A few weeks ago, customers of Washington, Oregon and California cable operator Wave Broadband (see our user reviews) let us know that the company had quietly begun implementing a cap system. Shortly after the terms of service were changed, customers began to notice that their connections were starting to get throttled to 1.5Mbps or slower should they consume more than 3GB per day (combined upload/download). Some users say their 10Mbps connections were suddenly as slow as 300kbps once they'd exceeded the limit.

WaveBroadband user drew writes in to note that while the Wave website makes ample mention of the caps, the company is sending mixed messages in terms of informing customers about specific network limitations. The company's various service plans are listed here, though so far they only outline the 18Mbps/2Mbps service ($74.95 or $64.95 if bundled with TV) as having a 300GB cap. Caps on slower tiers exist, but aren't being advertised (yet).

Despite no reference on the website, customers are being told that the company's 10Mbps tier now comes with a 100GB per month cap, and their 6MBps tier now comes with a 50GB per month cap. The fine print of the product page does acknowledge that "each tier of High Speed Internet Service includes an allotment of bandwidth consumption that you may use during each calendar month at no additional charge," going on to note that "additional bandwidth consumed beyond that allotment will be billed at $5/per 10 GB consumed."

Wave hasn't responded to our request for comment, but judging from employee forum posts, it looks like they implemented a 3GB daily cap to handle network strain after growing faster than they expected.

Customers of Washington, Oregon and California cable operator Wave Broadband (see our user reviews) say that the company has begun throttling their customers' 10Mbps connections back to speeds of 1.5Mbps or slower should they consume more than 3GB per day. According to posts to our forums, customers say that their connections remain throttled for twenty four hours after the invisible cap is crossed.

California customers are now able to watch their favorite school sports games since Comcast SportsNet has launched on Charter cable systems. The change has taken place after Charter was taken over by Wave Broadband in a customer switcheroo. Wave is still operating under the Charter name in this area but the new channel is a result of Wave’s partnership with Comcast. The channel brings college and high school sports to the television screens of regional area customers.