| reply to Matt
Re: So they won't need caps then right? 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. |
