I've been there a couple times, too.  I just lay off the torrent traffic for
a couple weeks and then go back to normal.

- Justin

-----Original Message-----
From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Andrei Krotkov
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 6:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] rate limiting (WAS [OT] Comcast users in the area)

I consider our household to be relatively normal, but we were
informed, after they cut out our service for a few days, that we were
the top 1% of the top 1%. They consider their top 1% to be their
problem users, and they send messages to the top 1% of their problem
users.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Peter Teuben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm fine with going slower (which it is most of the time) than 1.6Mbits,
> but --within reason-- I don't like the idea of having to track down my
usage and
> pay for every GB i'm over the limit.
>
> My understanding is that the capping is driven by an abuse of a very small
> minority of users.
>
> - peter
>
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