Kuuki Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Not sure if this is shown on other forums. But I could easily make this thread on RSN (but due to the traffic on there, i doubt it'll be seen much ) Article: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/time-warner-cable-bandwidth-cap,7466.html http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904050344 Time Warner Cable users will be limited to a 40GB download cap per month if the trials in Austin, San Antonio, and Rochester are successful. Overage charges will be $1 per excess gigabyte. This is in comparison to a 250GB cap from Comcast and no cap at all from Verizon Fios. I am a RoadRunner user and I have a home network, which between my two computers, my two sister's, my father's, the Wii, PS3 and the ibook; Which ALL get used on a (varying from somewhat to) regular basis, we'd hit that 40gb within a DAY or TWO. Being from the Rochester area, I will be effected by this, and the billing for the service, even if it would be a 'trail' peroid. This customer will not be subjected to such billing. The plan here is already in set in motion to switch to AT&T for my internet, because they offer their DSL with no bandwidth caps. Might be a slight downer on the available performance of this type of broadband, but it's better then paying for a potential $100 internet bill. As for anyone else who could also be effect, I ask that you join me in signing the petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/nocap/petition-sign.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Sucks. What was their previous cap, or was it unlimited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Welcome to my world. I have a 25GB download/upload cap per month, and not that long ago, it was only 10GB. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Not a customer, but it still sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Yeah well, India's lovely Internet conditions means that my Unlimited account is a luxury (though it is 256, so that's a decent deal). Unlimited for any speed higher than that goes on getting less cost effective and then non-existent for more than 5 Mbps connections in most consumer-oriented ISPs. Caps here are generally 1-3 GBs, so a 40 GB cap sounds pretty lenient to me (though I'd expire it in a day too, if I had the sort of speed you spoiled white people of first world overnations have). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Racist! Racist! lol just teasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Down Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Heil Holland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 It is an unlimited cap. but people have said that comcast gives a 250gb cap for the same price as what we get currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrtoken Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I'm using the most basic AT&T DSL service, and it's been fine for me. It's around 1.3 Mbps for download, and .3 for upload, which is a massive improvement over my older dial-up. I'm not sure what the bandwidth cap is, but I know that I've never even gotten close to it, so I'm okay. It's around $20, so it's not that much expensive than my older NetZero, so it's been quite reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Wow this is absurd. I have Comcast - never really hit that 250gb cap afaik. And I get rather good speeds - 12mb/s download, 1mb/sec upload here in rural PA. If I were you, Scar, I'd drop Time Warner. Today. _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 we dont have comcast in Rochester NY in fact, TWC is the *only* cable ISP provider available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I also have Comcast and have never hit the limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Baw. I'm stuck with dialup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Baw. I'm stuck with dialup. Is that why it took you that long to upload a new avatar Q? I've got a 40Gb cap and I'm never even close to that limit, mind it's only me and the fiancee using it but still, we can download quite a bit if we want to... It's only fair so everyone who's using it gets a fair share and a decent speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 we dont have comcast in Rochester NY in fact, TWC is the *only* cable ISP provider available here. You didn't expect them to try to rip people off in a place where they had competition, did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 my thoughts exactly, hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I think the closest I've come to the Comcast cap is like 150gigs in one month. And that was when Netflix first came to the 360. Is that why it took you that long to upload a new avatar Q? I've got a 40Gb cap and I'm never even close to that limit, mind it's only me and the fiancee using it but still, we can download quite a bit if we want to... It's only fair so everyone who's using it gets a fair share and a decent speed. Hey, if they don't mean unlimited, they shouldn't friggin' say unlimited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 *Hugs my DSL* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Makes the 250 GB cap that charters going to not look half as bad. I guess the free porn trains over for you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I have a 13.6GB cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 No cap here (Knology).. but yeah, putting a bandwidth cap on such a low allowanca is pretty lame. Making money off of your services is all well and fine (yay capitalism), but at least charge for reasonable allowances. I could sneeze 40gb if I wasn't careful.. would definitely have to change careers or make my job pay for my account.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarfieldJL Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 That's Time Warner for you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 wat 40 gb per month how am i supposed to download my linux isos now yes i dl the nightly builds of every major distro what of it are you implying i am using my connection for illegitimate or illegal uses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 The plan here is already in set in motion to switch to AT&T for my internet, because they offer their DSL with no bandwidth caps. Might be a slight downer on the available performance of this type of broadband, but it's better then paying for a potential $100 internet bill. As for anyone else who could also be effect, I ask that you join me in signing the petition. In our area, we have Time warner cable and AT&T DSL. I've heard so many complaints about TW service and downtime that we've never moved from AT&T. We have no problems--we have up to 3 of us playing Guild Wars and/or LOTRO while downloading music or other media, and there is some slowdown if we're doing all that at the same time, but otherwise we've been very happy with AT&T. By the way, if any of you are in the US military, they give discounts to military members and their families. I suspect other carriers do likewise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpentine Cougar Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Bah. Mine used to be 4GB per month. Try living with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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