Dante Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Got a call today from a Comcast security agent. Tells me that I have a 250gig per month download limit and our number is at 650gigs!!!! If it doesn't stop they are gonna suspend our account for one year. Have my 15 year old son at home for the summer. Also, my nephew from Oregon is staying with us and working at our shop for the summer. Everyone has either their own desktop or laptop pc. Before the obligatory porn jokes I think the bulk of it is coming from those two guys. My son has been watching movies every day from Netflix via Xbox Live. The nephew downloads all kinds of tv shows. It's non stop with him. In fact, a month ago I upgraded my internet connection because I was lagging when playing TF2 online and I thought constant downloading was throttling the connection for gaming. Anyone one else get a call like this? Also another thing to consider is that my wireless connection is not secured. I've never had a problem before but i think Im going to have to figure out how to do that tonight. Just in case someone is stealing some of my bandwidth. If I go into my router will it tell me which how much data each pc is downloading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Your wireless router won't tell you how much is being used (not that I've ever seen anyway). You'll be able to see how many machines are connected to it though -- so if you see some machines that you don't recognize... Try asking Comcast for a tool that lets you identify where the bandwidth use is coming from as you don't believe it's true. I would assume that they should have to be able to prove what you're using and where it's coming from. I could be wrong though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Man the porn is just gushing into your house dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Get the kids some Playboys and tell them to lay off the downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 650 gigs a month? That's a huge amount of content, whether it be movies, tv shows, porn, whatever. I guess I really am getting old because what the hell are these kids up to with these goddamn compooters all day long? More importantly, exactly what is the difference between a compooter and a teenager in these crazy everloving times in which we're living? I cannot tell the difference except that one is cleaner/smells better than the other. /end crazy-out-of-touch-no-longer-young-person-rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Got a call today from a Comcast security agent. Tells me that I have a 250gig per month download limit and our number is at 650gigs!!!! If it doesn't stop they are gonna suspend our account for one year. Have my 15 year old son at home for the summer. Also, my nephew from Oregon is staying with us and working at our shop for the summer. Everyone has either their own desktop or laptop pc. Before the obligatory porn jokes I think the bulk of it is coming from those two guys. My son has been watching movies every day from Netflix via Xbox Live. The nephew downloads all kinds of tv shows. It's non stop with him. In fact, a month ago I upgraded my internet connection because I was lagging when playing TF2 online and I thought constant downloading was throttling the connection for gaming. Anyone one else get a call like this? Also another thing to consider is that my wireless connection is not secured. I've never had a problem before but i think Im going to have to figure out how to do that tonight. Just in case someone is stealing some of my bandwidth. If I go into my router will it tell me which how much data each pc is downloading? Wireless not secured? You might as well had a sign on your front lawn saying "Free Internet Access". First things first: secure your wireless access. Doing something with the router is the simplest and easiest way. What is the make and model of your router? Some of the newer ones have a built in bandwidth monitor of some kind. Unfortunately, the ones that do are not very informative (usually). Check your routers manual to verify if and what may be available to you. Even if you make and model does not have any kind of monitor (or its crappy), check out http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices. See if your make and model are listed and can be updated. If so, you can re-flash the router firmware using dd-wrt software (This assumes you have the technical ability to do so). For most devices, the dd-wrt firmware flash will add a total bandwidth monitor, both incoming and outgoing. However, even with DD-wrt, you still will not be able to monitor per user consumption. There are other options besides using something via the router. However, those options are pretty complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 My son has been watching movies every day from Netflix via Xbox Live. The nephew downloads all kinds of tv shows. Not sure how Netflix/Xbox does their compression, but a DVD movie is 4-8GB in size. So if you're kid's watching a movie every day, thats 120-240GB per month right there. Figure another gig or two for each TV show your nephew downloads.... I'd recommend giving your kid a Blockbuster card and tell the nephew to watch re-runs on cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 650 gigs a month? That's a huge amount of content, whether it be movies, tv shows, porn, whatever. I guess I really am getting old because what the hell are these kids up to with these goddamn compooters all day long? More importantly, exactly what is the difference between a compooter and a teenager in these crazy everloving times in which we're living? I cannot tell the difference except that one is cleaner/smells better than the other. /end crazy-out-of-touch-no-longer-young-person-rant I'm all for ISPs charging high users, higher rates. And low users, lower rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Comcast has been doing this for at least a few years now. I remember reading the articles at my last job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm all for ISPs charging high users, higher rates. And low users, lower rates. so youre saying youre on board with the fair tax plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm all for ISPs charging high users, higher rates. And low users, lower rates. Thing is I just upgraded my plan. I'm paying close to $80 for 6 up and 20 down i think. It's kinda bull$h1t that they want to limit my download volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Not sure how Netflix/Xbox does their compression, but a DVD movie is 4-8GB in size. So if you're kid's watching a movie every day, thats 120-240GB per month right there. Figure another gig or two for each TV show your nephew downloads.... I'd recommend giving your kid a Blockbuster card and tell the nephew to watch re-runs on cable Stupid thing is we have 3 HD tvs in the house. 1 32", 1 42", 1 55". This guy watches all his $h1t on a little 15" laptop screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Comcast has been doing this for at least a few years now. I remember reading the articles at my last job. My understanding is most major ISPs have/had some kind of cap limits. Comcast came under the most fire because of their customer service regarding the limits. The actual bandwidth limits were never published in their TOS (they just referenced "excessive use"), the limits were not imposed with any consistency (it depended on what node the customer was attached to), and they way Comcast notified the customer was through snail mail. Letters were received as late as the 20th day of the month (but the letter was effective the first day) making any attempt to correct the problem worthless (by the time the customer received the letter, they were already over the limit for that month, thus causing Comcast to suspend the customers account). Even if the customer called tech support after receiving the letter and asked for the bandwidth limit amount, Comcast still would still refuse to reveal it, citing "excessive use" and referencing the TOS. It was only in the past year Comcast published the limits, and they are being imposed with consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) Thing is I just upgraded my plan. I'm paying close to $80 for 6 up and 20 down i think. It's kinda bull$h1t that they want to limit my download volume. The 250 limit is not just download. It's ALL bandwidth, upload and download. Side note: how long have you had their service? Edited August 6, 2009 by Cynical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Man the porn is just gushing into your house dude. Awesome. +1 for the term "gushing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 so youre saying youre on board with the fair tax plan? I'm on board with folks that eat 2, 3, 10 times more than I do paying a bigger bill for their food. What do you do for a living? Can I get ten times of whatever product, service or material goods for the same price as the fellow that pays for one, from you, or your business or your employer? No? Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Tell those kids to put down the computers and go play outside. They need their vitamin D... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm all for ISPs charging high users, higher rates. And low users, lower rates. ISPs are fine with former but not latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 The 250 limit is not just download. It's ALL bandwidth, upload and download. Side note: how long have you had their service? Thanks for the help in your previous post Cynical. I've had Comcast for maybe a year but I just upgraded my speed about a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 if they eat 2, 3, 10 times more than you....don't you think they pay 2, 3, 10 times more for that food they are eating? I was in consumer electronics and no, i do not think you should pay half of what i pay for the same tv simply because you watch it half as much as i paid for it.....hey, i'm just sayin' I'm on board with folks that eat 2, 3, 10 times more than I do paying a bigger bill for their food. What do you do for a living? Can I get ten times of whatever product, service or material goods for the same price as the fellow that pays for one, from you, or your business or your employer? No? Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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