Subject: Connectivity issues w/Comcast   
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     Re: Connectivity issues w/Comcast   
     By: Cykros to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 19 2011 12:14 am   
      
    > be some others as well that are in on it).  Man, kind of makes me glad I can   
    > least still get RCN around here.  I feel bad for people who get no choice in   
    > where their Internet comes from.   
      
   Most places are stil cable monopolies. Shame, as competition is a good thing. I   
   was on RCN, and liked them. Their policy around here was to slow speeds down   
   after a set per-day bandwidth limit - I think it was 2g/day at full speed, then   
   it dropped to 256kb/sec for the rest of the 24 hour period, and then reset. It   
   seemed better than a draconian "Use all of the bandwidth we give you and we'll   
   terminate you" stance some providers have.   
      
   I use Tomato open-source router firmware and watch my bandwidth usage. I try to   
   get as close to the 250GB cap every month, just to get my money's worth.   :)   
      
   Worst case, I go back to DSL. I have a tech-friendly ISP out here; not the   
   fastest solution, but to get news servers, a static IP and knowledgeable tech   
   support I might sacrifice some speed.   
      
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