[UFO Chicago] Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs

[Ray Ward]

That is pretty old news.  There is a good blog 
http://comcastissue.blogspot.com/ detailing one mans attempt to deal 
with Comcast after being warned.  It appears to boil down to there is no 
hard limit.  If you use enough bandwidth to cause issues for other 
subscribers in your areas, you can get a warning.  In an area with few 
Comcast users, you can probably download movies all day and night and 
not run into a problem.  In an area where they are the only game in 
town, just trying to download a movie could get you into trouble.

Comcast of course does not phrase it that way because that would 
highlight the Achilles heel of cable modems ... it is a shared media.


Raymond Ward
Ward Technologies, LLC
www.wardtechnologies.com
630 544-2999

Neil Ormos H wrote:
> -> Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs
> 
> -> The telecom giant is warning customers to avoid
> -> excessive bandwidth consumption or risk being
> -> disconnected for up to a year. [...]
> 
> -> Customers across the country have been
> -> contacted by the [Comcast] with a warning to
> -> curb excessive bandwidth consumption or risk a
> -> one-year service termination. Comcast, however,
> -> is refusing to reveal how much bandwidth use is
> -> allowed, making it impossible for customers to
> -> know if they are in danger of violating
> -> Comcast's limit. [...]
> 
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