fireflier
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Re: better be by a lot.
said by BF69  :with Comcast having a 250 GB cap, Charter having a 250 GB cap and at&t having a 150 GB cap TW had no choice but to up thier caps because 40 GB seems fishy to most people. I agree with you BF, unfortunately that assumes "most people" even know what the cap is, and understand its relevance.
I bet if you told the average joe he had a 40GB cap he'd have no idea how it would or could impact him.
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BF69
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1 edit | said by fireflier :said by BF69 :with Comcast having a 250 GB cap, Charter having a 250 GB cap and at&t having a 150 GB cap TW had no choice but to up thier caps because 40 GB seems fishy to most people. I agree with you BF, unfortunately that assumes "most people" even know what the cap is, and understand its relevance. I bet if you told the average joe he had a 40GB cap he'd have no idea how it would or could impact him. I bet all those in Beaumont that got overage fees on thier bills know how much 40 GB is now. TW just doens't want a national version of that clusterfuck. |
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fireflier
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| They probably do, but I bet if you ask them what did it most of them couldn't tell you.
They probably won't consider the usage that accompanies OS and other software patches, firmware updates, map updates (as in GPS) and other things such as on-line gaming, browsing, IM, video IM, applications calling home, virus scanner updates, etc.
They were simply told by the advertisers, "with 40GB/month, you could download a whole sh~tload of pictures*, days-worth of streaming music**, and hours of streaming video***"
Fine Print:
* Assuming typical photo resolution of 320x240
** Assuming typical streaming audio quality of 64Kbps
*** Assuming over-compressed MPEG-4 format with 320x640 resolution.
Then they get the overage bill and wonder what the heck happened. Of course, by then they're locked in to a contract with ETFs and are basically screwed.
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joetaxpayer
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said by fireflier :said by BF69 :with Comcast having a 250 GB cap, Charter having a 250 GB cap and at&t having a 150 GB cap TW had no choice but to up thier caps because 40 GB seems fishy to most people. I agree with you BF, unfortunately that assumes "most people" even know what the cap is, and understand its relevance. I bet if you told the average joe he had a 40GB cap he'd have no idea how it would or could impact him. You are probably right. I got a meter and three months averaged right around that 40GB you offer. So If I got Netflix streaming, I'm hosed. If I needed to download any full disc (linux distro, legit video etc) I'd be hosed. Until I added the meter I had no clue if I was at 10GB/mo or 100. Not something anyone can guess at. |
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said by BF69 :I bet all those in Beaumont that got overage fees on thier bills know how much 40 GB is now. You figure somebody would be screamin bloody murder on the RR forum or to some newspaper (which would get picked up here or maybe nationally) if ANYONE actually did get charged for overages.
Since it hasn't happened, I'd bet money no one has been charged overages yet. |
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