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

[Clint Savage]

I'd like to rebut the fact that UTOPIA puts limits on the bandwidth.  It's
NOT UTOPIA that implements the limits its the service providers like
XMission or others.  I've called and verified several times with AT&T that
they have absolutely NO limit on their internet service.  With haste, I will
say this is probably similar to the Comcast Unlimited, however.

Cheers,

Clint

On 2/22/07, Mac Newbold <mac at macnewbold.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --
> Mac Newbold             MNE - Mac Newbold Enterprises, LLC
> mac at macnewbold.com      http://www.macnewbold.com/
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