The "invisible line" has been stated to be around 200 GB, posted on many articles right here on Digg.
- Winston84, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12“levels of traffic sufficient to impede others' ability to send or retrieve information.”
How can you do that ?
you can because they have sold more bandwidth than they can deliver if all their customers used their full PAID-FOR connection.
Thank God such a scam is illegal in my country ... - sLydE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Have you tried turning it off and on again?
- BETA7, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11bandwidth caps are stupid but im glad im with rogers, i have their best package and its 50 bucks CAD a month and i get 10 mbit down 1mbit up along with a 100 gig bandwidth cap that isnt enforced unless u constantly go over it, but even then its like school where they give you warnings, then a slight suspension before fully restricting you haha.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -2/+11Good idea. I think I'll call them later, and wait on hold for about 2 hours. :/
- aladin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10This really worries me. But I think the bigger problem is this whole fascist regime Comcast has going. I mean they decide the limit whenever they want and in a lot of places they practically hold a monopoly. GG no RE
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8If you go to www.Google.com and press Alt+F4 it brings up a list of all the best sites for downloading movie rips.
- muffz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8It's Comcastic!
- loker269, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9You aren't, Comcast does not advertise unlimited anymore and has not done so in years...
- antifreeze11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8rogers is comcast on steroids
- JeremyBanks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Rogers is the only ISP in the world to throttle ALL ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC, not just BitTorrent. They also have some of the most appalling support of any company I've had the misfortune of dealing with. Also, what plan are you describing? Their largest consumer plan (at least here in Toronto) is 8.0 down/ 0.8 up (and you're lucky to get much more than half of that) for $56 (including modem rental).
- shakestheclown, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9MAC filtering is ineffective.
It is about as useful as setting a Windows screensaver password. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Q: "But what does net neutrality mean to me?"
A: Allowing other ISPs to compete in the telecomm business for your money when you find that your current ISP is slowly putting water in your gas, and advertising it as Premium. - chicoer2001, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Sounds like a class action lawsuit for false advertisment
- cquilliam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I have had numerous problems with Rogers...to name a few:
1. Random disconnections. This has happened about 3 or 4 times, I get disconnected because they think no one lives here even though I pay my bills each month on time. THen when they hook me back up, they try and upsell a cable package to me.
2. Packet analyzing. Makes skype useless, at least majority of decent bittorrent clients use encryption now, that helps.
3. Selling my rogers email address. I went 9 months after my account was started before I knew my email address (i thought it was @rogers.com instead of @nl.rogers.com), and the first tiem i logged in, my inbox was filled wtih spam from the last 9 months. Not bad considering i never knew my real address, the only thing left is that they much have sold it to third parties. (its not an easy email address to guess).
4. Disconnections due to "excessive downloading". They told me I had a virus and it was using up a lot of bandwidth. When in actual fact, it was me downloading torrents (not illegal i might add).
All in all, it's been a horrible experience. But, it's still better than the alternative (Aliant). - awhiteflame, on 10/10/2007, -0/+716 kbit/s or 16 kbyte/s ?
16 kbit/s is a little harsh.. - sabach, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8From the porn folder on your C: drive
- alphaterminus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7If these people are straining the networks so much, why doesn't Comcast let them pay extra per 100 GB bandwidth and actually invest in their infrastructure.
- joe573, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Why is everyone ok with having bandwidth limits? Comcast should upgrade their network or not put so many people on the same "pipe", not make people limit their bandwidth. If I had Comcast, I'd be cancelling my account right now. This is unacceptable. If I'm not mistaken, a company is created to serve the needs of it's customers. You guys are paying them for a service. Would it be acceptable for restaurants to set limits on how much food you can eat from there a month? What about a department store limiting how many clothing items you can buy? "Sorry sir, you have reached your limit on shirts for this month. It is making it difficult for other people to get them." "***** you, order more shirts."
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11ISIfunded911.....Yes, Socialism and Marxism has proven to be better than capitalism. Unless, of course, you look into those countries that have those systems. But as long as you keep your head buried in the sand your train of non-thought won't make you have to think harder. I mean, capitalism made America the richest Country the world has ever seen. At least until your type of people started mucking it all up with your Socialism.
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