> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Munir Nassar > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:40 AM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] New Comcast speeds > > > On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > > No matter what the content is, downloading almost 1TB of data per > > month is excessive. > > excessive maybe, but we were talking about excesses, we were talking > about the meaning of unlimited. > > It is none of their business what i do with my unlimited > bandwidth. If > they cannot afford to sell unlimited bandwidth then they > should not sell > it. I would rather they say "4gigs a month for 54.95" versus > "Unlimited > bandwidth" and then send a letter saying: oh by the way, you > are using too > much of your unlimited bandwidth. > > in fact, if i am not mistaken that is false advertising, > which is illegal > in this country. Not when it's marketing-speak, and not when you agree to the terms of service when you sign up. [AFAIK] The bandwidth _is_ unlimited as long as you're not drastically affecting other customer's service, which you could potentially do if you were constantly uploading or downloading files, no matter what they are. I've never come close to spending a full month downloading material constantly, but my roomate comes close pretty much every month, and we've never heard a peep. He'll have to work harder now to do that though, since we've got the faster speed. Oh darn! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list