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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits
Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 2004-01-29

By all accounts, George Nussbaum demands a lot from his Internet connection. He streams video and transfers large files from his office. His family downloads movie trailers and his stepson listens to and buys music online.

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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-29
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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try controlling your customers connections to outside email servers for spam purpose 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
Anonymous (2 replies)
Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
Anonymous (2 replies)
Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
Anonymous
Exactly, "unlimited access" is something that carried over from the days where the only access available was dialup. When broadband started up, what better way to advertise it than bring back the good ol' "unlimited access". Okay so back in the dialup-only days, you'd never be an abuser because it would literraly take you decades to download as much as you are right now. You can however stay connected to their service for as long as it'd take you to download whatever you are trying to.

Unlimited access = unlimited logon time.

Unlimited usage/traffic = unlimited upload/download

Look at ANY hosting company, they charge for the traffic to you generate on their site because they pay someone else.

Kudos to all the folks that understand the difference between these 2 terms.

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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits 2004-01-30
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The answer is simple... 2004-01-30
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The REAL answer is simple... 2004-01-30
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