Re: [Xbox] Cable Broadband Users, Get Ready For Overage Fees

I got one of those also.. only for me it was the UPLOAD not the download that was causing a problem

it was apart of that whole 'we dont like BitTorrent traffic' BS>

 

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM, PRoPHeTiZeR <prophetizer@wrup.net> wrote:

Comcast use to advertise unlimited, I got a letter in the mail from them
telling me I was downloading too much, and if I didn't stop they would
cancel my account. I called, said it's suppose to be unlimited, but they
told me tough lol

I was in the top 95% of downloaders that month. This was about 6 years ago

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From: Xbox@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Xbox@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of PSCG
Cleveland
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:43 AM
To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Xbox] Cable Broadband Users, Get Ready For Overage Fees

You can all thank Verizon Wireless for the BS 'Limited Unlimited' stunt
they pulled on their PCMCIA/USB data services. I was one of the first to
get booted and wasn't that far over any unreasonable limits - but VZW
didn't care and sent a nice 'get lost-o-gram' terminating the service. No
early termination fee, no refund for the data card either - but also
no 'unlimited'
service like they claimed.

Cable Co's are going to get away with this because they've advertised
speeds - not 'unlimited' anything for traffic. What a load!

FOADVZW! I need a bumper sticker that says that...

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:45 AM, PRoPHeTiZeR <prophetizer@wrup.net> wrote:
>
>
> Cable Broadband Users, Get Ready For Overage Fees
> Clear caps? Great. $1.50/GB Overage fees? Wait a !@$% minute...
> 06:14PM Thursday May 08 2008 by Karl
> tags: competition . business . bandwidth . Op/Ed . Comcast . RoadRunner
> Cable . Rogers Hi-Speed
>
> What seemed like a vague industry possibility just a few months ago now
> seems like an inevitable certainty. Multiple carriers in North America are
> now either employing or considering monthly caps where users pay per
> gigabyte should they "over eat." But the move begs a number of questions.
> Not least of which is whether opening the door to overage fees invites a
> broadband future where ISPs use the nebulous specter of "excessive use" as
a
> new piggy bank -- and as a pre-emptive weapon against competing content.
>
>
>
> Earlier this week I broke the news that Comcast is considering
implementing
> a 250GB monthly cap, with a $15 penalty for each 10GB over that cap you
> travel. I've been reading through the various subsequent coverage
> (Associated Press, New York Times, CBC) , and came across this Business
Week
> report. In it, Time Warner Cable spokesman Alex Dudley confirms they're
> still on track to begin testing their own overage system. If you recall,
we
> also broke the news of that system, which could come with caps as low as
5GB
> per month.
>
>
>
>
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Cable-Broadband-Users-Get-Ready-For
-Overage-Fees-94240
>
>

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