djrobsd
join:2002-01-24
San Diego, CA
| Do DSL companies cap service in the USA
I have yet to see a DSL provider put a cap on service. It seems to be the trend cable companies are going to, but not DSL.. Of course, that could change real soon.
If my ISP caps me, I'll move to another one.. And keep doing so until there are none left.. Then after that I guess as a consumer, I'm just stuck with what they give me.
I can always sign up for a T1, those are down to about $549 a month now days.. I know that's a lot of money, but do a little web hosting and bandwidth reselling, and you can bring your costs down to a managable amount, and then you have ALLLLLLLLLL the bandwidth you n33d.. LOL |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by djrobsd  :
I can always sign up for a T1, those are down to about $549 a month now days.. I know that's a lot of money, but do a little web hosting and bandwidth reselling, and you can bring your costs down to a managable amount, and then you have ALLLLLLLLLL the bandwidth you n33d.. LOL
Those lowball priced T1's arent actually dedicated lines. theres several customers on one of those.
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abrody
join:2000-07-20
Silver Spring, MD
 ·RCN CABLE
·Comcast
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to djrobsd
Anyone on Verizon phonelines in the Washington DC area experiences caps on DSL access. Earthlink normally elsewhere offers 1580 x 384 DSL when you are 7000 feet from the central office. Here it is 768 x 128, and you can't get around it unless you beg and plead with your ISP not to use a Genuity/Verizon CLEC. At least that's the problem with Earthlink DSL. And Verizon itself caps its own service. Even going Covad, you used to be able to get 1580 x 384 DSL in the Washington DC area. But now for the same price the best you can get is 1580 x 128. Uploads have definitely been capped. |
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djrobsd
join:2002-01-24
San Diego, CA | reply to djrobsd
When I say cap I was referring to a monthly bandwidth limit, not a throughput limitation. |
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psx_defector
join:2001-06-09
Allen, TX | »www.august.net |
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