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Old 10-19-2007, 11:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 10-19-2007, 11:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Id hate to be a Comcast subscriber....

Maybe they got bought out by China. lol
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Old 10-19-2007, 11:30 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Id hate to be a Comcast subscriber....

Time Warner Cable Modem FTW. 10mb down, 1mb up, 45 bucks a month
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Old 10-19-2007, 03:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Id hate to be a Comcast subscriber....

Comcast has not throttled my connection.

I get about the same as netburn
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Old 10-19-2007, 07:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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They are not throttling connections that are blocking file sharing.
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Old 10-21-2007, 05:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Id hate to be a Comcast subscriber....

Correct, the story is talking about how it is keeping people from "Seeding" torrents, which IMHO is a really bad idea. Just because some of us use torrents for illegal purposes, doesn't mean everyone does.
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Old 10-21-2007, 05:55 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Id hate to be a Comcast subscriber....

It's also affecting all torrent use. Such as updating wow. lol
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:12 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Id hate to be a Comcast subscriber....

I think I've used torrents to legally download OpenOffice.org and WoW. While I would be pissed if I had to manually patch WoW, by stopping torrents, they would cut back 50% of my illegal activity. The other 50% is downloaded from filesharing websites and is pr0n. HAHAHA
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:47 AM   #9 (permalink)
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They don't block downloads, only completed torrents you are "seeding", which overall hurts the swarm.
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Old 10-24-2007, 07:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
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So who wants to take bets on when the lawsuit is announced?
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Old 10-24-2007, 08:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Hmmmm....

Never? People sign ridiculous agreements these days without even knowing it. Plus if there was a threat, they would cave I'm sure, unless they knew they had legal precedence.
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Old 10-24-2007, 09:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Actually I read somewhere today it's already in the works. Sure people sign stupid stuff but you can't advertise unlimited internet if it's limited. I will post the link if I find it again.
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Old 10-26-2007, 11:37 PM   #13 (permalink)
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