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keenerd on July 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of ...

But it is very very easy to go over 250GB in a DAY, let alone a month.

250GB ÷ 15MB/sec = 4 hours 36 minutes

Doesn't it seem a little odd that you can blow through an entire month's service in less than a day?

keenerd on July 15, 2011 [–]

Other comment - 250GB/month is less than 800Kb/sec. Cheap DSL is faster. Hulu uses 1Mb/sec. If you are one of those people who like a TV playing in the background, you can go over your cap just from running free television 24x7.

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