No More downloads for Comcast Customers

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Saturday 30 August 2008 11:11:01 am Knapp wrote:
> n Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Lindsay Mathieson
>
> <lindsay.mathieson at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > On Sunday 31 August 2008 01:40:51 Knapp wrote:
> >> Ubuntu is among other things for freedom and human rights.
> >
> > Goodie, lets have a good flame fest on Palestine/Israel or something.
> >
> > And yah, some americans being limited to 250GB/Month is a human rights
> > violation
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lindsay Mathieson
> > http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/album
>
> You guys are missing the point. They said UNLIMITED in before you buy
> it in their ads and THEN put limits up. Most likely under pressure
> from movie companies to stop pirates or maybe just basic corporate
> greed.
>
> --
> Douglas E Knapp
>
> http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page

Exactly.  here's the kicker.  If the limit truly is being bumped down to 2 GB 
as the rep told me, there's no way I could continue to download KUBUNTU 
updates, work from home, use my via-talk phone service, etc. etc.

Now, 250GB is still a pain because they advertise Unlimited, but so far I've 
evidently stayed under that.  But paying $61.74 for "Unlimited" access at 
speeds up to 6Mb/s down, and 512?Kb/s up, and then being told I can only use 
that "Unlimited" access to download 2GB per month is just wrong.

Now, I didn't say this is a "Human Rights" issue, more along the lines of 
truth in advertising, and legality.  Not only that but it threatens my access 
to Onlline updates, and being able to dowload updated versions of Kubuntu.  
Why?  The cost of violating this "limit" is that they cut off your services 
for a year.  Yep, a year.

Verizon's Wireless Internet service is limited to 5GB a month, I think, but 
they tell you that there is a limit upfront.  
Quote from page on ExpressCard:  "If usage exceeds 5 GB/line/month, we reserve 
the right to reduce throughput speeds"

Also, I would highly suggest any other Comcast customer call 'em up and ask 
about the limit.  I'd rather hear that the rep I had was ignorant of the true 
limit, didn't pay attention to what I typed clearly, or was just saying that 
we're all "subject to a limit" generically speaking.

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