Archive for September, 2010
Update on the Comcast Usage Meter
After a few months of roughly 75GB traffic, the bandwidth meter has disappeared from my Comcast users & accounts page. I now see a graphic informing me that the usage meter is not available for my account.
In the early spring, I replaced my rented cable modem with a refurbished Linksys CM100. The meter continued to function for a month or so afterward, but has since vanished. I am behind a router and usually connect to my home network through one of three devices, but that never posed a problem for the meter during the initial roll-out.
Many users are reporting that their meter is also unavailable or appears only periodically. I imagine any meter functions must consume network+system resources, so perhaps Comcast pulls the meter after an account is deemed unlikely to exceed their 250GB cap.
Let’s Trade: Prints for Magnets
You need some damn fine 4×6 prints. My refrigerator needs some of your cool local magnets. Let’s make a trade.
Contact me to work out the details.
