[wplug] Data caps :(

Zachary Uram netrek at gmail.com
Sat Oct 5 17:03:46 EDT 2013


i recommend fios, that's what i have. they are fast and have no annoying caps!
caps suck!!!

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 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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