TuskenTower on 19 Feb 2007 14:24:59 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] BitTorrant and routers - and Comcast 

Jeff,
 You really ought not download so much pr0n. ;)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thecheckout/2006/10/bandwidth_bandit.html
"Security had inferred, from the amount of bandwidth David had
consumed, that he was using the service "for a prohibited activity,"
as in downloading music and movies or watching pornography, cut him
off and charged him a $175 early termination fee."

 It's a TeleCon business and I hates them all.  TeleCom should become
the same as postal mail, dirt cheap, accessible to all homes and
reliable.  That's just my pipe dream.

Amul



On 2/19/07, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote: 
as an aside, you need to keep track of your dl totals if you have
Comcast.  For the full story, check out consumerist.com

I just got bit by the fine folks at Comcast.  They shut off my service
for the better part of a week, in spite of my return phone calls.  I had
to traverse several levels and departments, finally winding up in
Corporate.  It took Corporate all day to get Abuse to return my calls
and they had to try twice.  Abuse only has voice mail - no incoming lines.

Abuse flagged me as a high downloader.  They won't, however, tell me
what the baseline is or what the cap is supposed to be.  Just told me to
drastically reduce my downloading.

I despise Comcast, but they're the only thing going.  No trouble in over
7 years of service (til now).  I'd eat glass before ordering Verizon
DSL.  Verizon could throw itself to the ground and miss (and it would be
3 weeks late doing it).

I have a dish for tv but since it's affected by weather, I won't use it
for net connection.

It looks like `slim pickins' is an understatement.
Any suggestions out Abington way?


Thanks and beware,
jeff
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