Comcast Cuts Off Heavy Internet Users

[b1gapl]

Comcast has warned broadband Internet customers across the country to curb their downloading or wind up on the curb.

The company has a bandwidth limitation that, if broken, can result in a 12-month suspension of service. The problem, according to customer complaints, is that the telecom giant refuses to reveal how much downloading is too much.

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[Ethereal_Dragon]

Thank god I don't have Comcast anymore... They 6 Meg service I was getting was hardly worth the $45/month... I much prefer my FREE 1.5 Meg DSL line through work... Actually, the DSL has MUCH less latency too. Take that Comcast...

 

[b1gapl]

They're definitely going to loose customers with this.

 

[TheOtis]

Are you kidding me? I really want to know what they classify "Heavy" users as.

I was hearing it was 100gigs a month or something awhile ago, I could be wrong, it's just what I heard.

I haven't had any problems so far and I've downloaded gigs and gigs of stuff.

I don't understand why they can't just tell us a limit?

 

[gurusan]

that sucks.

I used to have a 40gb cap but now I have 16mbit ADSL2+ unlimited for 10quid/month...

 

[lancec2c30]

screw comcast.

"It's craptastic"

 

[miklman]

Are you kidding me? I really want to know what they classify "Heavy" users as.

I was hearing it was 100gigs a month or something awhile ago, I could be wrong, it's just what I heard.

I haven't had any problems so far and I've downloaded gigs and gigs of stuff.

I don't understand why they can't just tell us a limit?

Well I was hitting 20gb a week for about a month, and I'm doing fine. Comcast is great for me. Amazing speed (check sig) and a limit I won't break.

 

[lancec2c30]

I think the limits are random. Not all areas are affected.

 

[miklman]

I think the limits are random. Not all areas are affected.

May be true, because I know for a fact the speed in my area is higher than normal, so the limits being higher is totally plausible.

 

[UA_Iron]

great, I'll be going from cox to comcast when I move in a couple months.

Time warner/roadrunner at my parents is still my favorite.