It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1

mimo2005 · 08-28-2008, 05:44 PM

Comcast has announced that it will in fact be introducing bandwidth caps to all residential customers.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...october-1.html

Here i come Verizon......

**peterhuang913** · 08-28-2008, 05:47 PM

People will just turn to FiOS.

Mcninjaguy · 08-28-2008, 08:31 PM

I would gladly take 250 gb over what bell provides us (60gb)

mimo2005 · 08-28-2008, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

I would gladly take 250 gb over what bell provides us (60gb)

How much do you pay Bell for 60gb per month?

Mcninjaguy · 08-29-2008, 01:27 AM

its a package deal
7mbs internet = 3.8mb/s (they gave a really nice router/modem - 2wire 2701HG - G)
Satellite with about 200 extra channels plus movie network)
Phone (unlimited local, unlimited long distance, I think it only covers US and Canada)

I live with my parents and I think it comes out to about 160/month with tax(13%)

Mcninjaguy · 08-29-2008, 01:28 AM

the bell is about 50$ / month

Edit: its 37$ / month
http://www.bell.ca/shopping/internet...sShpInt_Access

In Quebec, next province over they have the same provider and cost but their monthly cap is 10 gb its crazy stupid

**Jack.Sparrow** · 08-29-2008, 05:05 AM

I'll gladly take this cap.

Currently I get 12GB's a month on 1.5mbps for close to $70 a month....

mimo2005 · 08-29-2008, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

the bell is about 50$ / month

Edit: its 37$ / month
http://www.bell.ca/shopping/internet...sShpInt_Access

In Quebec, next province over they have the same provider and cost but their monthly cap is 10 gb its crazy stupid

After a little search for ontario ISPs , there are many Unlimited packages in Ontario :

-Velcom 5meg, unlimited downloading ,no cap for 26.95$
-Odynet 5meg unlimited downloading for 34.95$
-Acanac inc.for 18.95 unlimited downloading

You can find more providers in this link.
Source:
http://www.canadianisp.ca/cgi-bin/ispsearch.cgi

If you are a WINDOWS user, you can use the FREE Netlimeter to Monitor AND track your internet usage to avoid exceeding the limit.
Put on each PC and total the numbers:
http://www.netlimiter.com/download.php

Mcninjaguy · 08-29-2008, 04:15 PM

yea but 5mb/s will be around 2mb/s or less so what my parents are paying for is definitely reasonable

oh thanks for the link for the internet usage tool.

sinclair_tm · 08-29-2008, 07:16 PM

As far as I know, Qwest has no cap on us. But then it doesn't even work long enough for us to even be online long enough to get anywhere near any cap.

mimo2005 · 08-30-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack.Sparrow

I'll gladly take this cap.

Currently I get 12GB's a month on 1.5mbps for close to $70 a month....

Yesterday , i visited like 50 websites , read differentes stories , did many different searches with google , downloaded like 3 or 4 singles ( small files ) , and my pc did some updates like antivirus , and operating system, at the end of the day , it's almost half of GB of data that i used.

I don't know how do you do it with only 12 GB.

unbuntu size is almost 1GB , what do you do in that case if you want it ? wait and ask for the cd to come by mail instead of free download ?
Movies have big size ( itune ,netflix) and others like YOUTUBE . i think i personally use 12 Gb in a week.

ebackhus · 08-30-2008, 01:34 PM

I've got 8Mbps uncapped and now TimeWarner has unveiled a new 15Mpbs service.

**sobeit** · 08-30-2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mimo2005

Movies have big size ( itune ,netflix) and others like YOUTUBE . i think i personally use 12 Gb in a week.

I know I could not live with 12 gb. but I think the point is with movies is they may be eventually offering their own movie service and give you extra bandwidth if you subscribe. I think its more of an anti competition move.

mimo2005 · 08-30-2008, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sobeit

I know I could not live with 12 gb. but I think the point is with movies is they may be eventually offering their own movie service and give you extra bandwidth if you subscribe. I think its more of an anti competition move.

Interesting , good point.

**Jack.Sparrow** · 08-31-2008, 02:47 AM

ubuntu by mail took about 2 months to arrive :(

**WereBo** · 08-31-2008, 05:22 AM

VirginMedia has now introduced a 'Traffic Control' Policy, it's based not so much on how much you DL, more when you DL it. If you overdo the DL's between 4:00PM and midnight, you'll be throttled back to 'No less than 80Kb/s' for the week

Mcninjaguy · 09-01-2008, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WereBo

VirginMedia has now introduced a 'Traffic Control' Policy, it's based not so much on how much you DL, more when you DL it. If you overdo the DL's between 4:00PM and midnight, you'll be throttled back to 'No less than 80Kb/s' for the week

Well then you should change your provider cuz I think they suck

**WereBo** · 09-01-2008, 07:21 PM

I seriously considered it, but Mrs WereBo wants to keep her email address - she's been using it since we went online in '96 and is known internationally by it, for her classes in lace-making.

Mcninjaguy · 09-01-2008, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WereBo

I seriously considered it, but Mrs WereBo wants to keep her email address - she's been using it since we went online in '96 and is known internationally by it, for her classes in lace-making.

Well then, my advice would be to start sending them annoying letters. I dunno did they ever limit your your internet speed before?

**WereBo** · 09-02-2008, 03:03 AM

When I 1st went broadband (approx 1 year ago), Virgin had a 4-5Gb/month cap, but they removed it and went limitless, soon after. I never had any problems with that - I occasionally went waaaay over limit, but they never seemed to bother about it.

When they added cable TV and landline phone packages and changed the name, VirginMedia seemed to undergo some major policy changes. Not all the changes are for the better, unfortunately - they're a lot more 'mercenary' now, rather than the friendly 'customer first' operation they started out as.

08-28-2008, 05:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 I would gladly take 250 gb over what bell provides us (60gb)

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 its a package deal 7mbs internet = 3.8mb/s (they gave a really nice router/modem - 2wire 2701HG - G) Satellite with about 200 extra channels plus movie network) Phone (unlimited local, unlimited long distance, I think it only covers US and Canada) I live with my parents and I think it comes out to about 160/month with tax(13%)

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 the bell is about 50$ / month Edit: its 37$ / month http://www.bell.ca/shopping/internet...sShpInt_Access In Quebec, next province over they have the same provider and cost but their monthly cap is 10 gb its crazy stupid Last edited by Mcninjaguy; 08-29-2008 at 01:31 AM.

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Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 I'll gladly take this cap. Currently I get 12GB's a month on 1.5mbps for close to $70 a month.... __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 yea but 5mb/s will be around 2mb/s or less so what my parents are paying for is definitely reasonable oh thanks for the link for the internet usage tool.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,555 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 VirginMedia has now introduced a 'Traffic Control' Policy, it's based not so much on how much you DL, more when you DL it. If you overdo the DL's between 4:00PM and midnight, you'll be throttled back to 'No less than 80Kb/s' for the week __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,555 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 I seriously considered it, but Mrs WereBo wants to keep her email address - she's been using it since we went online in '96 and is known internationally by it, for her classes in lace-making. __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,555 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 When I 1st went broadband (approx 1 year ago), Virgin had a 4-5Gb/month cap, but they removed it and went limitless, soon after. I never had any problems with that - I occasionally went waaaay over limit, but they never seemed to bother about it. When they added cable TV and landline phone packages and changed the name, VirginMedia seemed to undergo some major policy changes. Not all the changes are for the better, unfortunately - they're a lot more 'mercenary' now, rather than the friendly 'customer first' operation they started out as. __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.