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Bandwidth caps are a com'in

A 60GB cap is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to low.

Comcrap vs. AT$T = no good choice.

AT&T Basic (DSL only) Up-to 768 Kbps 20 GB per month
AT&T Express Up-to 1.5 Mbps 40 GB per month
AT&T Pro Up-to 3.0 Mbps 60 GB per month
AT&T Elite Up-to 6.0 Mbps 80 GB per month
AT&T Max (U-verse only) Up-to 10.0 Mbps 150 GB per month

reply to lkrupp
I probably will be going with the highest cap. I will try to find an alternate though. When the caps hit here I will be calling DLS.net for their wireless product if they still do not have a cap at that time.

reply to lkrupp
I watch youtube videos and stream a lot of music on Rhapsody and AT&T's Webtunes. Is this also considered downloading and effect the cap as well?
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reply to lkrupp
Does AT$T have much competition in Reno? I think their test will be to see if they have a decrease in new sign ups or an increase cancelations of old customers. I am lucky I have 2 providers to choose from.

reply to lkrupp
If you want to see a rough size of your download and upload usage run Task Manager networking tab. It accumulates the bytes sent and received.

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reply to lkrupp
I know I have a couple choices for ISPs. However, if I was to switch to Comcast, I would be paying a lot more because I don't have their cable TV service. Is it worth the $42.95 + $13 for basic cable over the $35 a month I get for the top tier DSL? I would need to eat about 175gb a month just to break even and I don't even come close to that. I have been monitoring my bandwidth for sometime and I don't even hit 100gb in the high months. So I am not going to worry about it.
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reply to TheDuck
Its a good thing that doesn't tell you squat

A) That's total network usage for that particular computer, not "internet usage"
B) It wont tell you what your xbox, PS3, etc are using...which themselves do not have bandwidth monitors.

reply to lkrupp
Ok dumb question. How much does the average user use? If you listen to say 100 songs a month through Rhapsody or another service. Watch 100 videos on Youtube. (5 minute videos not full movies) and play 20 hours a month online gaming how much would that be about?

Like I say it may be a dumb question but all I know about is actual downloading stuff.
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"The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration."

But I'm not talking about the 360 or Netflicks. I'm talking about the "Average" user.
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"The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration."

Whats average any more? Grandma browsing the web, Johnny on the torrent sites, watching TV via your 360, downloading 300 Linux ISOs a month???

reply to wings10
Average user just surfing and checking email would be 10 to 15 gb. Once you start doing things like voip, music/video streaming, it can get up there.

I used 111gb in October doing nothing illegal. Zero bittorrent and zero illegal downloads. Just my work vpn, web surfing, windows and OS X updates, DirecTV on-demand downloads for my son, voip (Sprint Airave), Netflix movies/tv shows for my wife and I, and my wife watching tv shows off of Hulu and the major network websites.

80gb is way too low for the 6mbit plan. Especially with the $1 per gb overage. I guess its off to Comcast if the caps really happen. 250gb is much better than 80gb. God I hate Comcast.

So it seems 150GB a month would be a safe plan to have?

I wonder if services like Valve's Steam and Netflicks and others will complain about limits for customers? I mean it will effect the way they do business.

reply to wings10