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Comcast tries to make data caps look good.

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I feel sorry for anyone that lives in the US and has to overpay for internet and everything else
(Oct 10, 2016 08:21 AM)2077 Wrote:  I feel sorry for anyone that lives in the US and has to overpay for internet and everything else

ye...fucking rip me and the rest of the americans ;(
You Americans don't even have expensive Internet. A TB is excessive.
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(Oct 10, 2016 08:30 AM)minimalist Wrote:  You Americans don't even have expensive Internet. A TB is excessive.

It's really not, but that's their idea. Check this out:

Our datacap used to be 300GB. I used to go over that every single month. Now it's 1000GB and we're all like "fuuuuuuuuck yeah!" but see now we'll be happy with 1000GB. And it'll become the norm. We'll get used to 1000GB and sure, most people won't hit that cap. Yet. As HD streaming (and 4K streaming) get more and more popular, and as games get bigger and bigger, we'll get closer and closer to that "normal" 1000GB. Eventually we'll start going over it, but it'll be the norm by then. We'll have slowly inched toward it so we wouldn't even really notice. Now we'll pay extra because it's the "norm"
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(Oct 10, 2016 03:12 PM)Orgy Wrote:  It's really not, but that's their idea. Check this out:

Our datacap used to be 300GB. I used to go over that every single month. Now it's 1000GB and we're all like "fuuuuuuuuck yeah!" but see now we'll be happy with 1000GB. And it'll become the norm. We'll get used to 1000GB and sure, most people won't hit that cap. Yet. As HD streaming (and 4K streaming) get more and more popular, and as games get bigger and bigger, we'll get closer and closer to that "normal" 1000GB. Eventually we'll start going over it, but it'll be the norm by then. We'll have slowly inched toward it so we wouldn't even really notice. Now we'll pay extra because it's the "norm"

I mean yeah, data caps certainly aren't ideal but I get by with 400GB of monthly bandwidth and I stream FHD content.

In Canada, the top ISP charges:
- $67.99/mo for 30mbps down, 5mbps up, 125GB monthly
- $77.99/mo for 60mbps down, 10mbps up, 200GB monthly
- $87.99/mo for 100mbps down, 10mbps up, unlimited monthly
- $97.99/mo for 250mbps down, 20mbps up, unlimited monthly
- $149.99/mo for 1000mbps down, 50mbps up, unlimited monthly

Comcast charges:
- $49.99/mo for 10mbps down, unknown up, 1TB monthly
- ...

Actually, I've realized through reading this that Canada's ISPs have improved A LOT. I think I'm finally getting gigabit Internet 🤗
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(Oct 10, 2016 08:30 AM)minimalist Wrote:  You Americans don't even have expensive Internet. A TB is excessive.

1TB is not a lot with this generation I have gone over 1TB multiple times with Time Warner Cable.

My last TWC 5 month data usage total was over 6TB so that is over 1TB a month of course at that time I did loose Netflix and stopped downloading as much but my netflix activity is back on the rise.

My TWC data usage is unlimited but my timeframe for the previous month reset 4 days ago and I am already at 107GB I am guessing by the end of the month I will be at or over 1TB of usage.
What the duck.
You guys have caps on your internet?
Here in Denmark we have unlimited bandwidth by default.
(Oct 10, 2016 03:26 PM)ra1d Wrote:  What the duck.
You guys have caps on your internet?
Here in Denmark we have unlimited bandwidth by default.

Denmark has a lot of nice things. This is America, we got freedom.

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(Oct 10, 2016 03:26 PM)ra1d Wrote:  What the duck.
You guys have caps on your internet?
Here in Denmark we have unlimited bandwidth by default.

Unlimited internet exists in nearly every US state TWC/Charter provides it as well as many other ISP's.
(Oct 10, 2016 03:32 PM)Prepper Wrote:  Unlimited internet exists in nearly every US state TWC/Charter provides it as well as many other ISP's.

Not true at all.
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(Oct 10, 2016 03:32 PM)Prepper Wrote:  Unlimited internet exists in nearly every US state TWC/Charter provides it as well as many other ISP's.

Comcast didn't offer it for my area until a few months ago
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(Oct 10, 2016 03:42 PM)Kaleb Wrote:  Not true at all.

Prove me wrong then, name to me 1 state that does not have unlimited internet offered by at least some form of isp.

It may not be in every town or city in each state but every state has a form of unlimited internet available.
I use about 300MB per month on my phone, why does everyone need so much?
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I believe this is total BS I personally have xfinity and they are going to cap me as well. I only have the choice of upgrading to there unlimited plan because I use 1tb if not more per month not sure how I do it but that's what they are telling me......


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