[UFO Chicago] Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs

[Brian Sobolak]

sten wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/5/2007, "Neil Ormos H" <ormos at ripco.com> 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. [...]

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> 
> Now, they're already killing my analog TV line, which will keep me from
> using MythTV's PVR capability, and limits me to a single cable TV
> connection unless I rent more nasty cable boxen, so if they wanna give
> me an excuse to cut them out completely and go back to DSL, I'm all
> ears. 

It's funny that this has just come up.  I *just* hung up the phone with 
Speakeasy support.  Considering I've learned that part of why I'm not 
getting what I pay for bandwidth-wise on DSL is because I'm further from 
  the CO than they recommend, I was thinking about switching to Comcast.

I want municipal wi-fi in Chicago for a) a cheap backup to my existing 
connection and b) a way to scare a bit of price competition into the 
existing broadband providers.  <sigh>

brian