Originally Posted by ezarra
COmcast has always had a 'flexible' cap. What that meant was that you had no fixed number. When I still had a home connection they called me up one month and said I'd transferred 'too much' the last month and if I did it again they would cancel my service.
Fine, How much is too much?
We can't tell you that.
So how do I know if I download too much?
We can't tell you that.
How do you determine what is too much then?
We can't tell you that.
As it turns out, it is something based on where you rank in their percentages of other downloaders. If your transfers are in the top 0.5% or something, they classify that as 'too much.'
I got rid of my comcast home connection then. Good thing, since in an average month I can easily transfer 600GB (My home machines are backups for my remote servers, so they are transferring full backups all the time).
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That scenerio was many many years ago .. I got the call once to but they actually told me my usage and where I neeed to be ...
Back then their cap was flexible, as you said, it was based on what you areas average usage was ...
That has all since changed as they now have a set limit.
Also runnning any kind of server is against the Comcast rules last time I heard. But that could have changed too for all I know. It was at one time against your contract to have a home network at one time too. If they found you had a home network they charged you more money a month.
Give it time and the 250 will be raised. It will have to be. With faster speeds as well as more and more HD online content sucking up bandwith either through the Comcast website or alternate sources (like Hulu) more and more people are using higher amounts of bandwith. There are so many things people are streaming now that the 250 limit will not be nearly enough.
I'm honestly surprised that there even is a limit. They claim that such a small percentage of people ever even come close to the limit .. why have it. One less thing you have to pay someone to look at when the little "someone went over the 250 limit" light blinks.