 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to brianiscool
Re: What if you cover of your cap? you get throttled to dial-up speeds. |
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| Or you can buy more: 500MB for $5; 1GB for $9; 2GB for $16. |
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(500MB for $5; 1GB for $9; 2GB for $16, this is if you go over your allowance you can buy a token for the prementioned. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to silbaco
said by silbaco:Or you can buy more: 500MB for $5; 1GB for $9; 2GB for $16.
So $32 for that watching that movie on Netflix. Hmmmmm I'd rather be throttled. |
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| said by BF69:So $32 for that watching that movie on Netflix. Hmmmmm I'd rather be throttled.
It would be cheaper to buy a physical disc and have it shipped to your house.  |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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Last I checked, Netflix movies aren't 4GB in standard-def. Heck, HD maxes out at 4.5 Mbps or so, which means that a 100 minute movie would weigh in a bit less than 4GB in HD.
Also, think about it...there's a much better way to watch video delivered by satellite, from a bandwidth perspective: Dish or DirectTV. Even with spot beams, these birds have limited capacity. |
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said by silbaco:said by BF69:So $32 for that watching that movie on Netflix. Hmmmmm I'd rather be throttled.
It would be cheaper to buy a physical disc and have it shipped to your house. Sad but true... |
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 RRedlineRated RPremium
join:2002-05-15
Williamsport, PA | reply to BF69
said by BF69:you get throttled to dial-up speeds.
I don't understand how they can justify doing this. I always thought it was strange to throttle users so drastically. Why not a tiered throttling? Why not throttle speeds by 1/2 after so much, then by 1/4, then by 1/8, etc.? Why go from full speed to ridiculously, painfully, unbearably slow all at once? It really seems like they are using this as more of a punishment than as an attempt to manage "fairness."
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to iansltx
said by iansltx:Last I checked, Netflix movies aren't 4GB in standard-def. Who wants to watch SD movies on a HDTV? Netflix SD is like watching VHS.
Heck, HD maxes out at 4.5 Mbps or so, which means that a 100 minute movie would weigh in a bit less than 4GB in HD.
B) Some movies are 100 minutes some are 2 hours or more which is 120 minutes.
Also, think about it...there's a much better way to watch video delivered by satellite, from a bandwidth perspective: Dish or DirectTV. Even with spot beams, these birds have limited capacity.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
·Comcast
| Then it's their problem that they picked a place where satellite broadband is the only thing they can get.
DBS is an efficient way to deliver video to widely dispersed users. Unicast satellite Internet...not so much...considering that it would only take 25,000 customers or so streaming HD video to max out the entire HughesNet satellite...the brand new one. |
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said by RRedline:It really seems like they are using this as more of a punishment than as an attempt to manage "fairness."
I don't think they ever had "fairness" in their intentions, it's just comic relief.
The idea is to make the connection unbearable so people will buy "Tokens". (More data).
In unrelated news FAP has a very different meaning in most parts of the internet than "Fair Access Policy", it might be more accurate.  |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to iansltx
said by iansltx:Then it's their problem that they picked a place where satellite broadband is the only thing they can get.
Yes someone buying a house before the internet was around should have predicted the future.  |
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That was the token amounts for the old systems. You have no daily limits on this system and if you hit your monthly limit you can a another 10, 20, 30 GB. Jupiter or A.K.A HT1000 has plenty of capacity and on the base plan you could watch 6-8 full featured films. which most people dont actually do. I have unlimited capability but i never have time to sit down and watch 8 full length movies but i do go watch episodes from th emajor networks and you could watch 100's of these a month and not exceede the new limits of th enew system. Anyway who doesn't upgrade will be paying 60 a month for 1 meg and 7.5 GB vs 10 meg and 20GB for the same money this should be a no brainer. And the system is fast, very fast. Our customer have been in Shock, these are longtime users who have done upgrades before and were skeptical and now they are amazed |
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I head that they charge $8 per extra gig. |
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