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ISP Bandwidth Limits
kitamesume:
^ that throttling "solution" is a pain as hell, they really could just implement a $/GB basis of payment, well with a minimum of course.
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on September 28, 2011, 11:03:26 PM ---^ that throttling "solution" is a pain as hell, they really could just implement a $/GB basis of payment, well with a minimum of course.
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Throttling is better (not by much though) than $/GB for one reason - you will not rack up additional charges. When the ISP implements $/GB, they usually try to be as quiet as possible that you have used more than the limit so you would pay more. Forget to turn uTorrent off once and you might be paying $100 more than intended.
Throttling and $/GB are signs that the ISP has little or no competition. If there is healthy competition the ISP cannot behave like this.
Micharus:
--- Quote from: Pentium100 on September 29, 2011, 01:27:23 AM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on September 28, 2011, 11:03:26 PM ---^ that throttling "solution" is a pain as hell, they really could just implement a $/GB basis of payment, well with a minimum of course.
--- End quote ---
Throttling is better (not by much though) than $/GB for one reason - you will not rack up additional charges. When the ISP implements $/GB, they usually try to be as quiet as possible that you have used more than the limit so you would pay more. Forget to turn uTorrent off once and you might be paying $100 more than intended.
Throttling and $/GB are signs that the ISP has little or no competition. If there is healthy competition the ISP cannot behave like this.
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My ISP is good in that they issue a 'warning' when you get to within a certain amount of your cap, so you can restrict your usage so that you don't have to suffer 'throttling'.
Of course I expect that all ISP's do this I guess.
As for 'healthy competition', there are really only three ISP's that actually advertise on TV down here in Australia;
Telstra (Telstra Bigpond)
Optus
iiNet (not a lot of advertising)
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: ColdFission on September 28, 2011, 06:26:44 AM ---Well, its good to know that Shaw won't enforce the caps and they will bother you about. But, a cap is a cap, and I don't see it any other way. I just checked Bandwidth Meter Pro on my desktop and a total of 1.37 TB of traffic has gone through this month so far. I don't think Shaw would simply call me and say "Please don't do that again" and then I see my bill getting charged for their top tier plan when I was paying for the middle-high tier plan.
Anyway, it hasn't launched yet in my area despite seeing tons of ads for it for months now. I might have to re-read the site again if I get curious about their plans some more.
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Somehow, I actually do expect them to do that. For the bump-up system, you're given one month grace, so download like crazy for one select month, and then play nice after that. And that month they will probably bug you about it.
Their top-tier is supposed to be 150/15 capless, after the full upgrade, I believe, for $120/mo. Can't be arsed to check their site right now. That's only a bit more than double their lowest Broadband plan.
... Ah, heck, I went and took a look. It's 250/15 capless, but it's not yet available everywhere yet. And yes, $120/mo in a bundle, $15 more standalone. The funny thing is that they have the same speeds on their second-to-top, but with a 1TB cap, and $20 cheaper. So, with their bump-up plan, just take the second-to-top and you'll just pay the cheaper price on slow months and the full price on heavy months.
I wish they'd increase upload speeds instead of giving ridiculous download speeds that I really doubt anyone will actually fully utilize, considering how so many people still use older 10/100 routers.
lothar863:
New personal record as far as I know
about 1.75 TB
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