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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 2004-01-30
Anonymous
It's not a matter of the type of data that's being transferred but the amount. Traffic is not free. ISPs have to pay for the traffic to someone else and even if it stays in house, downloading a terabyte in 1 month is just obscene!

If the cost of this bandwidth were passed onto the consumer, the t...

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