Comments on: I’m Broadcasting Over the Comcast Cap – This Can’t Be Good

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:59:46 +0000

@Davis Freeberg,
Don’t worry you will not get some huge bill, you will just lose the “privilege” to buy internet from Comcast for a year. Yah, you heard right, a year. The first time you break the cap they will shut off your internet until you call them about it. Then, they will scold you about your excessive usage and turn it back on but tell you that if you break it again you could be denied service for 12 months. What a joke. These people buy up a complete monopoly on high speed broadband in as many markets as they can and then limit everyone’s usage. FiOS can’t come soon enough. Neither can anti-trust litigation.

By: Computer Repair

Computer Repair — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:26:08 +0000

Aside for using P2P which will cause massive outbound use get SuperAntiSpyware (It’s free) and see what that picks up. Dave.

By: john.jones.name

john.jones.name — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:41:35 +0000

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx

TCPView is the way to go but please do let us know the resolution !

By: BobWarfield

BobWarfield — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:33:13 +0000

Outbound?!??

All your data are be ours!

Cheers,

By: Luca

Luca — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:28:14 +0000

Online backup?

By: Sandy Kemsley

Sandy Kemsley — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:22:36 +0000

Well, that’s a McAfee tool that you’re using, so it’s probably burning up your bandwidth phoning home every 5 seconds.

By: Eran Kampf

Eran Kampf — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:26:54 +0000

Hi Zoli,
Try installing Fiddler or some other traffic analyser that will allow you to see the destination for your outgoing traffic…
May help diagnose the program causing it…

Regards,
Eran

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:14:22 +0000

I think that this is going to end up being a big problem for Comcast customers. If some spyware decides to use your system to send out a bunch of spam or what not, you could end up being really surprised when you get your bill. At the very minimum they should let customers set it up so that they have to acknowledge that they are going over the limit before they start charging 1-900 type fees. If I ended up getting a bill for a couple hundred dollars because someone had compromised my system, I’d be really upset. It’s bad enough to be victimized by the hackers, but to have to pay Comcast for it would make it even worse.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:47:24 +0000

Not to start this, but I couldn’t resist.

Jon, Mac is just as susceptible as Windows or Linux. That is like saying mobile phones aren’t able to get a virus, though there are quite a few out there. The Mac community is just too small for people to bother writing a virus. It is like writing software for Windows 98, what and get 5 people? Windows has so many virus’ written and the code is so readily available that any jerk off kid who can read, can write a destructible virus. If you get a virus on a Windows machine, you are probably a gullible person and you are the type of person who will do the same thing on a Mac.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:39:15 +0000

I wonder if the McAffee monitor has gone wiggy. Does seem like a LOT of traffic. A) Are their forums talking about accuracy at all B) Why not ask for a breakdown of what apps used up the bandwidth.Should show it if it’s smart. I suspect the monitor is calibrated wrong.

Also I wonder if with the sync tools mozy or syncplicity are reuploading the same files – it won’t count against your totals, but it sure uses bandwidth.

Finally, if you are worried about malware (never a bad idea to be paranoid!) get something on there that’s beefier/more reliable. I’ve had good experiences with Kapersky and Sunbelt counterspy (I do not have relationships with either) – Comodo or Kerio firewall should help watch the traffic.