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Mr. P
03-13-2007, 12:15 PM
Idiots!
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Comcast has begun canceling the accounts of people who perform lots of downloads, but the ISP refuses to reveal exactly what its download limits are. The Boston Globe reports that an increasing number of users are kicked off Comcast for exceeding bandwidth limits. What are those limits exactly...or even approximately? Don't bother asking, because if you do, you'll feel you ended up in a Kafka novel.

According to the Globe, Amanda Lee of Cambridge, MA received a call from Comcast, warning her that she had to cut back on her downloading, or else the ISP would cancel her account for a year. Lee wanted to know how much she could download, so asked what the limit was.

The Globe reports, "When she asked what the download limit was, she was told there was no limit, that she was just downloading too much."

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5161

The ClayTaurus
03-13-2007, 12:21 PM
Idiots!
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5161We just got Verizon FIOS in our area. If Comcast is foolish enough to actually delete my account, it will make switching to FIOS that much easier.

avatar4321
03-13-2007, 12:21 PM
That is really stupid.

Gaffer
03-13-2007, 12:52 PM
Just one of those things that makes you go ...HUH?

stang56k
03-13-2007, 01:32 PM
That's not really cool considering comcast pretty much has a monopoly on my area....

Abbey Marie
03-13-2007, 02:03 PM
We just got Verizon FIOS in our area. If Comcast is foolish enough to actually delete my account, it will make switching to FIOS that much easier.

We just switched to FIOS. We'll see if it makes any difference.