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Actually if you read his post from a day ago, you will see him state he stopped the open access point. He took steps to stop what he thought was the issue. It

• naner 15y ago
  Perhaps if he was more civil with the service reps and just explained the mistake he would have been given a reprieve. Regardless, it doesn't sound like he's willing to cut back his data use.
  • martianpenguin 15y ago
    you've obviously never dealt with comcast's "customer service"
  • pavel_lishin 15y ago
    Yeah, maybe if he bought them a cake and rented a hooker, everything would be peachy!
  • seanp2k 15y ago
    Dude, have you ever talked to a comcast rep? One dude told me that I needed to get access to my apartment telco room because it was MY fault that the apartments were mislabelled (presumably done by one of THEIR techs). The problem was that they unplugged my internet when my neghibor didn't pay. No credit given to me for the time I was down or anything either, and dood wouldn't let me talk to a supervisor. Supervisor called back 5 hours later in the middle of the night (~3AM) and I was sleeping. WTF.
• recoiledsnake 15y ago
  >My question would be is does the 250g data cap apply when they are watching TV/Movies online via Comcast (XFinity) provided services? Yes it does. But, of course it doesn't apply to the On Demand services on Comcast Cable, which is where they want to push customers at.
  • joelhaus 15y ago
    This. Combined with the power of local carrier monopolies, it's exactly the reason we need net neutrality.
    • forensic 15y ago
      I appreciate your opinion but I downvoted you because you said "This." The "This." meme contributes nothing to the post and is the worst kind of contentless bandwagonism. "This." is lazy and degrades the quality of the site in general.
      • younata 15y ago
        I'm not going to downvote you, but that's an incredibly stupid reason to downvote someone. "Oh, I don't like your word choice, so I'm going to downvote you regardless of the content."
        • forensic 15y ago
          The issue isn't "word choice" it is tone and writing style. Writing in leetspeek is equally objectionable, for instance, and people do downvote those who write that way on HN. Explaining yourself and adding an original thought is contributing, but saying "This." is not contributing and degrades the quality of the post and HN in general.
          • younata 15y ago
            > The issue isn't "word choice" it is tone and writing style. Forgive me, my vocabulary failed me when I was writing that particular sentence. > Writing in leetspeek is equally objectionable, for instance, and people do downvote those who write that way on HN. Good point, although leetspeak kills readability, whereas "this." is just a way to say "yes, I agree with you.". In my opinion, a comment that is simply "this." should get no votes at all, whereas a comment that is entirely in leetspeak should be downvoted into oblivion. Killing readability is a far greater sin than simply failing to realize that the upvote button exists for a reason.
• chopsueyar 15y ago
  My question would be is does the 250g data cap apply when they are watching TV/Movies online via Comcast (XFinity) provided services? Of course not, nor Comcast's VOIP service.
  • michael_h 15y ago
    Watching the xfinity tv/news service definitely counts towards the cap, but xfinity voice is a completely separate service - and doesn't count.
    • bpd1069 15y ago
      But if you used Vonage it would count? Same type of service, different application of rules.
      • chopsueyar 15y ago
        Yes.
• dkl 15y ago
  That is not entitlement at all. If anything it was ignorance of the fact that your upload data is also measured against the cap. This. I would never have guessed upstream was counted. I thought this was only about downstream bandwidth.
  • joshfinnie 15y ago
    I have a hard time accepting this fact. Yes, you might not know upload count, but reading Comcast's AUP, it states: >> Common activities that may cause excessive data consumption in violation of this Policy include, but are not limited to, numerous or continuous bulk transfers of files and other high capacity traffic using (i) file transfer protocol (“FTP”), (ii) peer-to-peer applications, and (iii) newsgroups. This seems to be exactly what the person who wrote the article was complaining about. And in a world where we no longer have unlimited data plans on our phones; I am suprised people forget about the data used while uploading... Updated: formatting and clairification.