Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
 ·FrontierNet Intern..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
2 edits | Look out...tiered pricing and monthly caps coming !
This sucks. Lord, 40 GB a month limit for $54.90 ?? While Comcast has 250 GB for what price ? Look out fello Rochesterians. This is what the lack of competition does for us. And crappy Frontier is supposed to be having their own very restrictive caps.
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albundyhere
join:2000-10-26
New York, NY | just threaten to cancel the service...you dont get what you pay for anyways with TWC. this just makes you pay even more. Their loss is your gain. |
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
·FrontierNet Intern..
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by albundyhere  :just threaten to cancel the service...you dont get what you pay for anyways with TWC. this just makes you pay even more. Their loss is your gain. Right. And they will tell us all to cancel.. because they know how bad Frontier DSL is and we will come running right back to RR. Going to have to severely limit our internet usage here. My son games on ps3 and the wife and myself spend enough time on the net and I occasionally download large files and stream music, You Tube and other stuff too. |
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older dog
Premium
join:2005-06-09
Norwich, NY
1 edit | reply to albundyhere
said by albundyhere :just threaten to cancel the service...you dont get what you pay for anyways with TWC. this just makes you pay even more. Their loss is your gain. Frontier has a 5 gig per month cap. Cancel and go where?
Regulation is needed. |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state
 ·Dish Network
·Verizon Online DSL
·FrontierNet Intern..
1 edit | reply to Racerbob
Sorry to hear about that Mazakman. The last I checked though, like in the case with the Texas trials, didn't they have to talk you into moving to a newer package that is supposably "cheaper" and "faster" but came with the caps but yet old accounts were grandfathered? But sorry to hear that for anyone getting capped. Right now even Frontier still has yet to announce rolling out their caps (was talking to a local tech who said that the plans for capping are actually on hold), as I've been hammering away at both of my DSL connections for the past week (more like the past year) and not a peep from either ISP. In March, I probably did close to 500GB total split up throughout the two lines. |
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OhHeckNoo
@rr.com | reply to Racerbob
So does this mean if I ever move and get an account actually under my name that I would be forced into one of these? Forget that crap I'm moving to an area with U-verse! |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | Might as well find a Verizon area. AT&T is talking about caps too... |
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY | Note...they won't do this in Buffalo where Verizon is the competition. |
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older dog
Premium
join:2005-06-09
Norwich, NY
| reply to Smith6612
You mean to actually enforce the cap.
The cap has been in the TOS for some time now.
Get locked in to one of Frontiers contracts and you could have a major surprise coming.
Tos
A reasonable amount of usage is defined as 5GB combined upload and download consumption during the course of a 30-day billing period.
From »www.frontier.com/5GB/ |
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mikeurl
join:2002-06-26
Whitestone, NY | reply to Racerbob
I wonder if the NYC government would prevent them from doing that here. |
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RDF
@rr.com | I hope so because if they force us use cap i will find another ISP than TWC. |
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BurntCricket
Gotta Do What Ya Gotta Do
Premium
join:2000-09-02
Here
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Racerbob
At some point ALL ISPs will have caps, after a while of this they will come out with a level that has no cap, just like dial-up did 10+ years ago(anyone remember the 150hrs deal?).
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It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. |
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de
@rr.com
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Thankfully grande communication is in some parts of san antonio and even offers 20mb / 4mb service in fibre areas.
Hello Dish network / Vonage / Grande. All will end up cheaper than current TWC and probably more reliable with no overages or caps  |
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
·FrontierNet Intern..
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Racerbob
There is one person in this forum who is local and who also is Time Warner's biggest supporter in this area and I am quite anxious to see his comments on this issue. 40 GB a month is too restrictive and furthermore, it is too expensive. If caps have to be put in place, they should at least try to model their plan after Comcast's ? I need to find out what people pay a month for Comcast ... 250 GB a month for how much ? |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | reply to older dog
My contract with Frontier expired years ago, but I'm still on the same old plan as I've had for about 4 years. But of course I know about that TOS line as well as Time Warner not capping the Buffalo Division due to FiOS. |
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Champcar
join:2009-04-01
1 edit | reply to Racerbob
Well glad I finally canceled cable and started watching my shows on the internet, thankfully I didn't spend money on building a HTPC yet. I hate living in Rochester. |
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY
| reply to Racerbob
Well, Time Warner will be receiving a prompt cancellation phone call when they try this shit on me.
That's really all that needs to be said.
I'll probably rape the shit out of my connection first, though. Download 24/7 that month and upload 24/7 as punishment until they cut me off. I'd reckon I could manage over 5 terabytes of traffic in a month. |
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kingfisher
Premium
join:2007-07-17
Webster, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
| reply to Racerbob
Not welcome news at all. I have RoadRunner Turbo in Rochester and my router logged 16.13GB during the March calendar month. I do not download any music or video, so the referenced usage is all from surfing and software update activity. Obviously, if I was into music and video I would be screwed.
I am a fairly recent Rochester transplant and fortunately don't have family, acquaintances, real estate or employment locally that I place a great deal of value upon. I can move to a FIOS area if I choose. Frontier DSL is no alternative. |
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Monolith
join:2007-07-25
united state
| reply to Racerbob
This is to close to home for me, Greensboro, N.C being one of the new test areas. I am in Raleigh area. If they put this crap in place for Raleigh I will drop them so fast for both internet and cable tv, as I have other options in this area without so a low cap. I don't have a problem with caps, but 40 GB, give me a break. |
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unknvoip
WWJID?
join:2006-07-25
Rochester, NY
 ·ViaTalk
1 edit | reply to Racerbob
I wonder if the anti-competitive angle has any legs here?
One could argue that caps are designed to keep people from competing video services (Netflix, Blockbuster and other download) that compete with cable and VoIP that competes with 'digital' phone.
Andrew Cuomo (NYS AG), you were all over the press with you BS anti-porn news a few months ago. Are you going to do anything about this? |
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