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"BigPecs8" <Nunya@noyoudont.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:4548b402$0$23925$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
> As of Thursday, October 26, 2006, my personal Comcast internet account has
> been suspended by Comcast citing "abuse".
>
> I have rec'd no recent communications in any format from Comcast in
> reference to this suspension and can only conclude that this action is the
> result of an earlier "abuse" ticket from August, 2006.
>
> I subscribe/did subscribe to Unlimited News as a newsgroup provider and
did
> not use Comcast for newsgroup file/message retrieval.
>
> Comcast permits any of their internet subscriber customers to
> download/retrieve a total of 2 (yes, two - this is not a typo) gigabytes
of
> files/messages per month from their newsgroups.  If you are in the middle
of
> downloading a file and you have hit your 2 gb limit, you would be
permitted
> to finish/conclude that particular download only with the amount above 2
gb
> coming off your next month's quota/limit.
>
> In reference to the August complaint I received one telephone call without
> any Caller ID around 8:30 PM one Thursday evening.   According to an
> individual "John" of their Legal and Internet Abuse Division, I, as a
> Comcast internet subscriber, was guilty of "excessive usage" and was being
> warned that any further/repeated incidents of "heavy usage" would result
in
> the suspension of my Comcast internet account.  John went on to say that
> this potential suspension was at his/their sole discretion and could occur
> at any time, for any reason and without any prior notice, warning or
> communication whatsoever.  John went on to say that my excessive usage
could
> only be the result of my operating a business from my home and that I
should
> contact Comcast Customer Service to subscribe to a commercial account.
The
> cost of my personal account is/was $24.95 per month - introductory price.
> The cost of a commercial account is a little over $200.00 per month plus
> tax.

Would Comcast even install a business-level connection
in a residence? I know htat DSL and T-1 providers
will install business-level service in your home, but
I doubt it Comcast, or any of the cable networks
would.