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05-16-2008, 01:12 PM
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| Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit Comcast is considering a rate hike for broadband customers who consume more than 250 gigabytes of data each month, though there are no immediate plans for implementation The move is seen as a way to curb excessive use, and 250 GB is a number that the average user will not likely surpass... Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit - Technology News by ExtremeTech
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05-16-2008, 02:58 PM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit BS I swear when Comcast gets some competition in my area I am leaving their sorry butts.
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05-16-2008, 07:02 PM
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| Grab Life By The Balls  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit Im so happy i never switched to comcast.
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05-17-2008, 10:52 AM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit I think I'd take Comcast over Mediacom. At least they have reliable service.
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05-18-2008, 06:37 AM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit What in the world takes 250 GB a month that's legal? On a busy month I will download a couple large Linux distributions and that is perhaps 6 or 10 GB. |
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05-18-2008, 08:24 AM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit I'm really Happy with Comcast, been really reliable and very fast and good HD TV! 
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05-18-2008, 01:08 PM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit Quote:
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05-18-2008, 01:27 PM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit Quote:
You know the more I think about it your right, now 250 gig, in a year 200 gig and so on and so on.....it could be just the start!
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05-18-2008, 01:40 PM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit Exactly, if Comcast does this, it just opens a huge can of worms. Why after all of these years would they just start doing it? I realize the need to control the worst abusers, but to punish everyone? I'd rather them just selectively charge people more for those who uses the bandwidth than cap everyone.
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05-18-2008, 04:12 PM
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| Re: Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit Quote:
Although a little off the subject, I look forward to Sprint bringing fiber optic here. It should start getting interesting then.  | |
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