(OT) No More downloads for Comcast Customers

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Saturday 30 August 2008 08:53:41 pm Silent Ph03nix wrote:
> 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~

I think you're right, I never do USENET any more, so I had forgotten all about 
that.  

I did confirm through a more official source (actually have this email) that 
the limit was indeed 250GB.  

-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!