High Speed Internet is now metered!
 

Yep, I just found out that COMCAST/XFINTY is now metering my internet access. I'm running about 7% of my allotment. But I don't remember agreeing to this...

Were allowed 250GB/30 days.

They've changed their policies, lots of discussions about the crap "they" pull on slashdot.org

so do you support or oppose govt. "meddling" in this?

Original net neutrality: Non-metered, non-tiered, "unlimited" = UNLIMITED.
FCC's net neutrality: Tiered and/or metered connectivity. "unlimited" = unlimited to your limit.

at least it is not by what the bits "form"

the ISPs want to put the stomp down on the file sharing people (e.g. movies for free type stuff)

BUT they WILL do anything they are not outlawed from doing - they have virtual monopolies

How did you find out? I haven't gotten any notices. Have Comcast, not sure about the Xfinity part.

Login to your account and look around. There was a bar graph on the right side.

Yes, I am opposed to government meddling.

Fixed

Comcast has had metered accounts for years. 250GB Limit.

The meter was a result of customers being penalized for surpassing the limit.

It basically came down to "you need to provide us a means of monitoring our usage if you are going to penalize us for exceeding it"

They've been rolling out the meter for at least 2 years.

Looks like it finally got to you.

They just tried that crud up here but next year is election year and the ruling party saw this as sure fire political suicide so they backed of PDQ.

The big boys have limits, but the small timers don't and are beating them at their own game. This really pee's the big boys off double, because they also own the PPV up here and they are getting their butt's kicked by Netflix.

Bottom line?
The big boy's have big lobby, so the politico's will lie to us and hit us with this after the election.

Then you should avoid Comcast, itself a creature of government meddling as are all cable monopolies. Maybe satellite internet?

So if you are running at 7%, do you get a 93% discount on the bill?

Verizon FIOS!

Also, I just got a CLEAR 4G wireless puck so I have internet everywhere I go for up to 8 devices/computers! Its as fast as home internet!

Fiber isn't everywhere...well, it is 50 feet behind my house. And my neighbors aren't using the connection. But can I connect and use it? Nooooooooooo.

Let's see, if I stream a movie from Netflix, that will be about 1GB. So I can stream about 225 movies a month and my regular usage. So that would be 7-8 movies a day.

I'm actually OK with this, but I don't remember them telling me it was metered.

I know some guyz...

You wanna fiber connection?

NO problem

No law (govt. again) requires them to explicitly tell you it is metered in any understandable way.

No law + monopoly = no consumer protection

now take the 3rd derivative of that and feel the jerk

'cuz your wallet is being displaced

Let the market place work its self out. There are lots of carriers out there. If I don't like it I will switch. Now if it was mandated by gubmint that all carriers offer the same metering then there goes the free market and my choice!

Net neutrality people crack me up. They got what they fought so hard for.

You can switch providers though.

I doubt I could burn up 250 Jigs in 30 days. I mean thats a ****load of Pr0n man.