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 ·Charter
| Charter has a 500gb cap for their 20/2 tier in my area Yea, 250 seems a bit low, as i am a heavy gamer and my typical usage for JUST gaming is about 300gb a month. Most internet games use the available bandwidth to the maximum to reduce server ping times. This means that if i have 20mbps down and 2mbps up, WoW, AION, CoD, ect. will use all the available upload and 80% of the download(I have a usage meter software that logs this stuff on my laptop, so i know how much I'm using).
I have gone over this cap several times, but the worst consequence i got was a call saying that i was over the bandwidth cap for the billing period, and that my service would be degraded until the next billing period took effect(which was only 2 days, so i didn't care).
I think that usage caps are stupid because tier 3 providers and end users pay for their access differently.
Tier 2 and 3 providers pay by the AMOUNT of data passed thru their providers
End users are paying for certain speeds
This makes no sense to me, as if i were to pay by my usage, my bill would be far cheaper, as charter only pays something like $0.05 or $0.06(i think, i cant find my source article for this anymore, but it was recent, so if anyone can confirm, please do) per Gigabyte of data that is generated on their network.
So, i pay $60 per month for a 500GB limit, and that means that means I'm paying DOUBLE price for it. So, it only makes sense to use what I pay for, and I will always make sure that I use all of my cap because that way, they aren't making very much, or any, money on me.
I think that broadband is WAY overpriced for what i get, when i can move 200 miles south and get a 100/100 for what i pay now. It is ludicrous what charter charges, and there is no competitors with good enough speeds available in my area for me to switch to, so i will continue to make it hard for charter to make money on my account.
On a side note: for those who think that gaming dosen't use much bandwidth hear this:
I went to Verizon Wireless to "try out" a wireless laptop connect card. I asked what the monthly cap was, and they said 5GB. I played World of Warcraft for 5 hours and had eaten thru that entire amount of allotted data in that short time. I know because the card was kicked from the network, and then I got a call from a rep saying that i had used my allotted data, and that i would have to pay for "extra" data to get my service restored.
needless to say, i brought it back to the store the next day, and after explaining what happened, i didn't have to pay anything at all because i wasn't satisfied with the service.
The moral of this story: GAMING uses as much or more data than almost every internet driven program or app. DO NOT BE FOOLED into thinking that gaming isn't a data intensive internet user, as it IS. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY | gaming using virtually no bandwidth, if you are using that much bandwidth a month and only gaming your computer has probably been taken over and is being used in a botnet. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Chubbysumo
Sorry Charter's cap is 250 GB for 20 meg not 500 GB.
Excessive bandwidth is usage beyond a reasonable level for the service subscribed to. Residential service usage will not exceed 100GB of bandwidth per month for Customers subscribing to Services of 15 Mbps or less per month and 250GB of bandwidth per month for Customers subscribing to Service over 15 Mbps and up to 25 Mbps. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Chubbysumo
The moral of this story: GAMING uses as much or more data than almost every internet driven program or app. DO NOT BE FOOLED into thinking that gaming isn't a data intensive internet user, as it IS. Sorry dude but you could play on Xbox Live 24/7 and you wouldn't exceed 50 GB in a month.
WoW? Heck that's made to be played on dial-up. Which would be 16 GB if played 24/7 for 30 days. |
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·Charter
| reply to BF69
maybe in your area, but the cap in my area is 500GB. and I know my comp is clean, i use a good PAID FOR antivirus. Online games USE WHAT BANDWIDTH IS AVAILABLE. end of story. Have you ever tried downloading a large file while playing on xbox live?
If you answered no, then you have no idea what amount of data it uses.
In addition to me using 5GB on a vzw laptop connect card in 5 hours of WoW, i also got the comment from them that its not the first time such a thing has happened, and they(vzw) doesn't recommend gaming on wireless because of its intense amount of data usage.
WoW uses 5 to 8 mb per hour of data minimum, and more of you have a larger pipeline.
First person shooters like Modern Warfare 2 use about 130 mb an hour when playing. This does eventually add up, and could potentially put you over your monthly cap.
If you want to look for yourself, just google it. I will not bother posting the logs of my data usage tracker, because there will always be some idiot who doesn't understand what information has to be transferred during online games. I know how much my gaming uses, because i have a data usage tracker. |
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xbox was made for kid to play with age 5 to 10 years old
most teen and adult find it boring including me
all ya do is press a few button
that's too easy |
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| reply to BF69
said by BF69:The moral of this story: GAMING uses as much or more data than almost every internet driven program or app. DO NOT BE FOOLED into thinking that gaming isn't a data intensive internet user, as it IS. Sorry dude but you could play on Xbox Live 24/7 and you wouldn't exceed 50 GB in a month. WoW? Heck that's made to be played on dial-up. Which would be 16 GB if played 24/7 for 30 days. dude, i dont have time for video games
it made for kids and those who want to be a kid
i have better thing to do with my spare time LOL
not that i have a lot. |
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