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OMFG COX Limits downloads to 2 GB a day or 30 GB a month!!!

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Originally posted by: morkinva
Originally posted by: klah
Originally posted by: morkinva How to find out what Comcast bandwidth limits are? I cannot see it on their site.
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There is a link in the first post of this thread.
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Comcast, not Cox... Comcast
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Sorry, it's 5:30AM here and I can't seem to read at this hour.
 
Haha! That's what happens when you get your internet service from the cable company.

I have DirecTV and a limitless DSL line. I haven't payed the cable company a cent in 5 years and I've loved every day of it.
 
Originally posted by: BDawg
Haha! That's what happens when you get your internet service from the cable company.

I have DirecTV and a limitless DSL line. I haven't payed the cable company a cent in 5 years and I've loved every day of it.
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That and Cox kept adding useless channel and hiking up the prices, I wonder why I haven't change to DirecTV myself. :disgust:
 
I'm suprised no one has said this yet:

If you're consistently using more than 2GB a day then you need to get off the damn computer and get a life!!!

The only way I could see it being a regular thing is if you're sharing the connection with others.
 
Make a long distance phone call from one coast to the other and talk for 24 hours straight.

See what kind of bill you get then. Bandwith costs money. If you don't like being metered, go out and get a fractional T1.
 
Originally posted by: bunker
I'm suprised no one has said this yet:

If you're consistently using more than 2GB a day then you need to get off the damn computer and get a life!!!

The only way I could see it being a regular thing is if you're sharing the connection with others.
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Just because you are downloading 2gb+ a day, doesn't mean you are sitting at the computer. It becomes a problem when you reach 30gig a month after having say 10 days at 2gig, and 10 at 1gig. Now you are at the limit. Hell, I just downloaded 1gig last night alone on my DSL line, who knows what I downloaded during the day.
 
Originally posted by: oniq
Originally posted by: bunker
I'm suprised no one has said this yet:

If you're consistently using more than 2GB a day then you need to get off the damn computer and get a life!!!

The only way I could see it being a regular thing is if you're sharing the connection with others.
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Just because you are downloading 2gb+ a day, doesn't mean you are sitting at the computer. It becomes a problem when you reach 30gig a month after having say 10 days at 2gig, and 10 at 1gig. Now you are at the limit. Hell, I just downloaded 1gig last night alone on my DSL line, who knows what I downloaded during the day.
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Heck, just leaving irc open and idling in several channels alone might already consume 100mbs, god forbids any download.... :disgust:
 
Originally posted by: Digobick
When did they start doing this? I've never gotten an email from them and I know I've downloaded more than 30GB in a one-month period.
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nor have I.

I'm going to have to check the user agreement form to see what it says...
 
You're complaining about ONLY being able to download 30 GB a month?!? Come on. To use that much bandwidth, you could only be doing a few things:

1) You're running a server, which is probably a violation of your service agreement.
2) You're uploading and downloading a bunch of illegal crap from Kazaa, which ISP's are also starting to crack down on.
3) You're an obsessive porn addict, and a big time software pirate. In that case, you should just be happy that Cox hasn't turned you into the feds.

Regardless of what you're using it for, you're still hogging your entire neighborhood's bandwidth. Everyone else on your street is getting slower access because of you.

Even when I'm doing bandwidth intensive things like downloading Linux install .ISO's or grabbing the bmwfilms.com movie archive, I STILL wouldn't use more than 2 GB a day on my DSL line. I certainly won't come close to exceeding 30 GB a month, so it seems like a pretty fair bandwidth cap to me. If you really needed more bandwidth than that, you should probably be paying for a business level account.
 
Agree. If you want dedicated bandwidth, buy a dedicated connection like a T1. If you cannot afford it, you'll get the same response when you cry to me because you cannot afford a Mercedes. So what?!?!?!?!

Originally posted by: Amused
I posted this in the other thread, I might as well post it here:

Bandwidth is expensive. Due to the copyrighted material traders running FTP servers and other types of wide spread file sharing making home computers virtual servers, broadband companies have been forced to do this.

It used to get so damn bad here on the local Insight cable when the college kids came back in town, that Insight actually started monitoring people's bandwidth use and shut down obvious servers. When I say bad, I mean bad. My ping would go from a normal 50ms to 400-800ms spikes and my speed would drop from above 3mb to below 1mb.

They have two choices, allow the servers to abuse the system and make everyone pay, or cap bandwidth usage.

If you want to run a server, pay for it. Don't try to run a server on a private connection and make everyone else foot the bill for your bandwidth abuse.

In short, don't blame the companies for covering their asses. Blame the bandwidth abusers who break the contract and run servers.
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Do you download Linux everyday? How many different versions do you use? I think there are over a hundred versions, you would have them all by the end of the first month
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Originally posted by: Adul
downloading a few linux iso would easily do, not to mention i have 3 pc on my network, with an ip for each pc.
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Unlimited bandwidth costs unlimited money which (regards to the latter) no one has! 😛

Bit caps are coming for everyone. Might as well get used to it. Like previously mentioned, equipment is already in place to limit content not just ports so the end of P2P is near. It's only a matter of time.

Cheers!
 
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Unlimited bandwidth costs unlimited money which (regards to the latter) no one has! 😛

Bit caps are coming for everyone. Might as well get used to it. Like previously mentioned, equipment is already in place to limit content not just ports so the end of P2P is near. It's only a matter of time.

Cheers!
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we're moving backwards damnit.....does anybody REALLY want to see content, bandwidth, and the internet LIMITED?
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we're moving backwards damnit.....does anybody REALLY want to see content, bandwidth, and the internet LIMITED?
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It's not limited. You have to pay for your heat based upon how much you use. You have to pay you cell phone based how much you use. You have to pay for your electric bill based on how much you use. You have to pay for your water bill based upon how much you use. You have to pay for different levels of cable/satellite based on what premium channels you want to watch.

Notice a trend here?
 
You people who seemed so shocked that you can burn 1gb browsing need to check your connection totals after an evening of web browsing or games, you are probably in for a surprise. It' wouldn't be hard at all to kill 2GB gaming in a day. This is rediculous, if my DSL ISP (SW Bell) tried anything like this I would be going ballistic.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
we're moving backwards damnit.....does anybody REALLY want to see content, bandwidth, and the internet LIMITED?
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It's not limited. You have to pay for your heat based upon how much you use. You have to pay you cell phone based how much you use. You have to pay for your electric bill based on how much you use. You have to pay for your water bill based upon how much you use. You have to pay for different levels of cable/satellite based on what premium channels you want to watch.

Notice a trend here?
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Oh really? So the electric company has a maximum power usage? The water company limits you to a certain number of gallons? And don't even drag cell phones into this, that's a whole other scam.

I pay for a 768/128 connection, not for a flat transfer amount. Don't defend the media companies when they are trying to leech more money out of people. If they aren't making money, they need new management.
 
Download a program called netpersec. This will totalise your network throughput by adapter. It also shows your connection speed in real time.

As far as utilities, you have physical limits. Your water and gas delivery lines are a certain size. Residential gas meters have a limited flow. Your water usage is limited by the size of the main feed and the delivery pressure. Electric consumption is limited by the size of your service. Residential service ranges from 50 to 400 amperes. Thank goodness people use far less than the maximums!

Cheers!
 
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