Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Steve Rigby
On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:37 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Comcast is cutting off customers who use too much bandwidth. Only, they won't tell you how much is too much, nor will they tell you how to monitor your bandwidth use. Comcast is not alone. Google is now doing the same thing with their

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
Google is now doing the same thing with their video distribution service which includes Youtube. Says who? It is much more likely that it is your ISP doing it. I can't imagine Youtube having any financial incentive to throttle in this manner.

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Chris Dunford
Google is now doing the same thing with their video distribution service which includes Youtube. Says who? It is much more likely that it is your ISP doing it. I can't imagine Youtube having any financial incentive to throttle in this manner. I read the same thing about YouTube a few days ago,

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread mike
Google pays for bandwith just like any company. Although I too can't imagine they'd do it even for money. Mike On 9/10/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google is now doing the same thing with their video distribution service which includes Youtube. Says who? It is much more likely

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Eric S. Sande
Comcast is cutting off customers who use too much bandwidth. Only, they won't tell you how much is too much, nor will they tell you how to monitor your bandwidth use. Well, as I see it it depends on the terms of service agreement, if it says they can then they can. Comcast is a business, which

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Steve Rigby
On Sep 10, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Says who? It is much more likely that it is your ISP doing it. I can't imagine Youtube having any financial incentive to throttle in this manner. So, how come I can download other files of huge size, much larger and longer to download than

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Chris Dunford wrote: Google is now doing the same thing with their video distribution service which includes Youtube. Says who? It is much more likely that it is your ISP doing it. I can't imagine Youtube having any financial incentive to throttle in this manner. I read

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-10 Thread Paula Minor
This shows that it is once again time to enforce the anti-trust laws. Split Comcast and the others up. P.S. Anyone advertising unlimited bandwith is prima facie guilty of consumer fraud. Comcast management ought to be thrown into a dark deep dungeon for an unlimited period of time. Amen, Tom!

[CGUYS] Comcast bandwidth

2007-09-07 Thread Chris Dunford
Comcast is cutting off customers who use too much bandwidth. Only, they won't tell you how much is too much, nor will they tell you how to monitor your bandwidth use. From today's Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602545.html