AT&T cable to Comcast.. now 1GB bandwidth limit per MONTH!? WTF?

Evadman

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Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
There is now a 1GB download limit. Enjoy :)
-- mrcodedude

I will hit that in 15 minutes. WTF?

/me starts downloading just to see.
 

skace

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/me loves having news.bellatlantic.net and news.verizon.net -- both uncapped :)
 

Smolek

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Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
There is now a 1GB download limit. Enjoy :)
-- mrcodedude

I will hit that in 15 minutes. WTF?

/me starts downloading just to see.

If you want more then 1gb a month they will refer you to purchase a giganews account.
 

Evadman

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Originally posted by: phreakah
Originally posted by: MisterPresident
When I was on ATTBI it was also 1GB/month

not for me.. i had unlimited

I also had unlimited. 4+ GB a day. I am passing 300M on comcast now. lets see what happens.
 

Eli

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WTF?

Is this just for NNTP, or is it for all downloads????

NOOOOOOOOEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
:(:(:(:(
 

UncleWai

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It's just for usenet.
If it's 1GB/month for internet, I would have set the comcast building on fire.
 

Vic

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It appears to be just for newsgroups. I fired up my reader this AM to check it out after "the big change" went through. Be prepared for some groups not to be available, btw.
Yaknow, I'm really missing TCI and @Home right about now....
 

phreakah

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Originally posted by: UncleWai
SCREW THAT.
netnews.attbi.com doesn't work anymore.

yeah i was trying to get on it earlier and was like.. wtf... :frown:

hopefully comcast doesnt limit downloading
 

phreakah

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Originally posted by: UncleWai
SCREW THAT.
netnews.attbi.com doesn't work anymore.

yeah i was trying to get on it earlier and was like.. wtf... :frown:

hopefully comcast doesnt limit downloading
 

Eli

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Ok, so this is just with NNTP? Not downloads in general?

Whew.... I was goin to sh!t.. I don't really do much heavy downloading, and according to DU Meter I've downloaded 38.59gb since 11/16/02..

which averages to 5.15gb/month...
 

Evadman

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Originally posted by: Eli
WTF?

Is this just for NNTP, or is it for all downloads????

NOOOOOOOOEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
:(:(:(:(

I just switched my news server about 20 minutes ago. (right before I posted that message) because netnews.attbi.com was non-responsive. I am gonna see what happens when I pass 1 gig.

as far as I am concerned, I get unlimited downloads because I am me. ATT 1/2'ed the speed of @home, and raised prices. Comcast f's with the news servers & raised prices? I don't think so.