AT&T Caps Bandwidth On Former @Home Users

graznar writes: "It seems that AT&T users have been limited to 1.5 megabits of bandwidth. According to AT&T (after calling and waiting for 30 minutes), the service my friend was originally on went bankrupt (@home maybe?) so they were transferred to an alternate network. AT&T claims they will be getting this back up to speed soon. What I would like to know is if this is a nation wide problem, or if this is just in California where he lives?" More generally, I wonder what type of experiences -- good or bad -- the people who've just gone through a forcible @home weaning are experiencing.

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How AOLTW defines "legitimate use" (sarcasm)

[yerricde]

I can see the blocking of P2P systems since TimeWarner DOES own all the content people are trying to share. The problem is they don't actually watch what you do. They figure, port 1214... Kazaa, shut him down. But when is the line drawn for LEGITIMATE USE?

<sarcasm>AOL Time Warner Inc. defines "legitimate use" as HTTP GET and POST requests on port 80 to web sites operated by AOL Time Warner Inc.</sarcasm>

Re:Time Warner RR

[Mudhiker]

That's nothing...I was yahoo chatting with a friend regarding the odd fact that all AOL traffic seems to route through Arlington, VA, despite my dialing in from Seattle and San Francisco...when I joked that the CIA must be in bed with AOL and monitoring my connection, I was immediately booted offline. Kinda spooky.