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Re: 250GB makes Sence to Me said by NoOneButMe:i have fios and dont even use 60gb a month so comcast picking 250gb is nice for them poor souls with TW and AT&T RIP i bet there testing them ideas in the same market even people are soon going to have to order there own t1's again lol sad to say Do you do online gaming?
Do you stream movies online?
Do you do anything bandwidth intensive in any way?
That is a very low amount nowadays unless you stick to browsing, checking e-mail, and very small bandwidth applications like instant messaging, etc.
If the answer is no to the above questions then the cap might be fine for you but for others who do things besides browse and instant message the bandwidth caps on other services are not very reasonable. On the months were I use torrents or something I go above 150GB with only one person using the HSI. |
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| i use this for checking emails youtube and gaming nothing to crazy im into linux distros allso i download 1-3gb distros to test out but ya this is bs i can only see crying with this hackers can clone modem mac's and such this is goin to get nasty |
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Online gaming uses very little bandwidth. Even if you buy your games online, the largest newest games are well below 10 gigs.
Streaming movies could be an issue if your a power user, but for your Joe it's not. |
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 sapoCruising Down Memory LanePremium
join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA
kudos:1
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I watch hours worth of online material, I watched 3 seasons with 20x 45min episodes last month, streamed some movies from netflix and downloaded a few, and then along with online gaming and regular internet usage among 3 computers I didn't come close to 250gb. I'm not agreeing with caps here but I think you are exagarating, if you blow through the cap through 2 days you should definitely be paying for business class service, its only fair. |
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| said by sapo:I watch hours worth of online material, I watched 3 seasons with 20x 45min episodes last month, streamed some movies from netflix and downloaded a few, and then along with online gaming and regular internet usage among 3 computers I didn't come close to 250gb. I'm not agreeing with caps here but if you blow through the cap through 2 days you should definitely be paying for business class service, its only fair. We are not talking about the 250GB being done in two days. I was referring to some of the other carriers caps mentioned in the article as well. I am sorry if I clearly did not state to what part of the article I referred.
"AT&T, who recently starting testing caps ranging from 20-150GB caps with $1 overages, offers customers in Nevada and Texas test markets an online web usage tool. So does Time Warner Cable, who is testing caps ranging from 5-40GB with $1-$1.50 overages in Beaumont, Texas."
Those lower caps of 5-40GB and the lower AT&T caps. Their 6Mbps package competes at 80GB cap compared to Comcast's 250GB for the same speed at less than 1/4th the cap.
Comcast's are decent. Some of the other carriers are going very low and not very reasonable. Time Warner's caps are ridiculous and AT&T's are harsh. |
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 LordFlux
join:2005-04-20
Warner Robins, GA | reply to knkayotte
said by knkayotte:Even if you buy your games online, the largest newest games are well below 10 gigs. GTAIV just came out on Steam. It's 13.8GB. |
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 chucky5150Divers do it Deeper
join:2001-11-03
New Iberia, LA
1 edit | reply to knkayotte
said by knkayotte:Online gaming uses very little bandwidth. Even if you buy your games online, the largest newest games are well below 10 gigs. From Direct 2 Drive
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Download File Size
11 GB
»www.direct2drive.com/6/6408/prod···Download
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 BloodRosesAeolus, your daughter flies.Premium
join:2003-03-17
Louisville, KY | The Age of Conan beta was right around 25GB if I'm remembering it right. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to NoOneButMe
said by NoOneButMe:i use this for checking emails youtube and gaming nothing to crazy im into linux distros allso i download 1-3gb distros to test out but ya this is bs i can only see crying with this hackers can clone modem mac's and such this is goin to get nasty Linux Distros = euphemism for copyrighted torrents |
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to Aozora
said by Aozora:said by NoOneButMe:i have fios and dont even use 60gb a month so comcast picking 250gb is nice for them poor souls with TW and AT&T RIP i bet there testing them ideas in the same market even people are soon going to have to order there own t1's again lol sad to say Do you do online gaming? Do you stream movies online? Do you do anything bandwidth intensive in any way? That is a very low amount nowadays unless you stick to browsing, checking e-mail, and very small bandwidth applications like instant messaging, etc. If the answer is no to the above questions then the cap might be fine for you but for others who do things besides browse and instant message the bandwidth caps on other services are not very reasonable. On the months were I use torrents or something I go above 150GB with only one person using the HSI. This is not true. I am but one sample in a sea of samples, but I am definitely a heavy user of a residential connection.
I have used 94GB over the last rolling 30-day period and I watch NetFlix movies via my XBox 360, I downloaded the FULL WoW Client and the BC Expansion (about 20GB) on TWO different computers, plus updates, I stream XM Radio @ 64Kbps virtually 24x7, I remotely manage close to 30 servers and upload and download full ISO images multiple times a week, I online game with my XBox 360, I have a VoIP PBX-based phone that is used for work, I leave my work and personal email accounts open 24x7, I have Facebook and (until 2 days ago Myspace) accounts, I watch at least 1 or 2 YouTube-type videos a day that I find on Digg, I do a lot of web browsing, and yes, I download the 5.2 DVD torrent release of CentOS, plus there are two other laptops in this house that are used for various things by my girlfriend and I ... and all that only amounts to 94GB. |
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considering there are numerous distros released in various alpha, beta and final states each month, Linux Distros = Linux Distros... |
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 SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | reply to knkayotte
Joe-Downloader? |
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Well since you keep mentioning work, maybe you should upgrade to business class? |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to exVzeVaTek
said by exVzeVaTek:considering there are numerous distros released in various alpha, beta and final states each month, Linux Distros = Linux Distros... then use rsync |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to Krazy K
said by Krazy K :
Well since you keep mentioning work, maybe you should upgrade to business class?
Me? Unfortunately my provider doesn't offer business class for the particular service I have through them, or I would. It would help loosen the butt-clench at tax time when I write it off. |
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The Caps are the same regardless of tier so suggesting people change to business service is pointless.
Caps not withstanding there is obvious bandwidth throttling happening now.
For example, even though Youtube now carries HD versions of many videos. They're not viewable on my comcast account due to constant buffering. I have to assume that's because my supposed broadband service isn't capable of delivering. |
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