Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of legitimate use

Re:Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of legitim... by Raesan on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @02:17PM (#2759941)

I live in Capitol Hill (right in the middle of Seattle), and Comcast is the only ISP in my area that offers a connection faster than 5mbps.

It's a legitimate problem.

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Re:Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of legitim... by jamesaguilar on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @02:41PM (#2760077)

Even if internet access is a right, internet access >5mbps certainly is not.

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Re:Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of legitim... by sorbus on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @04:50PM (#2760617)

Just because something is not a fundamental human right does not mean that it's not possible to have a monopoly over it. Monopolies are a problem, regardless of what they're providing.

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Re:Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of legitim... by Bobby_Tables on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @05:02PM (#2760668)

5mbps? You're lucky. I live in a densely populated area of another major city in the US, and I can't get anything faster than 3mbps from anyone, no matter how much I'm willing to pay...

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