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ISP Bandwidth Limits
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Ozzaharwood on September 09, 2011, 02:29:03 AM ---Mine sucks. I have Rogers—which is probably stupid—and it obv has a bandwidth limit. I get max 20Mbs Down, 1Mb up. 140 GBs a month, and it costs about 40 bucks a month. I don't pay for it, and I've been telling my mom to switch, but she's a little lazy sometimes. Canada and the US are prolly the worst for this stuff.
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Yes, yes it is. Price-wise relatively, though, that's not terrible (which isn't exactly a good thing). In my mind, though, Rogers connections suck.
25/2.5 250GB at Shaw (Extreme) costs $49/mo in a bundle, or $59/mo standalone, IIRC. If you're a full-time post-secondary student, though, you can get it for $25/mo, which is what I'm getting (also 500GB instead of 250 for students).
Apparently, Shaw will give you a call if you consistently go over the cap, but won't charge for overage.
Soryon:
Ive got a 250GB/month DL limit but unlimited UL. Not a big deal since I dont use much DL at all anyway. Maybe 5-10 a month in torrents and then games/internet. If they capped my upload limit, I would be pissed.
Actually, I let my neighbor steal my wifi also, so he uses some, but not much.
Speeds are not that great tho- 15/5.
kitamesume:
^ you could make a deal with your neighbors though, say like 1mbps/512kbps for 10$ a month.
Soryon:
No, no need.
Hes also a friend and lets the dog out when I am out of town. Thats all the reimbursement I want. I rarely make full use of the connection these days anyway, so its wasted otherwise.
I know I said "steal" but I should have just said that I let him have unrestricted access. He doesn't use very much so its fine. Besides, hes only getting my wifi signal which only puts out maybe 1/3 of what I get with a plug. While it theoretically lowers my speeds, the max he can get is nothing close to mine. I think the wifi connection only gives 7/0.9 or something.
lothar863:
I work from home and upload stuff. I also download a huge chunk of stuff.
My usage this month at this second is:
Incoming (MBytes)95238
Outgoing (MBytes)232349
I have been moving which is why my incoming is so low. I also tether to my phone alot.
Last months usage was:
August 2011 (Incoming: 636437 MB / Outgoing: 229762 MB)
If you want to watch or know what you use dd-wrt is AMAZING!
You can see and save month to month and even watch it in realtime as well as daily stats
And yes I know my IP is there but I don't really care no one is getting into my router/network :P
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