FYI As this topic has come up on the program, I thought I would forward this latest e-mail from my ISP Comcast. I doubt if the time I spend streaming Sirius will break their 250 GB limit, but if it does I will let you know.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Comcast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: September 18, 2008 6:05:46 AM PDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Comcast High-Speed Internet -- Update to Acceptable Use > Policy > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer, > > We appreciate your business and strive to provide you with the best > online experience possible. One of the ways we do this is through > our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The AUP outlines acceptable use of > our service as well as steps we take to protect our customers from > things that can negatively impact their experience online. This > policy has been in place for many years and we update it > periodically to keep it current with our customers' use of our > service. > > On October 1, 2008, we will post an updated AUP that will go into > effect at that time. > > In the updated AUP, we clarify that monthly data (or bandwidth) > usage of more than 250 Gigabytes (GB) is the specific threshold that > defines excessive use of our service. We have an excessive use > policy because a fraction of one percent of our customers use such a > disproportionate amount of bandwidth every month that they may > degrade the online experience of other customers. > > 250 GB/month is an extremely large amount of bandwidth and it's very > likely that your monthly data usage doesn't even come close to that > amount. In fact, the threshold is approximately 100 times greater > than the typical or median residential customer usage, which is 2 to > 3 GB/month. To put it in perspective, to reach 250 GB of data usage > in one month a customer would have to do any one of the following: > > * Send more than 50 million plain text emails (at 5 KB/email); > * Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song); or > * Download 125 standard definition movies (at 2 GB/movie). > > And online gamers should know that even the heaviest multi- or > single-player gaming activity would not typically come close to this > threshold over the course of a month. > > In addition to modifying the excessive use policy, the updated AUP > contains other clarifications of terms concerning reporting > violations, newsgroups, and network management. To read some helpful > FAQs, please visit > http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/Frequently-Asked-Questions-about-Excessive-Use > > . > > Thank you again for choosing Comcast as your high-speed Internet > provider. > > This is a service-related email. Comcast will occasionally send you > service-related emails to inform you of service upgrades or new > benefits to your Comcast High-Speed Internet service. > > Copyright 2008. Comcast. All other trademarks are properties of > their respective owners. > > Comcast respects your privacy. For a complete description of our > privacy policy, click here. > > Comcast > One Comcast Center > 10th Floor > Philadelphia, PA 19103 > Attn: CHSI > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AlexBennettProgram" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/alexbennettprogram?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
