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| 20 DEC 2007 at 12:06am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4047
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Sheesh, Bastich! I have Comcast here in NJ, but I've never come up against a download limit. I don't remember ever reading about any, either, and it's ridiculous that they can't (won't?) tell you what their limit is. It reminds me of Ma Bell in its heyday. "Because we're the phone company, that's why" was their attitude, and Comcast seems to be following suit.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 23 DEC 2007 at 2:26am |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | That's rather stupid, unless they're trying to get you to upgrade to something else. I mean, what if sombody likes to download a lot of [s]porn[/s] games or music?
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 23 DEC 2007 at 6:43am |
GonchiSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 337
Joined: 24 SEP 2007
Status : Online | We have download limits in Uruguay. Internet costs quite a bit here, so there are many "economic" services in which you pay a monthly fee and are granted a limited amount of time (20, 30 or 60 hours) or Gigabytes (1, 3 or 10) to use per month. If you exceed your limit, you get overcharged (0.59 UY pesos per minute or 0.39 UY pesos per MB) until you hit a limit and are disconnected. I've never heard of anyone being threated to have their service terminated for exceeding their limit though. That doesn't sound right at all.
For reference, for anyone that's actually curious, 24 UY pesos = 1 US dollar. More or less. And to think there was a time when the uruguayan peso was worth more than the american dollar.
But I'm not so complicated as to flee, &&or stand here in silence. &&But I'm not so simple as to not caution, &&that there aren't three minutes, or a hundred words, that could define me.&&&&[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlR-6Tw-5bE]Brief description of my person[/url] - Cuarteto de Nos
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| 23 DEC 2007 at 10:05am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Gonchi (23 DEC 2007 6:42am)
And to think there was a time when the uruguayan peso was worth more than the american dollar.
the way the dollar is going downhill it may not be long before this happens again...!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 24 DEC 2007 at 9:38pm |
BastichPrivate Detective
Posts : 622
Joined: 7 APR 2004
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Susan, the Office Goddess (23 DEC 2007 2:25am)
That's rather stupid, unless they're trying to get you to upgrade to something else. I mean, what if sombody likes to download a lot of [s]porn[/s] games or music?
The upgrade price they gave me was $1500 per month. I don't know how I passed up such a bargain...
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| 24 DEC 2007 at 9:41pm |
BastichPrivate Detective
Posts : 622
Joined: 7 APR 2004
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Gonchi (23 DEC 2007 6:42am)
We have download limits in Uruguay. Internet costs quite a bit here, so there are many "economic" services in which you pay a monthly fee and are granted a limited amount of time (20, 30 or 60 hours) or Gigabytes (1, 3 or 10) to use per month. If you exceed your limit, you get overcharged (0.59 UY pesos per minute or 0.39 UY pesos per MB) until you hit a limit and are disconnected. I've never heard of anyone being threated to have their service terminated for exceeding their limit though. That doesn't sound right at all.
I would have no problem with Comcast if they handled it that way. There is nothing fraudulent in offering a service with posted limits. It's quite another thing to not advertise any limits and then enforce them while refusing to say what they are...
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