 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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Re: So they won't need caps then right? said by me1212:Caps could hurt with VoIP,if you hit your cap(and its not a soft one) you could really die They don't cut you off when you reach your cap, you pay an overage charge next month. Think of how your cell phone works ... same principle.
BTW, VoIP traffic is miniscule in the grand scheme of things. You use about .5 megabytes a minute on VoIP, so you'd have to talk for 500,000 minutes to burn through Comcast's 250GB cap -- in other words, it's not possible unless you have discovered a way to defy the laws of space and time. |
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 pspcrazyAnime Freak
join:2008-02-06
San Diego, CA | Matt why are you going so far as to stand behind caps? What does it matter to you if everyone is against caps. I know you don't like the idea as well, so why try to defend the cableco's position on it? Just leave it and let them take the blame for their greed. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
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"it's not possible unless you have discovered a way to defy the laws of space and time." Okay, first if I did that I would have so much cash, that I would have 3 coms each with a 1gb conection and unlimited UL/DL, and they would be able to handle it with ease. second I did not know that it was a soft cap(not a lock out cap as with some(WB/hughesnet come to mind[I had WB] its their throttle I don't like.
Thank you very much for clearing that up. But I still think that a ISP should HAVE to say on their site and comercials they have a cap and actuly say it with word on TVCs, not in the fine print, but I'm just happy I have high speed, fixed wireless, that can handle VOIPo out here where I live, I used to think all I had was WB/hughes.
Also can some1 answer my question, does embarq have a cap or not? I ask cause, to the left of my house the high speed is my WISP or comcast to the right its my WISP or embarq, and when I move out it won't be more(I want to stay close in case...) then 8 or so miles from my parents house and my grand parents live to the comcast side(and have CC), so I want to know which direction to go. |
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said by Matt:They don't cut you off when you reach your cap, you pay an overage charge next month. Think of how your cell phone works ... same principle. I could have sworn that some providers will slow your internet access to a crawl once you hit your cap.
But yes, you are right that some will charge overages. Penteledata charges $1/gig over my cap. I guess if I really wanted I could go over anyway and pay the overage, but they also say that they can disconnect your service if you routinely go over the cap. I've heard of some people calling and asking about it only to be told "don't abuse the network." That's the scary part.
I agree that VoIP won't significantly add to your bandwidth usage, but some ISPs (Comcast comes to mind) will degrade your VoIP experience if you are targeted for network de-congestion and are penalized. While separate from the caps, this pretty much makes using VoIP tricky at the least. |
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Embarq has no caps. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Thank you! |
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