Comcast may limit Internet use to 250gb

Last update: August 28, 2008 - 7:34 PM

Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the Twin Cities area, said Internet subscribers whose use of the Internet exceeds 250 gigabytes of data a month may get a warning call and could lose their service. Customers who breach the threshold -- enough to send 50 million e-mails or download 125 standard-definition movies -- may be asked to reduce their use, the Philadelphia-based company said in a Web posting. Those whose "excessive use'' continues may be cut off for a year, Comcast said.

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Circuit Court OKs Gander direct marketing

The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that lets St. Paul outdoor retailer Gander Mountain Co. use its name and logo for catalogs, the Web and other direct-marketing activities. The original lawsuit arose in a dispute with Cabela's after Gander's previous owners sold its direct-marketing business to Cabela's in 1996 to avoid bankruptcy. Cabela's and Gander Mountain spent years in suits and countersuits as Gander tried to get back into direct marketing. But a federal judge's ruling last summer allowed Gander to move forward. The appeals court affirmed the rulings in a decision filed Wednesday.

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