Comcast

I used to have comcast a few years ago and when I download a torrent, I received an e-mail saying I couldn’t do it again or else, but my question is if anyone here that uses comcast has had any issues from downloading stuff with comcast? Thanks
Answer #1
MAFIAA scare tactics,Comcast likes to stroke off the MAFIAA to make it seem like they are having sex.
Answer #2
Your downloading bugged torrents =/
Answer #3
I was turned off by concast once for P2P a few years back
they told me when i called that next time it’s permanent so I avoid P2P & torrents now and just use DDL
Answer #4
For some reason I’m on Comcast and I have YET to receive an email telling me to stop. I’ve downloaded Movies, PC/Xbox/PS2/3DS games, programs, operating systems, albums, songs etc for about 8 or 9 years and I haven’t gotten anything. My sister and I do it a lot, we go on the piratebay and start downloading away – we don’t even use peerblock or any other layers of security.
The funny thing is they probably might be sending me emails to my Comcast email but i don’t know the password to that email anymore because I don’t care much about it lol
As for mail in letter to stop I have not received anything. *Knocks on wood*
Answer #5
It happened to me a long time ago, before this was a huge thing. I dgaf’d and carried on running PeerBlock. Was fine. But yeah, try to just lay low for awhile. Keep what you need and make sure it’s good enough, get some decent DDLs if you need em. But lay low for a bit for sure. Don’t need to lose your net.
Answer #6
they won’t disconnect you, it’s a bluff. here’s how it works.
The music, movie and television industries are teaming up with Internet service providers to fight piracy, but in a rather lenient way.
As rumored, several Internet providers�AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon�have agreed to punish people who repeatedly share copyrighted materials. But they�ll only do so after four or five warnings, and even then, the harshest penalty is throttled connection speeds. Ars Technica�s Nate Anderson calls it "six strikes," although the entertainment industry uses the term "alerts."
(MORE: Revealed: The 6 Worst Piracy States in the U.S.)
Here�s how it�ll work:
�If a copyright owner complains to an ISP�presumably, based on sniffing out IP addresses through BitTorrent�that service provider sends an online alert such as an e-mail to the subscriber. The alert explains how to secure a wireless network, how to avoid copyright violations in the future and how to lawfully obtain content in the future. �A second alert may follow if illicit file-sharing persists, or the ISP may move on to the next alert. �With the third alert, there will be some kind of mechanism�like a pop-up notice or landing page�to ensure that the subscriber received the message. �Another alert. Same drill as the last one. �On the fifth alert, the ISP may take action, such as temporarily reducing connection speeds or requiring the user to review and respond to educational information on copyright. The ISP may also skip the mitigation measures and just issue another alert. �By the sixth alert, all participating ISPs will either throttle the user or require educational measures. The entertainment industry doesn�t expect that many people will persist with copyright violations at this point. Under this agreement, ISPs will never terminate an Internet connection entirely, or otherwise interfere with the subscriber�s ability to receive phone calls and e-mails. No new laws or regulations are involved, and ISPs won�t exchange personal information with copyright holders except by subpoena or court order.
For all those reasons, this agreement seems fairly reasonable, but there are a few issues of concern: Subscribers can request an "independent review" of any claim against them, but doing so costs $35, and it�s not clear how this review process works. It�s also not clear what happens if the subscriber doesn�t acknowledge receipt of subsequent alerts. And as several Ars Technica commenters point out, there�s no guarantee that the entertainment industry won�t try to move the goal posts in the future and get harsher punishments from ISPs.
For now, the six alert system seems fairly reasonable, although I�m sure it�s only a matter of time before someone is falsely accused of copyright infringement and throttled accordingly. It�s happened before.
http://techland.time.com/2011/07/08/six-strikes-anti-piracy-measures/
Answer #7
Avoid torrents or look into a VPN solution
Answer #8
I rarely torrent myself but I know family members that do and who have received the same sorts of letters from Comcast and continued to torrent for years with no consequence. No a guarantee that you will have the same experience of course.