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WhiteCrane · 01-07-09

Our government should be a completely free ISP. Imagine the jobs this would create in today's economy.

we are entitled to bandwidth.

gamer11200 · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by Bal3Wolf

I don't mind the caps if their not unreal like 5gigs or say 10gigs your screwed if you watch any movies online thru netflix or buy games online and download them. I say a fair cap would be 80gigs a month somthing isp should be able to live with and the user. Right now i pay 32usd for 10mbit down 1mbit up with no caps tho they do thottle torrents thru hrs 5:45 and 11:45 but only the download does not affect uploads which is kinda wierd but i do not mind.

I wouldn't throttling if they did it during peak hours (9am - 5pm), aslong as they do an unthrottled period like from 9pm - 6am or something like that so all of the bittorrent and p2p users can do their downloading then without disrupting the casual web surfers.

As for the bandwidth cap, here is what I think is appropriate:

if your download speed is 1Mbit or lower: 20GB/month
1Mbit - 3Mbit : 50GB/month
3Mbit - 5Mbit - 100 GB/month
5Mbit - 10Mbit - 150GB/month

anything over that should get a general cap of 200GB. Perfect so that casual users and high bandwidth users alike can download and upload whatever they please with great flexibility.

lhowatt · 01-07-09

Im already paying $70 a month for sprint wireless broadband that has a 5 gig limit....this is the only high speed option for me. Its either $70 for 148kbps download or $30 for 2kbps download with AOL

gamer11200 · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by lhowatt

Im already paying $70 a month for sprint wireless broadband that has a 5 gig limit....this is the only high speed option for me. Its either $70 for 148kbps download or $30 for 2kbps download with AOL

That is insane ripoff.

curly haired boy · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by Furai

Just stick with verizon. They don't attempt to pull any bull**** and never have.

yeah, i have verizon. haven't had any problems.

5entinel · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by DarkStar189

And people complained about Comcast's 250GB cap lol

Any Aussie would love to have that! I know I would

5entinel · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by WhiteCrane

Our government should be a completely free ISP. Imagine the jobs this would create in today's economy.

we are entitled to bandwidth.

That's stupid idea. How would the ISP survive? If you mean subsidise then the answer is yes.

5entinel · 01-07-09

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Originally Posted by sizeak

Just face it, it's never going to stop while the companies are out to get as much profit as they can while screwing over the consumer. They don't care as long as they make as much money as they can. We are nothing but worthless pawns to all these corporations and the government to achieve their petty goals and make more profit. To them we don't matter. And nothing is going to change untill enough people stop moaning and actually do something

Welcome to the real world my friend! Who ever said corporation were nice!

That's the way business works.

low strife · 01-07-09

I actually managed to pass our 250GB\mo cap from comcast. From heavy downloading\uploading on my part (yes, torrents, along with many GB of legal uploads, mostly HD video game gameplays), montage downloads, and internet browsing... I do nearly 80GB\mo of completely legal downloads, and I don't download games or movies like that.

Licht · 01-07-09

I hate to say it but we might need congressional intervention.

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