gavin19 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 ...do you even realize how much that is and how bad it is to be using that much monthly? Bad for whom? My ISP throttles at certain times of the day when you exceed a specified amount of GB. Just looking at last month's logs I tranferred 849 gigs, although this month it was only 384. On average it would be around 400-500. Considering the size of games, HD movies, flac, streaming video etc then 250GB may not be nearly enough for your average p*rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotica Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I would love 250 gigs to play with, although I have 12 gigs per month and that's usually enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 Well we're Americans and we demand bigger, larger, badder, and other awesome adjectives. These limits better go up in the future. Remember how much you used to download a few years ago? That's tiny to how much you download now. The larger our HDDs get and the more we move over to digital distribution this is going to really be a thorn in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymnist1026 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Its not that the limit might go up, its that putting a limit on will mean that they are going to start lowering it and charging you exorbitant fees if you go over...250 is just a start...if there are no large complaints, then slowly it will be lowered...eventually down to what the average web surfing soccer mom uses a month, so that any downloading will cause you to break the cap and cause you to have to pay large fees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Its not that the limit might go up, its that putting a limit on will mean that they are going to start lowering it and charging you exorbitant fees if you go over...250 is just a start...if there are no large complaints, then slowly it will be lowered...eventually down to what the average web surfing soccer mom uses a month, so that any downloading will cause you to break the cap and cause you to have to pay large fees... Then that's when Comcast looses all their customers, or we all actually get "active" and do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 Its not that the limit might go up, its that putting a limit on will mean that they are going to start lowering it and charging you exorbitant fees if you go over...250 is just a start...if there are no large complaints, then slowly it will be lowered...eventually down to what the average web surfing soccer mom uses a month, so that any downloading will cause you to break the cap and cause you to have to pay large fees... Then that's when Comcast looses all their customers, or we all actually get "active" and do something about it.Loses customers to where? Most places only have one cable company and one DSL company. It's only a matter of time till other companies start their bandwidth caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymnist1026 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 in my area it is Comcast or ATT DSL...so if you want a fast connection, then you really have no other choice... also... http://torrentfreak.com/qwests-unofficial-...ata-cap-080829/ looks like the domino effect has started.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Its not that the limit might go up, its that putting a limit on will mean that they are going to start lowering it and charging you exorbitant fees if you go over...250 is just a start...if there are no large complaints, then slowly it will be lowered...eventually down to what the average web surfing soccer mom uses a month, so that any downloading will cause you to break the cap and cause you to have to pay large fees... Then that's when Comcast looses all their customers, or we all actually get "active" and do something about it.Loses customers to where? Most places only have one cable company and one DSL company. It's only a matter of time till other companies start their bandwidth caps. Loose it's customers period! You think Comcast will keep up their limit if every internet user out there agrees to not pay their bill/cancel until change occurs? While it is hope full, it wouldn't be a impossibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 Most people won't really care about these caps because Comcast is right, most users don't use a fraction of the 250 gb cap. It's us assholes who do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymnist1026 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 i prefer jackass to asshole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Stop complaining, I have 2nd highest tier service from my ISP, and I have a 60GB cap........yet 10mbit/1mbit speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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