New Broadband Capping Techniques?

Posted by Cliff on Monday August 4, 2003 @12:14PM from the stuff-to-watch-out-for dept.

doublea16 writes "Upon calling my broadband cable company to see why my modem's upstream was so slow as of late, I was told I had been capped due to excessive uploads. When I dug deeper for more details, I was finally told by a manager that any upload in excess of 35 minutes (size of file or type, etc have no bearing) would result in an automatic capping of the user's upstream. The Terms of Service provided are very vague when it comes to their rights to restrict speed. I was wondering if anyone else out there's broadband company had resorted to tactics like this? Is this fair to the consumers or even legal?"

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hmm by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-04 12:21 · Score: -1, Troll

jews are cheap
Stop fucking moaning by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-04 13:36 · Score: -1, Troll

My connection is capped at a whopping 28.8k at all times on a good day due to the lack of broadband and a 10km long phoneline...