[sllug-members]: Read my blog - Comcast disconnected my highspeed internet for 12 months!

[Mac Newbold]

Today at 8:03am, U235Sentinel said:

> Don't get me wrong but I thought it was definitely better than the FOX13
> spot.  Still I believe it's good to get the word out.  My neighbors who
> signed up still "thought" they had "unlimited use for a flat monthly fee".
> Many viewed the spot and were very surprised.
>
> What I thought was interesting is Comcast "claims" that 99.99% of their
> customers use 100 times less than me in general.  So that means
>
> 2560 photos a month
> 300 songs a month or
> 130,000 email's a month
>
> (yes, that's 100 times less than their example of 13 million).
>
> Hmmm... another idea to post on my blog ;-)

Just to put some actual byte numbers to those estimates:

- A 1600x1200 (3 Megapixel) digital photo as a JPG is about 1.3MB average 
in my experience.

- A 128kbps MP3 file is about 1MB per minute, so a 3:30 song is 3.5MB

- The average email is probably what, 5K-10K, depending on if it is plain 
text, html, or both?

For the photos, 2560*1.3= 3.33GB per month
For the songs, 300*3.5 = 1.05GB per month
For the emails, 130,000*5-10K = 650MB-1.3GB per month

The only place I know of at the moment that publishes quotas on usage is 
UTOPIA, which is 100GB per month. 1-3GB per month is way lower than that. 
Even back when XMission had quotas on DSL, it was 100GB/month, not 
including their unmetered times or within-network traffic.

That usage expectation is rediculously low.

> BTW, I appreciated everyone who came to support Utopia at the City Council
> meeting.  FOX didn't show but then again, Comcast did pay for the air time
> with that commercial :-)
>
>> The story (with low-res video) is available:
>> http://kutv.com/consumer/local_story_052000530.html

Does anyone have a place where I can view the video without flash 9? My 
Linux Firefox on FreeBSD/amd64 doesn't have anything above Flash 8 right 
now.

Thanks,
Mac

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