Calvin

Comcast 250GB Cap Goes Live October 1 - Updated: Comcast confirms our story...

That's way plenty to use every month.

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rhr

I remember I saw download is 45GB but upload is 5 GB !!! really both upload / download are 250GB?

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PuyoPiyo

I am confused what exactly this article are talking about, I am using the Comcast... Aren't they cutting my speed on the internet and cost me the same bills??

If so, I am quitting on Comcast!

RichardDeaf

No they are not cutting your speed, they are just posing limit on how much you are permit to download per month.. 250GB per month is very generous amount of bandwidth for majority of users like ourselves. My ISP (Cox) is limited to 40GB each month but they are not enforced.

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Calvin

It's talking about Comcast putting a cap on the bandwidth usage to 250GB a month. If you go over that, they will give you a notice, and if you go over 250GB twice in 6 months, they will terminate your account.

But really 250GB a month is way plenty, and as a Comcast customer, I'm not worried because I don't use VP much and if I do, only lasts few mins. I'm not a gamer, sometime I view youtube videos. I don't think I'll be able to go over that limit so I should be fine.

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PuyoPiyo

Oh gotcha, phew! I am staying on the Comcast I guess, thank you guys for making it clear

Calvin

You're welcome

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TechBill

Ouch that cap is gonna hurt a bunch of deaf folks that have more than one VP on same ISP account example deaf roommates each have their own VP or deaf husband and wife with each their own VPs and they all share same ISP account to save money.

Unless they don't use VP much then maybe it'll be fine but if they do use VP a lot then probably have to find an other provider with no cap.

Also roommates that like to play online gaming or download legal movies like Netflix etc will have to get their own ISP account and Comcast will be forced to add more cables into apartments etc for each own roommate connections.


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RichardDeaf

250GB/mo is more than enough.. it can handle hundreds of hours of VP usage without reaching this cap limitation..

P2P downloads such movies is usually not a problem, most full length movie is about 700MB. You would have to download SO MANY movies in order to reach that limit.

Honestly, I feel that 250GB is a lot more than most ISP offered.. My Cox ISP has cap of 40GB per month and I probably excess that so many times cuz of p2p but they are not enforcing the caps.

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Calvin

Bandwidth Calculator

enter file size to 250 and click GB you'll see how long it takes.... it looks plenty of time.



So if you only use VP and to get to 250GB that takes forever to get to that point, maybe in 200 hours. Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong, and also I know it depends on user's VP speed settings as well.

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web730

250 GB per month limitation might be enough room for the most Comcast users, I believe. So I shouldn't worry about it either.

100 MB = 1 GB

250 GB = 25,000 MB (250 GB x 100 MB)

I think this is correction figure unless I may be wrong here, anybody?

RichardDeaf

No, 1024MB = 1GB, so it is 256,000MB for 250GB.

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web730

Oh boy, I'm so wrong! lol

But thanks for correcting me therefore that is way, way too much a limitation so I'm mere glad.

TexDeafies

I don't know if I'm in right thread. If not, please forgive me! Let me info you about Comcast. I saw on website said that Comcast had put 250 GB cap on Residential High Speed Internet Service. It had start in effect several months ago, October 1, 2008. It caught my eyes and think about Comcast customer who use SVRS, HOVRS, VVRS (Viable), CSDVRS and other vrs provider. If any of Comcast customer use over than 250 GB many times, Comcast will terminate the account and stay off for one year then customer can come back a year later.

I'm just curious how react deafies is about Comcast...

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thechaostheory

I think you should call them because your case is little different than people who illegally download media off from the internet, your point is valid, tell them you might need more than that or maybe not

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webexplorer

I read that article last year. I am not convinced about it. It's hard for me to say that it is a good or not because I haven't read the fine print. I'm off the hook and use my old Cox service for now.

Actually, Comcast is very huge company. I probably better off to stick with Cox, AT&T, and other services.

TexDeafies

Ah, I'm not call them. I'm not Comcast customer. I'm Verizon DSL customer I don't really know if they will do that for deaf customers with videophone. Illegally download media? Yeah I know about that issues... Oh well...

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TexDeafies

There's actually the fine print. I heard that Cox service is good.. My cable service is STINK! CableOne. Many of my friends here in Sherman who use CableOne Cable Modem for VP and many of them complain that it slow speed. I already warn them when they got VP not to get CableOne. Because there's fine print which say that if continuously download for more than 30 minutes or so the speed will automatically decrease. Stupid policy huh? I'd stick with Verizon DSL and look forward Verizon FiOS!!!

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deafaussie

Our family is a COX customer and often sees our bandwidth exceeds more than 150GB per month.

We mainly use for Videophones, World of Warcraft, Internet TV and also iTunes. COX never send us anything relating to excessive usage or whatsnot. Perhaps 150GB per household is a normal thing

PowerWCRulez

My Earthlink Cable doesn't have restrictions, it's the ISP provided thru comcast to use Earthlink internet service.

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webexplorer

I used to have a D-Link 604, and it was not worth it. It is not just 10/100 ethernet port - it does not matter how fast it is in this machine. Now, I have a wired D-Link GamerLounge (DGL-4100), and this machine improved a lot because it contains a gigabit router. I know it won't go over that high speed, but somehow it runs smoother especially on videophones. I just wanted to let you know about it. (A wireless router is not my type thing for me.)

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Mod Note:

Thread's merged.

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My parents used to use Comcast. Now, they use Roadrunner. I use Roadrunner too.

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web730

After reading the link regarding about the metered pricing for Internet usage which cause more deaf videophone users to consider about... there is the latest news from Rochester at:

www.WHEC.com - Deaf community reacts to Time Warner metered pricing

So I popped to check my Comcast bill to see if there is any note about the Internet usage (metered pricing) but was quite surprised that it ain't even mentioned in the Comcast bill at all... I really think that the Comcast users should be informed to be aware no matter whatever, you know.

Although, it doesn't really consider me because I don't use videophone too much like some others do, and that the Comcast usage limitation is not too tight like what we discussed in this thread before, however.

But still it might be a mere consideration for the deaf community especially the videophone plus Internet usage in the near future (and now for some). Now Times Warner starts to charge as the news in the link (above) announced.

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Chevy57

Time Warner meter internet will charge pricing for deaf customers in using VP?

Time Warner Cable in the Rochester area will be implementing metered pricing. When that happens, those who use videophones could be priced out of using them. Watching online videos like Hulu and YouTube adds up as well. Some downloadable videos are in the megabytes, while downloaded DVD movies can be about 4-8 gigabytes.

www.WHEC.com - Deaf community reacts to Time Warner metered pricing

Some cable company charge more for deaf?

We should complain petitions to FCC for eliminating meter internet service for hearing impaired customers.

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Chevy57

Thank you, Jolie77

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Mod's Note:

Threads has been merged.

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webexplorer

Then, you can switch to another service and screw Comcast Company. Good Luck!

web730

Comcast's metered pricing is not the problem for the most customers, actually. Read the rest of the past posts in this thread about Comcast's so you would get the better draft then.

I'm satisfied with the Comcast Internet service but not its TV service... assume the same thing with others who use it.

But it sounds like it's mere a real problem for the Time Warner's deaf customers there... yet we need to know what their limitation of Internet usage is. Rochester deaf customers who use TW are very upset about it, however.

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web730

Found a link about Time-Warner's Internet usage limitation which starts real soon... it's real BAD news for those who use Time-Warner, indeed!

Time Warner's Internet Bandwidth Meter Trial

In short...

* 5, 10, 20, and 40 GB per month limit and will be charged for $1 per one GB once reaching over the limit each mo!

It's definitely way too low for the deaf users esp using vp, ouch! It affects NTID/RIT students.

* Depends on whichever subscription plan that one pays for, I think.

Comcast users has 250 GB per mo limit which is plenty... so notice the difference with Time-Warner's 5-10-20-40 GB!

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