en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | These are the kind of caps...
I'd expect on a normal U.S. / Canadian carrier.
930GB upstream cap is wild... that would be the equivalent of 3Mbps 24x7.
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | Outrageous
It's outrageous, I tell you! Why I'd only be able to upload 200 DVDs before being done for the month!
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | It's only uploads...
Uploads aren't much of a big deal unless you're doing loads of HD video OR you're running torrents. Download, unlimited. |
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Dnepr
join:2001-11-28
Tarpon Springs, FL | Looks good to me
I wouldn't mind those kinds of caps.
Japanese solution actually seems reasonable! |
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swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
Premium
join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs:  | no overage fees?
So what happens if someone uploads over that cap? Apparently there are no fees. Do they just lose their connection for the day? |
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Hehe
@ssa.gov | $42?
For $42 per month!!!! Where do I sign?
When will NTT come to the US?  |
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kcblack
Premium
join:2000-09-11
Chicago, IL | reply to swhitney2003
Re: no overage fees?
In the true Japanese way they are officially yelled at in front of other customers and apologize profusely for letting it happen...
Kevin |
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VZ FiOS
@myvzw.com
| Reasonable caps..if you call caps reasonable
Well those are about as generous as caps can get and I'm sure we'll never see caps this reasonable in the US.
Then again, we don't exactly have 100/100 FTTH connections available yet and we'll be lucky to even see that with FiOS anytime soon. Atleast Verizon doesn't cap FiOS for now, let's hope things stay that way and if we're lucky we'll see that 20 symmetrical make its way up to 100 symmetrical. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Even if ISPs in the US
had a 930 GB cap DL/UL combined there would still be those here that would complain that that is excessive and is violating thier "rights". |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | i love to run torrents every few months, even when i try i cant imagine moving almost a Terabyte upstream.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to BF69
a 930GB UL cap = 3Mbps upload 24x7.
3008kbps = 376kB/second = 0.3761875MB/second
60seconds/minute X 60 minutes/hour X 24 hours/day = 86400 seconds/day
86400 seconds/day X 0.3761875MB/second =
31725MB/day or 30.98GB/day
How many have 3Mbps or better upload capacity?
How many run it at the max 24x7 ?
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
| reply to Hehe
Re: $42?
said by Hehe :For $42 per month!!!! Where do I sign? When will NTT come to the US? Never. Because existing companies in the U.S. will lobby your employer to not allow them in the U.S. |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
Premium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo
 ·Skype
| reply to en102
Re: Even if ISPs in the US
TWC apparently feels that an upload of about 1/10 that 3Mbps is more than sufficient for the typical user.
Any activity that would find 384K insufficient couldn't possibly be legal. 
I'd wager TWC execs would sh!t their pants at the mere suggestion of a cap at nearly 1 TB (upload only) 
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ARGONAUT
got ping?
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN | reply to Dnepr
Re: Looks good to me
Same here. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to en102
Re: Even if ISPs in the US
said by en102  :a 930GB UL cap = 3Mbps upload 24x7. 3008kbps = 376kB/second = 0.3761875MB/second 60seconds/minute X 60 minutes/hour X 24 hours/day = 86400 seconds/day 86400 seconds/day X 0.3761875MB/second = 31725MB/day or 30.98GB/day How many have 3Mbps or better upload capacity? How many run it at the max 24x7 ? I do, but good point, it doesn't run at max capacity 24/7 It's maybe 30% capacity at peak times.
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| Isn't bandwidth cheaper in the US?
We made the internet, we have a huge infrastructure here. Lots of worldwide traffic crosses our country. How can a US company cry that they need a 30gb a month cap to make money, while in japan they can offer 100mbit symmetrical lines and only need to set a 930gb per month upload cap? Our government is such a failure to allow this mass ripping off of Americans to continue. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | From what I hear, the thing about all these high speed Japanese internet services is that the speed falls down hugely if you try to go to a website based outside of Japan, thanks to very limited bandwidth capacity on the undersea cables. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| reply to Hehe
Re: $42?
Hm, wasn't the modern NTT basically born out of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's activities in Japan? (Much like NEC, Nippon Electric, was the Japanese arm of Western Electric) Maybe if we had "the old" AT&T back...
Though I've heard that these prices don't actually include internet and you have to pay an ISP separately, but that was from the US cable industry's website (linked elsewhere here). |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state
 ·Dish Network
·Verizon Online DSL
·FrontierNet Intern..
| reply to fireflier
Re: Even if ISPs in the US
There are loads of possible reasons. In my case, I'm uploading lots of 1080p HD videos I've recorded of my video games in FRAPs. These files are totaling around 700MB big, one almost reached a gigabyte and I'm stuck uploading these at 128kbps. 386k would be nice to have on slower Verizon DSL, BUT it'll still take a long time to pull off all of those megabytes.
And yes, I upload frequently. |
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Pizz
Hi
join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY | reply to EPS
Re: Isn't bandwidth cheaper in the US?
you're right on that. If you stay within Japan and parts of Asia, you will see very high speeds. But as soon as you try and get into certain parts of europe and middle east, to USA - the speed starts going more and more downhill. |
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