"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The issue is the latest software sharing craze - bit torrent - and
> it's sucking up a lot of internet bandwidth. And enough Comcast home
> users are doing it that they had to find a way to slow things down.
Comcast was throttling BitTorrent traffic, a
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:58:40
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Warning from Comcast
Bill R wrote:
> I share a few things with friends, but something in excess of 50,000,000 a
> month from one user??? I think the 'trim your posts' [which admittedly I
>
Doesn't sound like the Comcast limit of 250 GB / month would be a problem
for normal users.
BillR
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wa
Bill R wrote:
> I share a few things with friends, but something in excess of 50,000,000 a
> month from one user??? I think the 'trim your posts' [which admittedly I
> seldom do] is needed here.
For cellular users, Sprint reserves the right to cancel you if you go over 5GB
per month, and Verizon
nt: Sunday, September 21, 2008 6:48 PM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Warning from Comcast
The issue is the latest software sharing craze - bit torrent - and it's
sucking up a lot of internet bandwidth. And enough Comcast home users are
doing it that they had to
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Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 1:25 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Warning from Comcast
Just got a 'warning' from Comcast that any residence using more than 250 GB
/month
At 2:25 PM -0400 9/21/08, Bill R wrote:
>Just got a 'warning' from Comcast that any residence using more than 250 GB
>/month of bandwidth will be blocked as it degrades the service of everyone
>else. To use that much would require @ 50 million 5 kb emails, 62k+ songs
>downloaded or 125 2GB movies
Just got a 'warning' from Comcast that any residence using more than 250 GB
/month of bandwidth will be blocked as it degrades the service of everyone
else. To use that much would require @ 50 million 5 kb emails, 62k+ songs
downloaded or 125 2GB movies a month.Dang - I think I am safe, even w