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Geez

I'm not doing anything illigal I just see the caps as the start of something very bad for everyone

you know the saying
you give em an inch they take a mile
you stop complaining about caps and then they add more and more crap

next why not block vonage or limit data on ports used by vonage after all we don't need all those people not paying more

CAPs are just a gateway limit on service (you start with CAPs then go to the hard stuff)

reply to MSauk
I can see some legitimate ways of potentially using more than 250GB. Now, I haven't done the math on the following, but I'd suspect that consumption habits like the following could create a problem:

(Maybe someone else can plug in some typical usage numbers and do the math, I'd love to see the results!)

- I have a Netflix account. I stream movies and old TV episodes from DVD to myself most weekday nights for entertainment. I also stream stuff like this throughout the weekend.

- I have done away with my Verizon POTS line and have VoIP service now (thanks to recommendations and feedback from the forms here). Typical phone usage is probably 30 minutes - 60 minutes per day, and more on the weekends.

- I have an MSDN account and use it regularly to download ISOs of OSes, servers, apps, etc.

- I stream music from online stations into the house when I'm away from home on the weekdays. It at least gives my pet something to listen to while I'm out.

- Downloading patches/updates from Microsoft for several OSes on several boxes at my home.

- Your typical casual web surfing, forum visiting, email downloading, television guide info downloading, etc., etc.

I'm sure I could think of more stuff too, given additional time. I wonder how close to 250GB this all could potentially be?
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reply to MSauk

well get a business line than. 250GB is plenty enough for us individuals who don't run our business from home.

Obviously your hobby has turned into a business if your using that much bandwidth.