Broadband Providers' Hidden Bandwidth Limits

An anonymous reader sends us to the Boston Globe for a story that will come as a surprise to few here: broadband suppliers will cut you off if you download too many bits. It tells the stories of several Comcast users who were warned — without specifics — that they were using "too much" bandwidth, then had their accounts summarily cancelled. Looking into the future: "...even if only a tiny fraction of customers are downloading enough to trigger the policy, that will probably change as more entertainment moves to the Internet."

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A /. dupe, what else is new

[93 Escort Wagon]

Seems like we've seen this story here before. Basically another Bittorrent user gets pissed that Comcast doesn't want them pulling down a terabyte every month; so they post it to /. where they know a vocal few will attempt to make it appear to be a mainstream issue.