Comcast Slightly Clarifies High Speed Extreme Use Policy

Alien54 writes "Comcast has finally clarified what 'excessive use' is when it comes to their cable internet service. A customer is exceeding their use limit if they: download the equivalent of 30,000 songs, 250,000 pictures or 13 million emails in a month. '[A Comcast spokesperson] said that Comcast's actions to cut ties with excessive users is a "great benefit to games and helps protect gamers and their game experience" due to their overuse of the network and thus "degrading the experience."'" Maybe they could put that limit in terms other than 'email' or 'songs'?

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So so so wrong.

[Anonymous Coward]

1) FIOS has easily a magnitude more bandwidth more than Cable, and Verizon has traditionally not given a rat's ass about how much bandwidth I use, even with DSL.

2) It's not up to you to define what's reasonable. If all I'm doing is web browsing and email, I don't need high speed internet. The point is I do want to download lots of movies, music, pictures, whatever, without wondering if my ISP has the pipes to handle it.

3) Nobody is asking for guaranteed bandwidth, so your point is silly. But even so, go to Comcast and say "I want double the limit, I'll pay twice as much. They will turn down your money. So they actually have no way to do what you suggest.

4) Internet access via comcast or verizion or whomever is not a "community resource", it's something I'm buying from an ISP like a coat, TV, or a book from WalMart.

5) The electric company doesn't care how much I use. The more the merrier.

People like you are silly. You think because you have an opinion as to what is correct and incorrect that it somehow gives you the moral high ground. I think you're the worst of the internet precisely because not only are you sure you're right, you're willing to interfere with me to enforce your ideas.

What is it with you people?