[sllug-members]: Comcast limited bandwidth?

[Robert Graziani]

You may want to check carefully what your security is like. If you're using
wireless make sure you've got WPA or WPA2 with at least a 32 character
encryption key. I think Clint Savage may be right that someone may be eating
up your bandwidth and wants more.

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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Robert Graziani
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