Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 2911 Location: where the sun never stop shining
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:31 am Post subject:
Anime Dad wrote:
It took me a year to realise that if you clicked where it says "Feature Artiste" above the picture of the, well, feature artiste, it takes you to a page that lists all of them
My sniffles have turned into a full blown throat infection. And just a few days before school.
That's typical: the sniffles are part of a post-nasal drip which results in the irritation of your throat...
It's probably too late, but when I get the sniffles and it doesn't go away in a short period of time ( < 1 hour), I pop an antihistamine to dry myself up or else I get a sore throat... Preventative maintenance. _________________
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 2636 Location: S.F. Bay Area Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:16 am Post subject:
Well, according to the S.F. Chron's Business page, Comcast has finally dropped the other shoe.
They are going to restrict monthly broadband use.
The limit will be 250 GB per month.
Anyone who downloads and or uploads more, will get a notice after the first offense. And their service will be cut off if they go over twice within 6 months.
Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: solving crimes with Ukyo-san & Kaoru-chan Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:25 am Post subject:
Geezer wrote:
Well, according to the S.F. Chron's Business page, Comcast has finally dropped the other shoe.
They are going to restrict monthly broadband use.
The limit will be 250 GB per month.
Anyone who downloads and or uploads more, will get a notice after the first offense. And their service will be cut off if they go over twice within 6 months.
That's bothersome.
If there's another ISP in your area, go for it.
On topic: Feeling ill and might go home in an hour or so. _________________
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 8798 Location: オーストラリア Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:35 am Post subject:
Geezer wrote:
Well, according to the S.F. Chron's Business page, Comcast has finally dropped the other shoe.
They are going to restrict monthly broadband use.
The limit will be 250 GB per month.
Anyone who downloads and or uploads more, will get a notice after the first offense. And their service will be cut off if they go over twice within 6 months.
That's bothersome.
Welcome to Australia
Except my monthly limit is 60G. And that's EXTREMELY generous by Australian standards _________________
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 34093 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:10 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Is FIOS available?
Or just give up cable and get DSL... I don't have that problem, 'cause I never had cable to begin with.
I definitely think it's wack that Comcast is imposing a limit on their customers' bandwith...but 250GB seems kind of high. I dunno, is that unreasonably strict? I'm not saying it isn't, I'm actually asking. In any event if AT&T did that I'd probably be bent about it, too.
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Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 8291 Location: California Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
I definitely think it's wack that Comcast is imposing a limit on their customers' bandwith...but 250GB seems kind of high. I dunno, is that unreasonable strict? I'm not saying it isn't, I'm actually asking. In any event if AT&T did that I'd probably be bent about it, too.
250GB is plenty of bandwidth, but for them to all of a sudden impose a limit, is bad. The FCC slapped them for trying to throttle BT, so Comcast said, "Screw you FCC. We'll put a cap instead"
I moved to DSL once the throttling bit happened. I'm planning to change to DirecTV soon. And no, FIOS is not yet available where I live.
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 34093 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:53 am Post subject:
dochira wrote:
250GB is plenty of bandwidth, but for them to all of a sudden impose a limit, is bad. The FCC slapped them for trying to throttle BT, so Comcast said, "Screw you FCC. We'll put a cap instead"
I moved to DSL once the throttling bit happened. I'm planning to change to DirecTV soon. And no, FIOS is not yet available where I live.
Good luck with the move...I have AT&T Yahoo DSL and it's been good enough to me. Hell with all this B.S...we need fiber in metropolitan markets already.
Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 438 Location: Michigan Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:
I thought we already had a limit since they said we went over. When I read that, I was just like... "wha??" I guess the limit seems big but since we have 5 to 6 computers all using the same account here, we use a lot of bandwidth. _________________
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 34093 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:
marspeach wrote:
I thought we already had a limit since they said we went over. When I read that, I was just like... "wha??" I guess the limit seems big but since we have 5 to 6 computers all using the same account here, we use a lot of bandwidth.
Oh yes, multiple computers using one pipe...I can see how that could exceed the bandwith cap with relative ease.
That's typical: the sniffles are part of a post-nasal drip which results in the irritation of your throat...
It's probably too late, but when I get the sniffles and it doesn't go away in a short period of time ( < 1 hour), I pop an antihistamine to dry myself up or else I get a sore throat... Preventative maintenance.
suzzy wrote:
so what are u doing to feel better
u should try some theraflu and see if that helps
I took some advil, and I feel a lot better now. I have a good immune system.
Sooji wrote:
Aww, I was like that but I'm better now. Hope you get better.
Awwwww thanks.
Anime Dad wrote:
Welcome to Australia
Except my monthly limit is 60G. And that's EXTREMELY generous by Australian standards
So is mine. _________________
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Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 3180 Location: Locked in the trunk of a white Altima Country:
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
I definitely think it's wack that Comcast is imposing a limit on their customers' bandwith...but 250GB seems kind of high. I dunno, is that unreasonably strict? I'm not saying it isn't, I'm actually asking.
Probably not right now, but you can't stop progress. I have no doubt that in the not too distant future 250Gb will be average. Remember when a 20mb hard drive was state of the art?
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