(OT) No More downloads for Comcast Customers

[Silent Ph03nix]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Howard Coles Jr. <dhcolesj at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 30 August 2008 12:09:33 pm Brian wrote:
>> On Sat, August 30, 2008 12:59 pm, Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
>> > we're all "subject to a limit" generically speaking.
>> >
>> > --
>>
>>    I would have a rough time with the cap as well.. 2 kids
>> 3 computers.
>>
>> Current:  13.1 Kbit/s / 98.8 Kbit/s (Out / In)
>> Today:          59.4 MB / 1021.1 MB (Out / In)
>> Month:          2.6 GB / 58.1 GB (Out / In)
>>
>>   Steam downloads alone for my boys games is
>> 21gb.
>>
>> << OT added to Subject to make others happy. >>
>
> No kidding, you'd be toast already!
>
> I can download 2 GB in half day, easy.  The kids play online games on Sites
> related to their school work, and they do a lot of researching online.  I'd
> be out of the water.
>
> I checked again, and all the sites "say" 250GB, which to me, is still not
> right considering their advertisements.  However, I specifically threw out
> the "2GB" number this morning chatting with Comcast's Tech support, and the
> response was "Yes, All Comcast customers are subject the the bandwidth
> limit".  It would have been hard for her to mistake that for 2TB, or anything
> else.  My question was:  I need to know if I'm subject to the Rediculously
> low 2GB limit I just read about?  (thinking they would correct me with the
> real limit if it was different than what I quoted).
>
> My problem is I can't find another internet provider where I live.
>
> --
> See Ya'
> Howard Coles Jr.
> John 3:16!
>
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I did a little quick research and found that there apparently IS a 2GB
limit on their USENET downloads.  Maybe the rep thought you were
asking about that limit and not the other limit.  Everything else I
saw listed 250GB as the limit on standard downloads.

HTH

~Ph03nix~