gm613
join:2002-01-16
Forest Hills, NY
| reply to hok
Re: Newsgroup caps at 1.5 gig + no newstest2 (Long)
You know what? When I first heard of this, I did not like it at all. They are going to place a cap with no easy way for us to figure out what my caps were. I know I download about 1GB a day at times average. Also, there were these other annoying things that was happen. Like offering new customers 1/2 price for the next 6 months.
Well, I just discovered a new option in the NY area. They are a place called NYCT.com (New York Connect is the company name). I may switch over to them. Very Very Soon.
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hok
join:2002-02-27
|  reply to shadowgerm
said by shadowgerm  :
Anyone know if this limit is per email account or on all accounts?
Starting July 2003, Usenet/Newsgroup download has 1.5 GB bit cap per e-mail address used to log onto news server(s) for the past 30 days period. Once the bit cap is reached at the time of daily updating total, then the Usenet/Newsgroup download speed by the same log in e-mail address used will be throttled to 64 kbps. Users can easily delete and add e-mail addresses via Email Maintenance in My Account.
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joshuad156
join:2003-06-10
Englewood, OH | reply to Minitech
read my above post. PER EMAIL ACCOUNT. and its not up to the minute on tracking your usage. I was able to download for some 12 hours before I got capped. Just hope this is the way its supposed to be and not a fluke! |
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shadowgerm
join:2001-03-07
Rego Park, NY | reply to Minitech
Anyone know if this limit is per email account or on all accounts? |
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joshuad156
join:2003-06-10
Englewood, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Minitech
lots of you think this sucks. while it is cumbersome to work with, its not impossible.
the cap is per email on each account and they dont keep track of downloading to the minute. I have downloaded as much as 9 Gb before being capped. its seems that they total up your d/ling once a day or so. so i do all my d/ling in a day. then a few days later use another email accoutn and d/l another coupld of Gigs. not that bad, VERY FAST AND GOOD RETENTION.
well done earthlink. i just hope they dont change their minds and fix this. |
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pissoff
@mindspring.com
| reply to trojan
Whoopee 12gigs, 1.5 per account. What a hassle. They advertised unlimited not 1.5 per account total of 12+gigs.
What Dandelion said is very true. Though you guys don't use the newsgroups, you think that this problem, we have here do not pertain to you at all, well you’re wrong! If they start with us newsgroup users, by limiting speed and download caps, and win. Wait and see what upper management schemes up to save the company money on the general expenses of the customers! They might raise prices; over exert a line by putting more people on it, charge extra for multiply connection (Home LAN) on a “single connection” line, throttle/limit bandwidth during primetime and many other things.
If you’re in an area that you can not switch to another type of broadband service, then you are the most SCREWED! If you give them an inch they will take a foot! |
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robie88
join:2003-04-19
New York, NY
| reply to trojan
Where are you getting this "per email account" from? That isn't what the Earthlink page says. Just because you can check your usage by the email account does not mean that Earthlink is not computing the usage on the basis of your IP address, or the sum total of your different email addresses coming from the same IP.
Why are you spreading this around when it isn't what the Earthlink site says? Do you have some real information? Do you know of someone that reached the 1.5 gb quota on one email account, and then used another email account with no loss of speed? |
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trojan
join:2000-09-23
US
| reply to Minitech
Earthlink allows 1.5 GB per 30 days PER EMAIL ACCOUNT. If you login to »https://www.news.earthlink.net and check your newsgroup bandwidth usage, you will see that each email account is allowed to reach 1.5 GB on its own. 1.5 x 8 email accounts = 12 GB which should be plenty. I don't understand why people are tripping over this. People are just jumping the gun on this one.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-28 09:22:47] |
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dandelion
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to Minitech
No,I don't use the Newsgroups,and don't plan to but I'm just as upset-what else will be changed? Major policy issues should be only for new customers-who are informed before buying and NOT existing-I wonder if that could be done? I'm glad just newsgroups THIS time but it appears to be a major indication of things to come-seems that the more customers, the smaller the service. |
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Minitech
join:2003-07-25
Spring Hill, FL
| reply to Julio
If you are don't use the newsgroups then I agree the cap won't affect you. However, are you looking at the big picture? First Earthlink outsourced tech support to India with no notice. Now their changing the terms of service with no notice. Heck, they haven't even changed their ads and still promise unlimited high speed. A friend just called their sales department and they told him there were no caps!
For those of us that do use the newsgroups it seems ridiculous to pay for highspeed then have it taken away. Especially since our rates are staying the same. Yes, we can pay more for a premium newsgroup provider but why should we have to? Earthlink should give us what we had or modify its advertisements to reflect that it gives mostly unlimited high speed (for now). |
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Julio
Bachatero y Que?
Premium
join:2003-03-19
Brooklyn, NY
clubs: | reply to Julio
btw, why the hell is thread a sticky??? |
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Julio
Bachatero y Que?
Premium
join:2003-03-19
Brooklyn, NY
clubs:
| reply to Minitech
1 - all you users going to verizon DSL are idiots, come on, your going to get less speeds
2 - "Since your in NY, switch to verizon DSL, Cheaper and NO RESTRICTION on SPEED and CAP on downloads!!! only $29.95 "phone package" a month. or $34.95 just DSL." do ur research before you speak, this cap only affects the NG server, i get my full 2Mbit whenever i download files from websites and other sources. Verizon DSL is also not available to everyone.
3 - "I really don't use them so if they got rid of them and lowered the price by $3 I would be happy" yup i agree with you 100%
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NewOrder2k
join:2001-08-24
Rego Park, NY | reply to Minitech
better hurry, the promo ends this month, if you want the extra $75 in your pocket, end of the line for earthlink |
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robie88
join:2003-04-19
New York, NY
| reply to Bytezboy
Well, if the folks here don't take 10 minutes of their time to call up Earthlink and complain than they deserve whatever they wind up getting. This is just the beginning of the screw job on broadband consumers. Give them these "inches" and find out in a few years where this will all really go. You really think that these people will be content with a few price increases disguised as an effort to control "bandwidth hogs"? THEY SOLD ALL OF US ON A TALL TALE OF UNLIMITED USE, AND NOW WHEN THE ECONOMY IS WEAK THEY WANT TO SAY IT WAS ALL A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING. I say stick it to them in their wallets and go open an account with whatever company currently has ZERO caps. Start using hotmail or some other non-isp email account so that they cannot hold your email addresses over your heads. LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY, OR KEEP PAYING THE PRICE DOWN THE LINE.
As for me, I will call Verizon this week and Earthlink will be the shortest ISP experience that I have ever heard of. And along with that experience I'll file a complaint with the FTC and my state atty general for fraud. |
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Bytezboy
join:2001-05-17
New York, NY |  reply to Minitech
This is BS, first they were leading us on that they are going to fix the speed issue with the NG and all of a sudden, they change the quota to 1.5GB/month. People, you got to file a complaint. They are sick in the head. |
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verizon sale
@verizon.n
| reply to robie88
Since your in NY, switch to verizon DSL, Cheaper and NO RESTRICTION on SPEED and CAP on downloads!!! only $29.95 "phone package" a month. or $34.95 just DSL.
My friend has Verizon DSL, Speed is at 1.5Mbps for newsgroups 24 hours 7 days a week. NO CAP, NO Strings! NO LIE! So switch NOW!
BTW I dont work for verizon!
I just fight fire with more fire! |
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Minitech
join:2003-07-25
Spring Hill, FL
| reply to slash
Earthlink has a start page that most customers log into upon connection. They find it easy enough to put other announcements there. Funny that a reduction in service is swept under the rug.
Why is it that spammers are able to use the Earthlink E-mail system to reach millions but Earthlink can't send one e-mail on time? There was no official notice on the newsgroups or the last e-link newsletter.
A change this major had to have been planned months in advance. Months that they were asking high speed customers to use a beta server. Months of asking us to put up with the bother because things would be better. Why the secrecy and lies? |
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slash
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-01
Boston
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to robie88
Just because they work for EL doesn't mean they use them as an ISP. With so many employees, I highly doubt the news of a new newsgroup cap spreads like wildfire and everyone is instantly informed. Every company has some faults, but cut them some slack - no need to jump down their throats.
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robie88
join:2003-04-19
New York, NY
| reply to pissoff
there should be a class action against them.
Their sales team is deliberately doing a con job in advising potential new accounts that there are no caps, not with news or any other aspect of the Earthlink service. They are clearly defrauding consumers with false statements to induce their business, then attempting to justify it all by saying you failed to read the fine print.
I have news for Earthlink; when I agreed to open an account with them NO contract was ever mentioned, nor was it suggested that I should read any contract, in fact I wasn't even informed by their sales staff that such a contract existed.
This company is asking for a problem and now they are going to get it. I'm fed up with these ISP's playing their games. Maybe if it costs them more to con people then they make off of their con games they will learn a lesson. |
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pissoff
@verizon.n
| reply to Minitech
Do someone knows if it state in the contract that the speed and the downloads will be capped. If it does not states that in the contract. The contract is binding to what they advertised, which is the unlimited high speed and the no cap on the download. Then I smell a class action suit coming soon.
Another thing is good to do is what minitech suggested. REPORT THEM! |
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