Comcast Cuts Off Users Who Exceed Secret Limit

ConsumerAffairs.com has an article up spotlighting Comcast's tendency to cuts off heavy Internet users without defining in their AUP exactly what the bandwidth limit is. Frank Carreiro of West Jordan, Utah, got cut off by the mystery limit and started a 'Comcast Broadband dispute' blog.

Comments

Re:I wouldn't call them asshats

[Seumas]

I've tried pretty hard to GIVE comcast more money. I've said "look, I could easily demand more than you want to let me have -- so rather than being a leach, how about I buy two residential accounts? Or even three?". That way if I'm using more than they want me to, I'm at least also paying triple the price.

But nope. No dice. Inflexible.

Re:Frank bandwidth comparisons based on P2P etc

[delt0r]

I myself d/l multiple shows via BT but have never hit the limit--what exactly could anyone be downloading that takwes mroe than 100gb a month?? P0rn. Really. Ask anyone at a ISP what the breakdown is. 90%+ is p0rn, some from BT, some still from alt.binaries and others are from "legit" (aka subscribed) feeds. Lots and Lots of P0rn. the internet is for p0rn