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    Talking Now i've seen everything!

    Well i was at a loss of decision whether to put this thread in the jokes n humour section or here.... Well i went for here. Have a look guys n gals... you'll see what i mean.

    Below is an email which is being sent to many members of a very good private bittorrent tracker that i'm a vip member of .... by their isp Comcast. Just have a look.

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    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 Comcast Help & Support.

    Thank you again for choosing Comcast as your high-speed Internet provider.

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    I laughed my ass off after seeing this...

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    hehehe... how ur mail id got through them? did u visit their site b4?

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    Lucky people

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    One of the members posted in their forums... Thats just the limit....

    And look at us in india... My usage never exceeds 40gb a month cause of the speed coupled with my system being off for some hours..

    Almost all members have MINDBLOWING speeds there... for an example.. they complete a 700mb film upload or download in a few MINUTES

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    sorry to ask such dumb question but still is it real ?? i mean 250 gb they provide?? comcast is a company in india or abroad?? and wat must b their downloading speed!!!!!!!!!! lol..........:14::14::clown::clown:

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    My download & upload will cross 150GB this month.... but still a long way off from thr standards...

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    Comcast gives three connections:

    - 6 mbps at $32.99 ($19.99 for first six months when you sign up)
    - 12 mbps at $42.99
    - 16 mbps connection for $52.99

    Add local sales tax to this. In California this is 8.5%. At 16 mbps, you can download a 700MB movie in 6~7 mins.

    But do consider the price also. For $53 (never mind the tax), a family can buy groceries for min 2 weeks.
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    Comcast put this limit on their unlimited plan. Right?
    "You can't download more than 250 GB in an unlimited plan". :devil2:
    Compared to the speed they are getting 250 GB is nothing.
    Do we have a download limit like that in India for unlimited plan ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vishnus89 View Post
    Comcast put this limit on their unlimited plan. Right?
    "You can't download more than 250 GB in an unlimited plan". :devil2:
    Compared to the speed they are getting 250 GB is nothing.
    Do we have a download limit like that in India for unlimited plan ?
    In case of BSNL home plans,
    Our unlimited plan speeds r nothing to give them worry...
    And for 2MBPS connection, they have put the cap of night unlimited downloads...
    so in a way... sleepless nights for us... & sweetdreams night for BSNL...

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    Quote Originally Posted by itsmemad View Post
    In case of BSNL home plans,
    Our unlimited plan speeds r nothing to give them worry...
    And for 2MBPS connection, they have put the cap of night unlimited downloads...
    so in a way... sleepless nights for us... & sweetdreams night for BSNL...
    True.......Very True........:yes:........

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    Quote Originally Posted by just4kix View Post
    Comcast gives three connections:

    - 6 mbps at $32.99 ($19.99 for first six months when you sign up)
    - 12 mbps at $42.99
    - 16 mbps connection for $52.99

    Add local sales tax to this. In California this is 8.5%. At 16 mbps, you can download a 700MB movie in 6~7 mins.

    But do consider the price also. For $53 (never mind the tax), a family can buy groceries for min 2 weeks.
    do they give connection in india?? how do they manage to provide so high speed?? i mean they are wireless or cable like internet connections.. man.. i wish i could have such high speed connection.. click and download finished!! wow.. must be amazing..lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by milan View Post
    do they give connection in india?? how do they manage to provide so high speed?? i mean they are wireless or cable like internet connections.. man.. i wish i could have such high speed connection.. click and download finished!! wow.. must be amazing..lol
    Comcast is a US company and operates in USA only. As per whitestar_999, home users in Sweden are getting 3 gbps!!!!

    But in your excitement about high speed internet, you forgot my last statement.

    Quote Originally Posted by just4kix
    But do consider the price also. For $53 (never mind the tax), a family can buy groceries for min 2 weeks.

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    ya thts there kixxi.. for tht much amount of speed its obvious u have to pay ... high... but still .... imagin the speed...... lol.. 160 gb hard disk in a normal pc can be full in no time. if u start downloading..i am very excited abt so high speed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by milan View Post
    ya thts there kixxi.. for tht much amount of speed its obvious u have to pay ... high... but still .... imagin the speed...... lol.. 160 gb hard disk in a normal pc can be full in no time. if u start downloading..i am very excited abt so high speed!

    Lol...every1 of us wanna get whole data from internet on our desktop...

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    Yes Comcast does not give any connections in India ...

    But do you know that those jokers at one point of time Banned/blocked their users from accessing Torrents ... They were sued by "Freedom for Internet" groups lost the case and had to revoke the ban/block....

    If Any ISP did that in India what do you think will happen ?

    These Swedes are soooo lucky

    Torrents HQ is present right next to them (Denmark/Holland) ... and they have have 3gbps internet .

    Quote Originally Posted by milan View Post
    ya thts there kixxi.. for tht much amount of speed its obvious u have to pay ... high... but still .... imagin the speed...... lol.. 160 gb hard disk in a normal pc can be full in no time. if u start downloading..i am very excited abt so high speed!
    Yeah Me too.. Any time exchange a weeks supply of groceries for 3gbps bandwidth



    Sweeeet
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    quiet interesting.. i am waiting for broadband becoming free.. someone in some thread stated.. lol....

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