| Is this the only DSL provider with CAPS ?? I hear about download and upload caps all the time with cable systems. Some are explicit and some are not. None I know of charge for going over a byte/month cap - they just threaten to disconnect you if you don't stop.
But DSL users are always in here bragging about no limits on their download and upload usage. This is the 1st DSL provider I remember here that does this. And then charging extra to boot. Are there others??
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 milnoc
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kudos:1 | Before Sympatico removed their bandwidth caps about two years ago, they would charge you something like $4 per GB if you went over 10GB. However, the total accumulated charges were limited to $40 per month no matter how much excess bandwidth you used up. So you'd pay almost double per month for your "unlimited" bandwidth, but you wouldn't be slammed with a $400 surcharge like some Primus customers recently (ouch!).
This could very well become a government matter if more and more people are charged extra fees for which they were not properly advised of their existence, especially in Alberta which is a "true-blue" province. |
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jerry666Premium
join:2002-12-12
Sainte-Anne-Des-Lacs, QC | reply to fAcEtIOUs
yes . 2 years ago totalnet tried to charge me 79 cents for 1 gb over their 5 gb limit , i told them to tsake me to court . now they have unlimited , whatever they mean by that . so far i've received no bills for over doing any limit. |
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 GlenQuagmireGiggidy Giggidy Giggidy GooPremium
join:2004-02-16
Grand Rapids, MI | reply to fAcEtIOUs
As far as I know most don't. If they want to cap people fine but don't go and start complaining when you become unprofitable and go out of business because people have moved to different ISP's. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Qwest reserves the right to remove users, or limit them, if they download excessive amounts. Enforced? Probably not yet - which we don't know that either. There could be people ou there that have had this happen and aren't visitors here.
But, if you look at the TOS of the isps, they all reserve the same rights. It's under "any activity that impacts their network" - at anytime, excessive downloads could be stated as impacting the network. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to GlenQuagmire
said by GlenQuagmire:As far as I know most don't. If they want to cap people fine but don't go and start complaining when you become unprofitable and go out of business because people have moved to different ISP's. and when that happens and the other isp has control, they will ultimately do the same thing.
They all have the same reasons to cap users. Right now, they are balancing their over all useage of their users and trying to keep things on the straight and narrow.
Ultimately, bandwidth does have a cost associated with it. They all would cap if they could. Same reason why web hosting providers do the same thing. |
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never got a warning letter or email about the 50 GB limit but Primus said they sent it in last nov,2005.knew that untill got charged $274.83 on the last bill. |
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