zylithi
@cgocable.net
| reply to Shamans
Re: Bandwidth usage: share your experience under new rules.
In my experience, the moment we go over the cap, a couple of hours later we get kicked off.
Quite often, we won't download more than 10 MB over several days, and get kicked off again.
If their internal suspension policy doesn't change, then I suppose that will be a problem in my area. Here in Kingston it seems like all the nodes are oversubscribed... I can never reach the full capacity of the line due to conggestion. People are always complaining of poor speed, and cogeco seems agnostic as to whether X person who is 100.2% over his limit has only downloaded 10 MB in a week, they still cut you off.
To make matters worsse, bell only has one PoP in this town. No remotes. Unless your in the downtown core, DSL (and as such alternate ISPs) is not an option.
Although, at my girlfriends, we deal with 1.5Mbps DSL, because overall we get to download more than we could with cogeco. Plus, we're proividing some support for the CAIP  |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
1 edit | reply to Shamans
They have done that in the past... But as you've read, many people are over 300% bandwidth consumption and can keep on rolling. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | Here you go Jack, I must have missed your post. I had the stomach flu since Monday, so I've been holding back!
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katmeef
Premium,VIP
join:2002-04-07
Hamilton, ON | I hope you aren't having to keep up a ratio on a tracker site somewhere? or are you cheating to keep ratio up hehe? |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
 ·Cogeco Cable
 ·Vonage
1 edit | said by katmeef  :I hope you aren't having to keep up a ratio on a tracker site somewhere? or are you cheating to keep ratio up hehe? Usenet good sir, Usenet.
EDIT: And defiantly NOT Cogeco's usenet server! /vomit |
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katmeef
Premium,VIP
join:2002-04-07
Hamilton, ON
2 edits | oldschool, eh.. that's so bbs of you 
*edit* offtopic but i miss my BBS sometimes.. I resisted the move to the internet till the very end too!
»bbslist.textfiles.com/905/ |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
·Cogeco Cable
·Vonage
1 edit | reply to Shamans
Looks like Katmeef ratted me out! Just got my monthly, I also just ordered some DSL too. (Kidding about the rat)
Date: April 17th 2009
Package: Standard
Percent: 330%
Warnings: 2 (85/100% Usage)
Termination Warnings: 0
Suspensions: 1 (End of the month, bastards) |
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hagbard72
join:2000-10-02
Kingsville
| reply to Shamans
Looks like this is there way of dealing with oversaturated nodes. Here in the Kingsville area, you're lucky to get over dialup speeds after six pm. I was told back in Feb they'd be dealing with this issue soon, I asked how soon, they said in two months!! Would have rather seen them increase capacity than screw over their customers.
I so miss the Shaw service I had back in BC. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | reply to Shamans
I miss the Mountain Cable service I had back in Hamilton! FFS. |
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katmeef
Premium,VIP
join:2002-04-07
Hamilton, ON
| reply to hagbard72
hagbard: I do not believe there are any alerts presently for this type of problem in Kingsville (although this really belongs in some other thread) - I can take a look Monday night when I'm back in the office, if you want to pm your MAC
Gixxer: With all honesty, I had nothing to do with your cutoff, at some point it was inevitable IMO... |
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jeisenberg
New Year's Eve
join:2001-07-06
Windsor, ON
·Cogeco Cable
·Cogeco Voip
| reply to Shamans
Just received the official letter from Cogeco today. I read the small print where it says: "... these additional charges and maximum limit do not limit in any way our contractual right to temporarily suspend or restrict your access to your internet service or to take any other actions deemed appropriate, if your consumption exceeds a reasonable limit, as determined by Cogeco in its sole judgment, or for any other violation of the AUP ..."
This indicates to me that cutoff doesn't need to be as a result of interference with other people's fair use, but rather can be strictly based on your use.
(bolding is mine, not Cogeco's) |
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Shamans
join:2007-09-22
·Cogeco Cable
| reply to Shamans
Date: April 2009
Package: Business Starter
Percent: It says approx. 270% since 3 days ago. But if I keep counting myself, 410%.
Notifications/Warnings: Got the 85% and 100% in quick succession but they came in late.
Suspensions: 0
Accuracy of meter: Accurate thus far for every day. Tested against what my router reports. Missing last 3 days (did I break it?)
Other thoughts: They better not suspend me till the end of the month without some pre-warning because I can always slow down my usage.
I'm testing up to 1000% to find my ceiling if Cogeco will allow it. |
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vuarra
join:2005-10-11
Hamilton, ON
1 edit | reply to Shamans
*edited as off-topic and sent to a new thread* |
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Hamilton1
join:2007-10-28
Hamilton, ON
2 edits | reply to Shamans
Date:April 19th 2009
Package: Standard
Percentage: 105% (63.45Mb used)
Warnings: 2 (85%/100%)- Both 3 days late
Termination Warnings: 0 (looks like you don't get one)
Suspensions: 0 |
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BBSQUESTION
@cgocable.net
| reply to katmeef
I apologise for going off topic but which was yours?
said by katmeef :*edit* offtopic but i miss my BBS sometimes.. I resisted the move to the internet till the very end too! » bbslist.textfiles.com/905/ |
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katmeef
Premium,VIP
join:2002-04-07
Hamilton, ON
| said by BBSQUESTION :
I apologize for going off topic but which was yours?
I will answer over PM (can't send to anon posters though), whomever put my BBS there listed my full first and last name as sysop  |
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A Lurker
Premium
join:2007-10-27
Burlington, ON
·Cogeco Cable
| reply to Shamans
So, are we supposed to be getting warning emails, or is that starting this month? I ask because I finally signed in to the new bandwith monitoring tool today. I'm at a ridiculously low number for this month (but likely valid as I haven't been around much).
However, I look at March's info and see that I hit 93% - definitely did not get a warning email. Frankly that's pretty much the same situation that first got me into trouble - no emails, then cut off. |
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hagbard72
join:2000-10-02
Kingsville
| reply to katmeef
Feel free to send me an email. But if you look in earlier threads, there's been many who've said the same thing, they're dl speed drops around six pm. I was told by a dispatcher there was an issue with overloaded nodes in the area and was shocked when she thought three months was considered "a short time" to deal with it. |
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katmeef
Premium,VIP
join:2002-04-07
Hamilton, ON
2 edits | pm sent, again I don't remember anything up for Kingsville, but can check for ya tomorrow night.
*edit* it would help to keep the focus on you if you put up your own thread, answering all the questions you can from »/forum/remark%···ode=flat |
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Shamans
join:2007-09-22
·Cogeco Cable
| reply to Shamans
Date: April 2009
Package: Business Starter
Percent: It says approx. 270% since 5 days ago but I'm probably in the 450 to 600% range now.
Notifications/Warnings: Got the 85% and 100% in quick succession but they came in late.
Suspensions: 0
Accuracy of meter: Accurate thus far for every day except the last 5 days say 0 GB. Tested against what my router reports. Missing last 5 days (did I break it?)
Meter's definitely broken in some way. Maybe I'll have 0 GB for life. |
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