Attn:Comcast users

[CANNABISCLOCK]

dunno if you've heard of this yet, but here we go

http://cnsforum.sidestreammedia.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16

personally, it doesn't affect me, but maybe it effects you. According to my friend a second offense of this limit is a denial of service from comcast.

Gogo fios

[SnakeClock]

I'm glad to be a Canadian.

[Beret]

SAME HERE

[HitchhikerClock]

it doesn't effect HitchhikerClock...

[Losperman]

does not affect me either\

although if you are using 250gb a month, you really really need a life

Yeah, I was just reading an article about that. I may be using Comcast when I move back to Chicago, and I'm not too worried about it. Even with download/upload and XBL/PS3 usage, I doubt I'll ever hit the mark.

[WiiClock]

they've actually always had these limits in place but they have only now come out and said that they have them and what the actual limit is.

[Topcatyo]

I'm not affected, and I wouldn't be even if I did use Comcast.
I was worried that it was some announcement about them abandoning Net Neutrality at some point with their service.

[CANNABISCLOCK]

I'm not affected, and I wouldn't be even if I did use Comcast.
I was worried that it was some announcement about them abandoning Net Neutrality at some point with their service.

you never know what they'll do next

[joliet_jane]

I'm not "affected" but I am still pissed.  My Comcast bill is way more than it was one year ago. They've also moved some channels, like National Geographic from expanded basic to premium.  So I don't get those channels anymore, plus the usage cap, and on top of that I'm paying MORE too.  For less product.

Fuck you, Comcast.

[WiiClock]

thank god for my step dad working at comcast and us getting internet and cable for free.

[SnakeClock]

thank god for my step dad working at comcast and us getting internet and cable for free.

Do you still have to put up with their bullshit that doesn't involve billing, or is that pretty much where most of the trouble is?

[WiiClock]

Do you still have to put up with their bullshit that doesn't involve billing, or is that pretty much where most of the trouble is?

What do you mean?

[SnakeClock]

how would he know? his parents take care of all the bills

Well, no one in his family worries about the bill since it's an employee benefit (though how generous it is, I'm not sure), but if his cable or internet service is subpar, he keeps getting channels moved up to higher and higher premiums, and his network privacy is constantly threatened, he might notice.

[Solenoidclock]

Old news to me, but I think it's fantastic. Why? They've abandoned traffic shaping. They won't analyze the protocols I'm using. I can torrent as hard as I want without getting choked down, and if my bandwidth monitor approaches the limit then I can just suck wireless out of a can until the next bill cycle. Hell yeah.

Also, if you seriously affected by the bandwidth cap a you should have a business class account anyway.

[WiiClock]

Well, no one in his family worries about the bill since it's an employee benefit (though how generous it is, I'm not sure), but if his cable or internet service is subpar, he keeps getting channels moved up to higher and higher premiums, and his network privacy is constantly threatened, he might notice.

actually no we pay for phone service, the home alarm and half price for like pay per view stuff, it's all through comcast.

from what my step dad has said we receive a better connection than most people and cable-wise, we have every channel.

[SageClock]

No, this wouldn't affect just one person, but for people like me, who have 3 young guys sharing the same router (and using Comcast), it's quite worrisome.

Especially when every HD movie I rent on the 360 is 5 gigs and every game demo I check out is 1.5 gigs, then add on the multiplayer gaming, internet browsing, tv downloads, youtube, porn, uploads and downloads of video/graphics for work, etc. for 3 people, and the fact that it's not just 250gig download, but down AND up together (assuming 3:1 down to up ratio, that's 60gb down per person total...still a lot, but I bet you we're using most, if not all of that).

But I can give up some things. It's just I don't monitor mine (or my roommates') transfers, so I wouldn't know when I was getting close to the limits until it was too late, probably.

We also like to leave our router open for people in the area who are in a bind and need some sort of wireless access when theirs isn't available. I guess no more of that either.

No more me leaving my torrent program up all day to allow me to keep my share ratios high either.

I might have to give up listening to DI.FM most of the time I'm home, too.

I'm not bitching. 250gb is pretty reasonable. But I think it is going to affect us here. The article above completely ignores multiple people in the house using it simultaneously.

[Losperman]

We also like to leave our router open for people in the area who are in a bind and need some sort of wireless access when theirs isn't available. I guess no more of that either.

You're not worried about security? I don't know much about home network security, but I thought it was pretty easy to get into computers through unsecure routers?

The article above completely ignores multiple people in the house using it simultaneously.

True, true. That's why me and Ron are going to get separate connections when we move in together, haha.