Comcast to limit customers' broadband usage

[niggersarelowlife]

Comcast to limit customers' broadband usage
By Yinka Adegoke Thu Aug 28, 10:20 PM ET

Full story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wr_nm/comcast_internet_dc

Now I'm glad i don't have cable.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap customers' Internet usage starting October 1, in a bid to ensure the best service for the vast majority of its subscribers.

Comcast said it was setting a monthly data usage threshold of 250 gigabytes per account for all residential high-speed Internet customers, or the equivalent of 50 million e-mails or 124 standard-definition movies.
"If a customer exceeds more than 250 GB and is one of the heaviest data users who consume the most data on our high-speed Internet service, he or she may receive a call from Comcast's Customer Security Assurance (CSA) group to notify them of excessive use," according to the company's updated Frequently Asked Questions on Excessive Use.
Customers who top 250 GB in a month twice in a six-month timeframe could have service terminated for a year.

"Sos howz a nigger to gets its porn now, mudderfucka?"

[nocturnal]

Oh I am going to be so pissed if they start charging usage rather than a flat rate for internet access. I take classes online, so I'll have to pay for tuition AND the amount of time I spend doing classwork? FUCK.

[Miss Ann]

I wouldn't worry about normal usage.
If anyone's at that level, they can't be up to anything good.
dem niggers be lookin at lotsa whyte wimminz if deys using 2fiddy gigs!

[Fireblade14]

I wouldn't worry about normal usage.
If anyone's at that level, they can't be up to anything good.
dem niggers be lookin at lotsa whyte wimminz if deys using 2fiddy gigs!

I agree, in an average month that's in the neighbourhood of 8gb PER DAY, if you're using more than that, something is definitely up.

[coonamatta]

With all due respect that is NOT much at all. I play XBL a lot, so that would kill the bandwidth. Also, people who download movies, or TV shows are FUCKED. IPTV users are starting to become abundant and now ISP's are limiting the bandwidth. It is ridiculous and has absolutely no point whatsoever. I do a lot online, I use the internet for all its worth. If others choose not too, or are too ignorant why should I pay for that?

[Miss Ann]

I'm not saying it's a good thing, but I think users who are impacted by it would already know they suck up that much bandwidth. For now, the majority of people don't have to worry about it.

[klantastic]

Comcast already supports La Raza and the NAACP. I think they should be boycotted.

[Black Plague]

Comcast already supports La Raza and the NAACP. I think they should be boycotted.

unfortunately, most people only have 1 company to choose from.

[niggersarelowlife]

unfortunately, most people only have 1 company to choose from.

Fucken A. Because I chose to live in a rual area, I can't get cable or DSL. I have to get Hughes Sat. It fucken sucks. a cap of 200 MB per day. Of course gaming is out of the question as to the distance from ground to Geo. Sat..

[niggacoon]

Comcast has a long history of pissing off their internet subscribers. TW tried the same thing in one area and it didn't fly.

Their reason for doing this is fair enough tho - too many people using BitTorrent software and downloading DVD's and pirated software(I'm guilty too - I feel like a nigger but my palms don't get sweaty so fucking sue me!)

[103rapesAday]

There are many reasons why this should not be limited or restricted, many of us do legal file sharing (I distribute various linux software, racial awareness videos, books, etc) and do consume a lot of bandwidth. They shouldn't advertise the service as fast and unlimited unless they really meant it, what this bandwidth limitation is a means of censorship (sites such as this don't generate revenue for the powers at large) and to stifle competition (it forces you to use their voip phone service instead of someone who can offer it cheaper (http://cnettv.cnet.com/9742-1_53-50003537.html), it forces you to buy from ISP's higher cost pay-per-view collection instead of a cheaper vendor, view the ISP's search results [allowing them to generate more revenue] etc), it's the initial entry into allow the marketing metered and tiered Internet services (sites such as this and other racially aware sites will be hurt severely by this, I bet we would be one of the lower tiered services). I advise everyone of us to support "Net Neutrality (http://www.savetheinternet.com/)" philosophies, you can read some of things that happen when ISPs start restricting your rights to the Internet and literally dictate your usage to what they provide (if you notice they state that their own services are not counted against it).


How does this factor in with users of your Digital Voice service? On average how much bandwidth does that service take up? (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10028992-2.html?tag=newsBlogPromoArea.1)

Douglas: Comcast Digital Voice is a completely separate service and is not a factor.


Who wants to get rid of Net Neutrality? (http://www.savetheinternet.com/=faq)

The nation's largest telephone and cable companies -- including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner -- want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all.

They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video -- while slowing down or blocking their competitors.

These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services -- or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls -- and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.

The big phone and cable companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Cong

Net neutrality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality) is very important for all of us, can you imagine visiting this site at less than 56K? How would you like to host a site and find out you have to pay to provide traffic on top of your standard charges of renting a server, software license, and registering your sites? How would you like to see your favorite blogs and racially aware news sites slowed down or even cut off because they can't afford the rates to provide decent service for their traffic but you can get the crap from Mtv due to their deeper pockets? Think of how the mobile phone services work (minute pools/buckets, nickle-diming events, etc) and this is what the goal of the ISP providers intention really is. What they fear (most of the major broadband ISP's also own or part of major media conglomerates) is that others will start streaming content or providing services much cheaper than their "railroad tycoon monopolies" would provide, what sucks is that our government actually gave them incredible amounts of tax breaks, loans, and grants to improve their networks (This was no surprise, the US government actually expected everyone of us in the USA to have about a 50 mb/s network to our homes about this time, right now we're at about 2.5 mb/s on the average broadband, consider we had a head start over Korea and Japan but view the difference here (http://www.chimpout.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10076).). They're using bandwidth as a convenient excuse to start parting us from our money, it's bad news for all concerned.

:bbl

[JigSlinger]

fuck'em. go back to DSL.

[SoopaFly]

The "Dat Be Rayciss" cry should rise here shortly because all of the nogs won't be able to download their porn, or do crack transactions online then. There will probably be massive lines outside of all the public libraries of groids waiting to get in to download them pics of "whites wimmins" nekkid. I don't know....maybe that's a good thing for YT (unless you have to use the library to get any reading or studying done.

:toe

[cherryblossom]

Verizon already did something similar back in May of this year. I know because I had put $1000 deposit up for my wireless on a 2 year contract.

I received a letter telling me of the changes & I had the right to cancel my account without any penalty charge for early termination of service because they changed the terms of service. I went ahead & left verizon,rec. my deposit back finally after 3 months of steady phone calls & am much happier now with who I have for wireless. I sure hope this company does not change.

Seems like its the new future of wireless. Just my personal experience because I only use the internet for chatting & shopping really.

[jtbrand1]

heres what i received from COONCAST " formerly "comcast" :
Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer,

We appreciate your business and strive to provide you with the best
online experience possible. One of the ways we do this is through our
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The AUP outlines acceptable use of our
service as well as steps we take to protect our customers from things
that can negatively impact their experience online. This policy has
been in place for many years and we update it periodically to keep it
current with our customers' use of our service.

On October 1, 2008, we will post an updated AUP that will go into
effect at that time.

In the updated AUP, we clarify that monthly data (or bandwidth) usage
of more than 250 Gigabytes (GB) is the specific threshold that
defines excessive use of our service. We have an excessive use policy
because a fraction of one percent of our customers use such a
disproportionate amount of bandwidth every month that they may
degrade the online experience of other customers.

250 GB/month is an extremely large amount of bandwidth and it's very
likely that your monthly data usage doesn't even come close to that
amount. In fact, the threshold is approximately 100 times greater
than the typical or median residential customer usage, which is 2 to
3 GB/month. To put it in perspective, to reach 250 GB of data usage
in one month a customer would have to do any one of the following:

* Send more than 50 million plain text emails (at 5 KB/email);
* Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song); or
* Download 125 standard definition movies (at 2 GB/movie).

And online gamers should know that even the heaviest multi- or
single-player gaming activity would not typically come close to this
threshold over the course of a month.

In addition to modifying the excessive use policy, the updated AUP
contains other clarifications of terms concerning reporting
violations, newsgroups, and network management. To read some helpful
FAQs, please visit
http://www.p.comcast.net/r?2.1.Gy.CK.1Tw3VC.CdwSHu..N.CxBK.2IvG.DYIMEaG0.

Thank you again for choosing Comcast as your high-speed
Internet provider.

************************************************** *******************

This is a service-related email. Comcast will occasionally send you
service-related emails to inform you of service upgrades or new
benefits to your Comcast High-Speed Internet service.

Copyright 2008. Comcast. All other trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.

Comcast respects your privacy. For a complete description of our
privacy policy, click below.
http://www.p.comcast.net/r?2.1.Gy.CK.1Tw3VC.CdwSHu..N.Cw%2aq.2IvG.DZLKEaT0

Comcast
One Comcast Center
10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attn: CHSI

[103rapesAday]

heres what i received from COONCAST " formerly "comcast" :
Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer,

We appreciate your business and strive to provide you with the best
online experience possible. One of the ways we do this is through our
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The AUP outlines acceptable use of our
service as well as steps we take to protect our customers from things
that can negatively impact their experience online. This policy has
been in place for many years and we update it periodically to keep it
current with our customers' use of our service.

On October 1, 2008, we will post an updated AUP that will go into
effect at that time.

In the updated AUP, we clarify that monthly data (or bandwidth) usage
of more than 250 Gigabytes (GB) is the specific threshold that
defines excessive use of our service. We have an excessive use policy
because a fraction of one percent of our customers use such a
disproportionate amount of bandwidth every month that they may
degrade the online experience of other customers.

250 GB/month is an extremely large amount of bandwidth and it's very
likely that your monthly data usage doesn't even come close to that
amount. In fact, the threshold is approximately 100 times greater
than the typical or median residential customer usage, which is 2 to
3 GB/month. To put it in perspective, to reach 250 GB of data usage
in one month a customer would have to do any one of the following:

* Send more than 50 million plain text emails (at 5 KB/email);
* Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song); or
* Download 125 standard definition movies (at 2 GB/movie).

And online gamers should know that even the heaviest multi- or
single-player gaming activity would not typically come close to this
threshold over the course of a month.

In addition to modifying the excessive use policy, the updated AUP
contains other clarifications of terms concerning reporting
violations, newsgroups, and network management. To read some helpful
FAQs, please visit
http://www.p.comcast.net/r?2.1.Gy.CK.1Tw3VC.CdwSHu..N.CxBK.2IvG.DYIMEaG0.

Thank you again for choosing Comcast as your high-speed
Internet provider.

************************************************** *******************

This is a service-related email. Comcast will occasionally send you
service-related emails to inform you of service upgrades or new
benefits to your Comcast High-Speed Internet service.

Copyright 2008. Comcast. All other trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.

Comcast respects your privacy. For a complete description of our
privacy policy, click below.
http://www.p.comcast.net/r?2.1.Gy.CK.1Tw3VC.CdwSHu..N.Cw%2aq.2IvG.DZLKEaT0

Comcast
One Comcast Center
10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attn: CHSI

The problem with their logic is that file sizes constantly expand in size and many services are using file-sharing to distribute updates (most games are going to this model). It's their way of "bottle-necking" and restricting their competition on their network, view it this way, if you have "unlimited" Internet and you want to watch high-definition programming then with net neutrality you can use free or cheaper services than your local area. What if a racially awakened channel comes out online but you can't watch it because the local ISP provider won't allow access because they didn't get paid? It's a way of enforcing their limited monopoly, this is the reason why everyone should be against it, it could turn the Internet into pay-per-view for each site you want to visit.

[AFN_Weasel]

250 GB/mo is actually quite generous. Unless you're downloading blue-ray or HD-DVD ISO's every day you've got nothing to worry about. When I had cable, they limited me to 80 GB/mo, which was very annoying.

[103rapesAday]

250 GB/mo is actually quite generous. Unless you're downloading blue-ray or HD-DVD ISO's every day you've got nothing to worry about. When I had cable, they limited me to 80 GB/mo, which was very annoying.

250GB is only generous if you watch standard definition content, all content is migrating to high definition and therefore all the video files will be 4-8 times larger for the same amount of viewing. Meantime future operating systems (at least windows) are very bloated and you may end up a decent part of this for updates or to patch after a reinstall. What many don't understand is the ISPs are trying to duplicate the current model used by mobile phone providers which enables them to nickle and dime everyone much much easier, last thing we should ever do is to consent to this model as it stagnates innovation and encourages them to over sell their available bandwidth.