Virgin 50Mbps December 15 > me # 1

me # 1

since when does midamerican offer internet? or is this at the office?

reply to haha I win
What does that have to do with anything? A lot of people get speeds like that.

Back on topic. I can understand prime time throttling more than flat monthly caps. In a lot of neighborhoods, Cable and DSL (especially cable) have proven that their infrastructure isn't able to handle everyone online in the evening hours.

Flat monthly caps and paying overages = money grab
Nightly caps during prime time with reasonable throttling = poor infrastructure but reasonable compromise

I agree that throttling during prime time is a much better solution than a monthly cap, as long as they are open about it. A monthly cap does not really address the congestion issue as an individual can stay within the cap and do all his downloading during prime time, causing massive congestion. On the other hand, a person can download double the cap during off hours without causing any congestion.

reply to haha I win
Be careful when you play "ha ha mine is bigger" around here. Someone always has a better connection than you do.



(And yes, for the record, someone out there has even better bandwidth than this -- just look at the archives for zip codes beginning with "9".)