[sllug-members]: Comcast limited bandwidth?

[Clint Savage]

All,

I've been on Comcast for over a year.  I regularly exceed 250GB per month
with no penalties or reprisal.  I've never received a call from Comcast
(except) when I forget to pay the bill.  It's unlikely that Comcast actually
contacted you in that threatening of a tone for something they let everyone
else do without issue.

My guess is that it's either, an angry neighbor who wants all the bandwidth
to himself, or a phishing scam.  I can't see how they'd use that in a
phishing scam though, maybe they want your card to upgrade your account, but
will use it without your permission instead.

Cheers,

Clint

On 12/12/06, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My understanding was that if you are using more than 100 gigs a month they
> get mad at you, but it may just be a scam, by someone trying to get a credit
> card number.
>
> On 12/12/06, sentinel <u235sentinel at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Just received the weirdest phone call.   Some guy claiming he was from
> > comcast told me we're using too much bandwidth and must either cut back
> > or upgrade to a higher account.  Currently with a residential account.
> >
> > I left an email with comcast and also called them about this.  They say
> > they don't know anything about this.  I'm wondering if anyone else here
> > has received such a call recently.
> >
> > They were also threatening to terminate our account if we didn't cut
> > back/upgrade.  I'm guessing it's a phising scam but not 100% certain
> > yet.
> >
> > BTW, my biggest usage is TFC and CS2.  Been gaming for years with
> > comcast.  I can't imaging I'm using more plus I thought all comcast
> > residential accounts were unlimited?
> >
> > Anyway... thought I'd toss that out and see what you guys think.
> >
> > Thanks
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