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Re:Leaked Comcast docs prove 300GB cap has nothing to do wit... by dahart on Saturday November 07, 2015 @02:49PM (#10525963)
No, you're jumping to conclusions and changing the subject. I said I don't want to pay for advertising. If Comcast is going to enforce limits, then Comcast needs to provide a way for me to pay for the content I asked for, and not charge me for content advertisers deliver without my consent.

The point of my comment is partially tongue-in-cheek, because this is a problem Comcast can't solve, and they're setting themselves up for a rampage of angry people, as the amount of bandwidth being used for advertising increases every year.

But, since you brought it up, Comcast already examines your content. You are mistaken that net neutrality is broken if they filter advertising from your meter. Net neutrality is about not prioritizing or throttling responses to your request, not how Comcast bills you. And, for that matter, auto-play advertising is already worse for net neutrality than it would be for Comcast to categorize your surfing for billing purposes. Your internets are already being jammed and throttled by advertising video that in many cases is much larger than what you asked for.

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Re:Leaked Comcast docs prove 300GB cap has nothing to do wit... by pil4rin on Saturday November 07, 2015 @04:09PM (#10526233)
Unless you are claiming that Comcast injects their own ads into your traffic, what are you even saying? You request a page from a server, they deliver that page to you, in whole as requested- The fact that there might be advertising on that page is due to the server/site owner. Why should Comcast have to not charge for content that you technically requested (although likely didn't want).

If they are injecting ads (which I have seen through other providers, but I believe it wasn't related to Comcast) then your point is valid. At that point you are being delivered packets (large video-laden amounts) were not requested, and being charged for them. As a side note, I believe Verizon was doing this to mobile customers, not sure how it ended though.

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Re:Leaked Comcast docs prove 300GB cap has nothing to do wit... by prodigal_erik on Saturday November 07, 2015 @03:23PM (#10526077)
Comcast should not even have an opinion about what your browser is and is not configured to do. As a human being, your tools are your own responsibility.
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Re:Leaked Comcast docs prove 300GB cap has nothing to do wit... by crazy1van on Sunday November 08, 2015 @02:08PM (#10529427)
"Net neutrality is about not prioritizing or throttling responses to your request, not how Comcast bills you."

So if Comcast bills you at double the rate for going to Facebook instead of Google+, that's consistent with net neutrality?

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