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Grarr Dexx
Amarr
The Cosa Nostra
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Posted - 2008.09.02 21:51:00 -
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I've been living in Belgium and the cap has been 35 Gb and we have been doing just fine... Recently, after a LOT of *****ing and the only real competitor upping their limits, they made it 60 Gb, it's so much more I can download :D
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Xioden Acap
Lightspeed Enterprises
Burning Horizons
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Posted - 2008.09.02 21:58:00 -
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250GB a month is an "okay" cap. It's definitely better than the 5-40GB caps being proposed by other cable companies.
To anyone saying "Well just get a different ISP" needs to realize that for some people it just isn't a viable option. Some simply aren't within range for DSL, and satellite is not only much more expensive but slower, and usually also has caps.
But then again, caps are definitely needed, I mean even those darn Japanese fellows who are light years ahead technology wise implemented caps. Those 930GB upstream per month caps for upstream bandwidth... Talk about restrictive! Overselling, short-sighted business planning (not looking further ahead than the next quarter), and arguably anti-competitive practices to protect their Pay-per-view/video-on-demand services from Internet based competitors is why these caps are showing up.
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Grarr Dexx
Amarr
The Cosa Nostra
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:01:00 -
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 Originally by: Xioden Acap
250GB a month is an "okay" cap. It's definitely better than the 5-40GB caps being proposed by other cable companies.
To anyone saying "Well just get a different ISP" needs to realize that for some people it just isn't a viable option. Some simply aren't within range for DSL, and satellite is not only much more expensive but slower, and usually also has caps.
But then again, caps are definitely needed, I mean even those darn Japanese fellows who are light years ahead technology wise implemented caps. Those 930GB upstream per month caps for upstream bandwidth... Talk about restrictive! Overselling, short-sighted business planning (not looking further ahead than the next quarter), and arguably anti-competitive practices to protect their Pay-per-view/video-on-demand services from Internet based competitors is why these caps are showing up.
Japan has fiberglass under almost every street, you can't possibly compare them to us... They're not all that hard-assed about MAXIMUM PROFIT like the Western world.
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Xioden Acap
Lightspeed Enterprises
Burning Horizons
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:03:00 -
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Originally by: Grarr Dexx
I've been living in Belgium and the cap has been 35 Gb and we have been doing just fine... Recently, after a LOT of *****ing and the only real competitor upping their limits, they made it 60 Gb, it's so much more I can download :D
Out of curiosity, whats the advertised speed of the connection? Some of the caps being proposed in the US can be blown away if people actually use the connection they're offered.
(Also assuming you mean GB (Giga-byte))
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thisismyalt
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:05:00 -
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Originally by: Qordel
And for those *****ing about those of us who use a lot of bandwidth and whine about it. How would you like it if Comcast told you that you're only allowed to watch 60 hours of cable television a week, even though you pay full price for it and then they didn't offer you an option to buy more time.
They do offer the option of purchasing more bandwidth - its called a commercial account.
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Xioden Acap
Lightspeed Enterprises
Burning Horizons
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:05:00 -
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Originally by: Grarr Dexx
Originally by: Xioden Acap
250GB a month is an "okay" cap. It's definitely better than the 5-40GB caps being proposed by other cable companies.
To anyone saying "Well just get a different ISP" needs to realize that for some people it just isn't a viable option. Some simply aren't within range for DSL, and satellite is not only much more expensive but slower, and usually also has caps.
But then again, caps are definitely needed, I mean even those darn Japanese fellows who are light years ahead technology wise implemented caps. Those 930GB upstream per month caps for upstream bandwidth... Talk about restrictive! Overselling, short-sighted business planning (not looking further ahead than the next quarter), and arguably anti-competitive practices to protect their Pay-per-view/video-on-demand services from Internet based competitors is why these caps are showing up.
Japan has fiberglass under almost every street, you can't possibly compare them to us... They're not all that hard-assed about MAXIMUM PROFIT like the Western world.
Tell that to the consumers who are being spoon-fed it by cable companies who are spinning it for PR use to defend implementing caps.
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Illwill Bill
Minmatar
A Few Killers
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:07:00 -
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Originally by: Andrue
Tbh if you're really downloading 2.5TB of data from the Internet then you're doing it wrong.
You have obviously never tried having a 100 mbit/s cap-less Internet connection at home!
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Xioden Acap
Lightspeed Enterprises
Burning Horizons
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:11:00 -
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Originally by: thisismyalt
Originally by: Qordel
And for those *****ing about those of us who use a lot of bandwidth and whine about it. How would you like it if Comcast told you that you're only allowed to watch 60 hours of cable television a week, even though you pay full price for it and then they didn't offer you an option to buy more time.
They do offer the option of purchasing more bandwidth - its called a commercial account.
That's often not an option. Most ISP will not provide a business DSL or cable connection to a residential address. |
OneofSix
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Posted - 2008.09.02 22:24:00 -
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Eve uses approx. 750 MB (MegaBytes!) per month based on average 5 hrs per day.
Voice adds approx. another 750 MB. |
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