On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am in similar circumstances. > > We have Charter for cable (and it sucks) and our DSL already enforces a 5 > GB limit. Only on it's UUNET downloads!!!! > > Charter has wiped out it's UUNET support. It used to cripple it by > throttling back the download speed, now it is gone. > > So Comcast could similar stuff. What they are doing is enforcing an > arbitrary limit on total data download, which is nuts. > > I feel for you but someone somewhere has to point out that the emperor has > no clothes. Verizon only cut it back to the Big 8, Comcast Charter and a few others dropped it all together when Cuomo threatened them. He argues that the alt groups are a child pornography spreading portal. Lots of people suspect that the RIAA has more to do with it than child porn. I get my Usenet feeds for $2.95 a month from Forte's APN service. The speeds are good. Way better than what COX offered and comparable to what Verizon still offers. That makes sense because Verizon owns UUNET according to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUNET>. > > Stewart > > > At 09:44 AM 9/3/2008, you wrote: > >> Comcast is currently the nation's largest cable supplier, and for many >> that means it's their _only_ broadband solution. So comments like >> 'dump Comcast' may seem humorous to you, but aren't particularly >> helpful. >> >> This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we >> have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of >> ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are >> no competing cable companies. >> > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
