[wplug] Data caps :(

[Justin Smith]

Oh man...FIOS would be such a great deal, but I called them up and they 
don't offer service in my area.

I called Comcast as well, but they couldn't find my location and said they'd 
call me back in 3-5 business days once they figured it out. /This/ is my only 
alternative?

Well, anything has to be better than playing along with data caps. If 
Armstrong was really concerned about congestion, it would offer pay as 
you go rates to try and cut traffic as much as possible. That's not 
happening because it would make the "you only pay for what you use" 
argument actually valid because most people would save money.

If congestion during peak hours was so problematic - which it isn't - they'd  
let people use as much as they want during off-hours. I bet if the network 
was really that bad, they probably wouldn't be advertising their "blazing 
fast" Internet service and accepting new customers!

Such foolishness.

--

*Justin Smith*

"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius 
to understand the simplicity."
-Dennis Ritchie


> 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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