Re: Comcast using IPS to protect the Internetfrom their home user clients?

["Exibar" <exibar () thelair com>]

BINGO!  You've hit the ISP's nail right on the head.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew C. Beckman" <fulldisclosure () mnbn net>
To: "Luke Scharf" <lscharf () aoe vt edu>; <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:56 PM
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Comcast using IPS to protect the Internetfrom
their home user clients?


> > But, if those terms aren't acceptable, then why sign up for the
> > service in the first place?
>
> I think the objection is simply that Comcast won't define the terms.
> As someone else mentioned, there are a lot of reports of Comcast
> cutting off service to someone with the reason being, that they
> over-used the service.  If they are advertising unlimited internet
> service first off, and then won't define what 'too much' bandwidth
> usage is, that is where the problem comes in.  Even those people that
> have been cut off have been unable to find out where that line is
> drawn.
>
> If they would be more clear in their policies, I don't think anyone
> would have room to complain.
>
> - Matthew C. Beckman
>
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