[wplug] Data caps :(

[Matthew Hughes]

Comcast no longer has caps.
On Oct 5, 2013 2:53 PM, "Eric Wood" <esw148 at cawunited.com> wrote:

> I had that same issue with Comcast; went over the cap a few times.  Verizon
> FIOS has no cap and great speeds. I used over 450GB over the past month and
> I know I've used much more than that in the past. Haven't had any issues.
> On Oct 5, 2013 11:19 AM, "Justin Smith" <justin at adminix.net> wrote:
>
> > While browsing the Web earlier this week, I was redirected to a landing
> > page from my ISP, Armstrong Cable, saying that I'd used roughly 80% of my
> > 250GB monthly bandwidth allowance. Since there hasn't /been/ a monthly
> > bandwidth allowance up until this point, you can imagine how ticked off I
> > was.
> >
> > Not only is Armstrong trying to pad its profits with data caps, it's
> > trying to
> > lock people into paying for extra services by lowering the data cap by
> 50GB
> > for each service you /don't/ get through them. Want to cut the cord on
> > cable? Sorry, that's a 50GB penalty. Want to use an Ooma for phone
> > service? Sorry, that's another 50GB penalty.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend an uncapped ISP that services the North Hills? I'm
> > looking for speeds approximately equal to what I receive now - 10 Mbps
> > down, 2 Mbps up.
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Justin Smith*
> >
> > "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius
> > to understand the simplicity."
> > -Dennis Ritchie
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