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- cam0man, on 02/06/2009, -2/+87Funny this is posted, I got a call from comcast today. They said the average comcast customer uses a total of 2-3gb of bandwidth in a month, their limit is 250gb, and in january I used 691gb. If it happens again, I'll receive a 12 month ban from their service
As someone who pays $70 a month for their highest tier speed - wtf?
If most people are using less than 10gb a month - what's with all the 100 and 250gb caps? - FinalSight, on 02/07/2009, -1/+56On behalf of the public torrent community, thank you cam0man.
- cam0man, on 02/07/2009, -2/+5770% of it was seeding on TPB....your welcome
- thesmrt12004, on 02/06/2009, -2/+50GOD DAMNIT all we have here in this part of the Madison area is Charter
- bike4ever, on 02/06/2009, -1/+44So the corporate hacks are sitting around a conference room table and are saying, "Netflix and Apple TV are going to kill our On Demand business. LETS LIMIT THEM!!"
- Spor, on 02/06/2009, -3/+44That's a lot of porn.
- Deveak, on 02/07/2009, -2/+43anyone notice a lot of the companies that do this are cable companies? methinks their trying to fight online video service. Typical dinosaur company trying to keep a dying technology around so they can rake their customers over the coals. eat all the dicks charter.
- Nickolassc, on 02/06/2009, -2/+36***** Charter!
I had their ***** internet service and they wanted 60 dollars a month for it. I switched to AT and T for half the price, So what if I have to wait another 30 minutes for a torrent? It's not that big a deal. - inactive, on 02/07/2009, -2/+30I am a current Charter user, and if this is true, I will cancel immediately and go with Verizon fiber.
- cmoney298, on 02/06/2009, -2/+17***** that's why I hate charter, and its the only thing available where I am at this ***** blow I watch many movies on Netflix and other streaming places. So WTF they are already charging me an arm and a leg for service that is ***** at best, so now they will most likely charge like cell phone companies when you go over. Guess I will have to keep switching to my neighbor's wifi at the end of the month again.
- SoundJudgment, on 02/07/2009, -2/+17Do it!!! What the F*ck are you waiting for?? Fiber is SO much better it isn't even funny. F*cK Charter.
- Yez70, on 02/07/2009, -0/+13I have Charter - the maximum speed available here is only 10Mbps - so the whole city is screwed, with ZERO options.
It looks more like a way for Charter to charge more for what we're already paying for, since they don't offer more than 10Mbps service in 1/3rd of their service area. 15Mbps is the highest speed available in 95% of their service area too.
How convenient that their low 100G cap applies to 99.99% of their customers.... - UselessTrivia, on 02/07/2009, -1/+13On digg if you say anything unkind about pirates you get buried. True story.
- LiquidSpark, on 02/06/2009, -0/+12err... this is not good. So far the ISP's in my area (NYC) haven't followed suit.
- Kahnza, on 02/07/2009, -1/+12Dammit I used almost 400gb in January. I hope I can find a better provider.
- prplmnkeydshwsr, on 02/07/2009, -0/+11So if their average customer uses a couple of GB per month these people should be getting a massive discount on their service right? Perhaps they should pay $10 per month? Why are they being overcharged?
- 3tcp, on 02/06/2009, -1/+11So just pay them more? How about using a different provider?
If there is only one provider in an area this is a good reason to force politicians to break up these monopolies. - Zcarp, on 02/07/2009, -2/+11Suck ***** and go burn in a car. I hope some one butt ***** you while getting your throat cut. Eat *****.
- Akaricloud, on 02/07/2009, -1/+10Im in Australia and on a 256kb/56kb connection with a 10GB cap paying $60 AUD a month.
Rural internet in Australia sucks big time, think of me the next time your 10000000000000000000000gigabit fibreoptic connection reaches 10TB a minute downloads. - SniperZero, on 02/07/2009, -0/+8100$/month 25gb(uploads are counted) 8mbit connection thats capped to 3mbit. then after 25gb i get a nice speed of 64/64.
so consider your self lucky. - WordFlyer, on 02/07/2009, -2/+10that's like enough to see the first couple pages of Digg.
- texas85, on 02/07/2009, -1/+9***** Bandwidth Caps. Can FCC do anything about this?
- ChadFM, on 02/07/2009, -0/+8Yet, I've been stuck with a 40gb cap for quite a while, on a cox 15mbps connection...
- TeCuervo, on 02/07/2009, -1/+9This has nothing to do with net neutrality. Net neutrality is about allowing ISPs to limit bandwidth to websites so Google would have to pay Charter to ensure its speed was not capped when traveling through its pipeline. The problem being that you could, depending on how the traffic got routed via the cost, be hitting many providers each wanting to limit that speed.
Charter is just publishing what people have demanded ISPs who said there was no download cap should publish. If you are hitting that limit then two things.
1. GODDAMN
2. Look for a different service with no download cap... wait a minute... - l31101, on 02/07/2009, -1/+9With my Canadian ISP, Shaw, I pay $50/month for 10Mbps 100GB usage. I thought i was getting a good deal until i heard about all the unlimited services people in the US were getting. Shaw has been capping for at least 6 years now....i feel violated.
- theragu40, on 02/07/2009, -0/+8Another sad Madisonian here...
*cries a little - monkeystick, on 02/07/2009, -1/+8You are correct sir!
- newsboys, on 02/07/2009, -0/+7You guys in the states have it good compared to us in Canada.. all of our major services cap out at 95 GB/month (total - upload and download together), @10Mb/s and cost about $60 a month.. every gig after that is $1.25 up to an extra $25 a month :( It sucks. I would give my left testicle to have a cap of 250 GB like some of you guys have. Honestly - if you use more than 250 GB you have issues, but 100 for a heavy downloader isn't always enough, and the price is outrageous. :(
Luckily, there are smaller provides like Acanac (www.acanac.ca) who will give you unlimited downloads @5Mb/s connection for only $20 a month. Most people don't know about the underdogs, though. - l31101, on 02/07/2009, -0/+7I understand what you mean, and it's frustrating. BUT, statistics says that there is a close to zero chance that everyone will be utilizing there bandwidth fully at the same time. Therefore it is not very a wise idea for the ISPs financially to assume that the bandwidth will be used all the time. It's the similar to the algorithm behind routers.
- bigbluemachine, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6It amazes me that just nearly a year ago there were a few groups out there talking about the coming spread of metered usage across America and the average response was either "Never gonna happen and these guys saying it will are crazy (or in some cases liars)" or " Don't worry if it ever were to happen we (Americans) would never stand for it and there would be massive negative upheaval". Now it seems the closest to upheaval we get is "At least we aren't in Australia" ... this will only get worse before it gets better sad to say.
- marx2k, on 02/07/2009, -1/+7Whoa....relax, Sound
- CalcProgrammer1, on 02/07/2009, -1/+7BETTER IDEA: Ditch your lame TV business of providing mediocre cable with pathetic quality, terrible cable boxes with lousy HD and interface and offer a subscription based Internet TV that works with either PC or a set-top box. They did the same for phone, offering a separate cable-to-phone modem, they can do the same for TV and not have to focus on so many different connections.
- bike4ever, on 02/06/2009, -2/+8Too bad we can't find a way to get the masses to all use their bandwidth up to the threshold for a couple months. That would be way more data than is being consumed by the 'bandwidth hogs' and would bring their network down.
I am stuck with Charter as it is the only service here that offers phone/cable/HD. As soon as the competitor gets HD (which hopefully will be very soon), I am switching and I will be very vocal about my reasons for doing so. In this economy they should be looking for things to keep the customer not push them away. - inactive, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6In areas where customers have the choice to stay or jump ship, complaining often doesn't help. The ISPs see losing gamers, torrent seeders and heavy downloaders as a blessing- most won't fight to keep subscribers whom they view as taxing their networks, and eagerly watch the 'headache' go to their competitors.... while continuing to make their money from the email/IM/facebook-only crowd who pay for faster speeds and more bandwidth than they'll ever use.
- imikedaman, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6Oh please, I guarantee you the Terms of Service state that the terms can change at any time but that they'll notify all customers when it happens.
- FyberOptic, on 02/07/2009, -2/+8Charter is not known for being the most competent, but they've always been unfiltered and uncapped. This hopefully isn't the start of a trend for internet ***** from Charter.
They're already swindling customers into thinking that the mandatory digital switch means that everyone will eventually have to switch to digital cable, which is horse *****, particularly since it means leasing a box for every TV. Analog cable subscribers have lost about half a dozen stations over the past 12-24 months, like G4, Gameshow Network, etc, which are digital-only now. I called them out on it in an email conversation, eventually getting to someone who admitted that they were doing this because you can fit more channels into the same space when digital (translation: more money for them). And yet, they continue to raise their rates! Worse yet, they're fighting to prevent competition from moving into this area.
Sometimes I hate Charter. - bob_the_alien, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6Yeah, I had the same problem, at the time the best they were offering was 6mb here, and that's what I had, and didn't matter when I checked I could never get over 2mb, ever. I was lucky to even get that most of the time, my download speeds where horrible. So I switched to windstream, and got 6mb and have constantly saw close to 6mb speeds.
When I went to cancel my charter service, (which I canceled everything, included television, switched to dish network) The lady tried to convince me to stay, told me they'd have 10 mb in this area in a couple months. I was like oh, like you have 6mb now. so what your saying is if I upgrade to 10, I might get a decent spend, even though I'm going to have to pay for extra for it. ***** CHARTER, completely agree. - Yage2006, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6It's ***** its a lie.
They see all those content heavy services coming and their getting their wallets ready. - Thundercat1971, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6It would also be nice if ANY of these providers had a web page or app or some sort so you could track your usage. Instead you just have to guess how much you use.
- hawkspur, on 02/06/2009, -7/+12I love that tiered internet smell.
Net neutrality proponents being right? *gasp* - crugg, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5It's funny that I am finding this out from the news instead of from my ISP provider...Charater. What happens to the people who don't have the 15 mbps tier but a lower one, is our bandwidth usage cap even lower? This is worse than Comcast and I thought Charter was better than this.
- JordanE, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5I pay $89 for 25GB standard cable connection and I live in the metro area!
- uns0undl0gic, on 02/07/2009, -1/+6Looks like im switching services...I easily pull 5x that a month.
- CVL4317, on 02/06/2009, -1/+6oh come on!!! (got the 10mbit with that 250gb caps)
well, rarely touched my 170gb limit , but still though... - redfred18t, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5I absolutely hate charter. Terrible customer service, terrible technicians, terrible prices, terrible service. Another reason to switch to FIOS when it gets here in 2011 (it cant come soon enough)
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -2/+7Verizon Fios is coming around. They will never cap because they're bandwidth exceeds all. That's why american business is great. Once these monopolies are over they won't be able to cap. Cap me? BYE. Cancellation fee? Who cares. You're business sucks and i hope you burn in hell. Wired bandwidth should be in the thousands of Gigs. Can't handle it? BYE. Comcast pisses me off beyond belief. You send me another warning letter and i'm burning you to the ground. I'd pay double to watch you drown
- wheezy360, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5I get 6 gigs on my phone!
- ScaryFast, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5In my city, the company I work for is the only Shaw competitor. I used them many years ago and they ran me off with the emails and phone calls about bandwidth useage, even when my modem had been sitting in a box by the door for 3 weeks.
Shaw does have faster service in some areas but even their 5mbit is a few bucks more than us. The difference? We don't have a cap. The ToS always had a limit but it was never enforced. Every time I looked at it the number was raised more and more while we still didn't enforce it. And just last week I looked at it again and could not even find a number in it anywhere. No mention of a cap whatsoever.
I did have some guy call the other night about throttling. Told me we better stop throttling his internet! I told him we don't throttle and he scoffed at me. I told him we're one of the few remaining ISP's that don't throttle but he just wouldn't listen. I offered to do some speed tests with him and try and track down the REAL cause, if it existed, but he said "I'm not going to waste my time with that" so I said "All I can do is offer to help find the real cause of the problem, but if you're unwilling to do that I can't help you" and he told me he wasn't going to put up with my bull$hit and hung up. I even took the time to send him an Email with some things to look for but he never replied.
Then the next day Google released some Internet Connection tools to check if the ISP is throttling, but I forgot who the guy was and thus couldn't Email him the link which shows that even Google says we're not throttling! Oh well. - disgruntledgoat, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4You guys get it so freakin good in the US in Australia the net is about what you're getting now with this Cap, I pay $100 AU roughly $70 or so US for 100GB down and free up on a solid 10mbit/3mbit link =D, If I go over it costs 7 cents per MB! $70 a gig!
It does make me sad to see the US paying these prices though because much of the infrastructure that gives me good speeds here is over there, and it looks like a price hike in disguise more than anything. Still at least you have the option of unlimited plans!
the 250GB caps sound pretty good (really there's only so much porn you can watch :-P )
I would be amazed to see that here in the next 5 years. If a company tried to offer that now at an affordable price every file sharer in Aus would sign upto it and kill our international links at the moment. - drewniverse, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4I subscribe to cox business, it's $100/month and I get 12Mbps/down and 3Mbps/up with 3 statics and a dynamic. No cap whats so ever.
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