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Vyxar  Title: Arbiter Elegantiarum
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Registered: 2002-3-13 04:54:08
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Date Posted:
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I've given up predicting which side this board comes down on these things.. 
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Lonestar_1 Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
7/14/11 5:21pm
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I saw this one
1) Caps are stupid and are not inline with reality.
2) He was a moron for ignoring multiple warnings and should of upgraded to business class at least or switched providers (not really an option for most) or something.
That should cover both sides for you vyx . You still playing?
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Vyxar Title: Arbiter Elegantiarum
Posts: 329
Registered: 2002-3-13 04:54:08
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Date Posted:
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Comcast 1 year time out. |
I don't mind caps if I have the choice to switch to some other provider. But the piece about Verizon having agreements in the area/giving up on it makes me cringe.
I dunno about "multiple warnings" I thought it was 1 warning and then cut off for a year on the 2nd offense. I thought it seemed a bit harsh.
p.s. Yeah I re-upped for the summer.
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Koneg  Title: Evil Genius
Posts: 894
Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
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Date Posted:
7/14/11 5:21pm
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Comcast 1 year time out. |
Lonestar_1 posted:
I saw this one
1) Caps are stupid and are not inline with reality.
I suggest you price out Tier 1 bandwidth out here in the real world some time.
250GB a month is a lot of bandwidth, and as the article states he was doing a lot of stupid things that cranked that usage through the roof.
But a one year suspension on his account? Why not just cut off service for that month when the user hits the limit?
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Ravynmagi  Title: Moderator
Posts: 1,098
Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
7/14/11 5:21pm
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Comcast 1 year time out. |
Wow, 1 year ban for going over the cap twice? Freaking harsh. The guy must be in an area without any competitive alternatives I guess.
When a user hits the 250GB cap, the ISP should just shut off the service for that month, not go soup nazi on them.
And I agree with him, it's silly these broadband companies are pushing DOCSIS 3.0, these higher speed services, but still keeping old caps in place. 250GB might seems like a lot when you have a DOCSIS 2.0 modem, but man that sure become a lot easier to hit once you get DOCSIS 3.0.
I think I better ease up on my porn downloads though. Cox has a 250GB limit on it's Premium tier too.
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Balor_Gafdan  Title: Gun Toting Conservative
Posts: 55
Registered: 2001-12-20 10:58:17
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Date Posted:
7/14/11 5:21pm
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I don't download torrents... I have 82gb down and 4gb up this month.
Netflix
Steam
MMO's
Youtube
Etc
Normal internet usage.
WAN Bandwidth - Monthly
Date Download Upload Total
2011-07 80.90 GB 2.58 GB 83.48 GB
2011-06 51.02 GB 2.63 GB 53.64 GB
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Vyxar Title: Arbiter Elegantiarum
Posts: 329
Registered: 2002-3-13 04:54:08
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Date Posted:
7/14/11 5:21pm
Subject:
Comcast 1 year time out. |
I just checked my comcast email(even though it's a few days old) and found this amusing given the timing
hmm different images.
http://info.xfinity.com/Portal/content/Comcast/Local/SpeedIncrease/2011/07July/9388SpeedPerformance.aspx?
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Koneg Title: Evil Genius
Posts: 894
Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
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Date Posted:
7/14/11 5:21pm
Subject:
Comcast 1 year time out. |
Ravynmagi posted:
250GB might seems like a lot when you have a DOCSIS 2.0 modem, but man that sure become a lot easier to hit once you get DOCSIS 3.0.
I have a DOCSIS 2.0 modem:
It ain't the modem. It's the person behind the modem and what I call "casual overusage". You torrent a lot, use online backup services, stream Netflix/Pandora all day every day and use the most bloated storage formats known to mankind for all of your media files - which is exactly what this guy was doing.
Edit: Just checked my own usage.
Apr: 146GB
May: 110GB
Jun: 89 GB
Jul: 52 GB *(so far)
... and you can sure tell I live in Seattle 
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Shenron_ Posts: 543
Registered: 2002-12-8 21:34:16
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Date Posted:
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he was prolly pirating a lot more than dr. who
but it is lame that comcast is the only high speed option in a lot of places and they don't let anyone else compete
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Date Posted:
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Caps are stupid.
Thats where the story ends.
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