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shallowdeep -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 12:44:47 AM)

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder
Yes this thing used to be true with the internet over 10 years ago but since the advent of wireless and fios, that is no longer true. The ex Dom once had his internet connection shut off because he went over the limit but that was when we still had to connect through our modems.

So unless the op is still connecting that way, I think she's not really getting the whole story correct as usual or she lives in bump fucked Egypt where the closest to fun is sitting on your porch with your basset hound.

The move to data caps for wired service in the US is actually more of a recent development, only starting in the past five years or so. Earlier dial-up limits imposed on the time spent online, as opposed to the quantity of data transferred, are a separate issue. Comcast was, I believe, the first large ISP in the US to implement an official cap on data usage. They did so in 2008 after getting in some regulatory trouble for routinely cutting off heavy users from a service marketed as unlimited. AT&T followed suit in 2011, as have a number of other ISPs.



Lucylastic -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 12:57:49 AM)

We get throttling here in canada too,
Ive had cable since 96, it used to be unlimited, for 40 $ a month. We paid for it because my hubby and I liked it, it met with our needs.
Its triple that now a month and we had a cap put on it a few years ago at 150 gb a month, with four computers and two cell phones we very quickly went over it.we download and stream and at least two of the computers are online 18 hours a day. We now have an unlimited plan, *last week* so we dont get any overage charges at all. Its worth the extra 30$. I work from home I talk, stream, blog, surf, upload, too it is my "lifeline.
we hardly use the tv, usually for news and weather(hubby), we spend 35$ a month on two cellphone plans, the boys have their own phones and plans.
Id give up my tv with no problem, my internet, not without a fight.
When the boys move out, we wont need the expensive plan. But both hubby and I use it more than the kids do.



calamitysandra -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 4:58:34 AM)

I am always amazed at how expensive internet in the US and Canada seems to be.

We pay 40 Euro a month for a plan that gives us:

unlimited internet at 150Mbits/s download and 5Mbits/s upload,
TV with a ridiculous amount of stations, HD included,
a HD recorder provided,
landline phone with two numbers, all calls in the German landline net, as well as the mobile net of our provider included (other calls are pretty cheap, too),
up to 6 sim cards for mobile phones, calls to German landlines and inside the providers net included, calls to other mobile providers at 9,3 ct/min


I wonder how the prices can get that high on your side of the pond.



theRose4U -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 5:57:33 AM)


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ORIGINAL: defiantbadgirl

Some time ago, internet service providers in the United States decided to put limits on home internet service. Customers were outraged and many still complain. Since this was widely publicized beforehand, I knew what to do when my ISP called trying to entice me with a higher speed with limits for a lower price for a few months. I simply told them I wasn't interested and preferred to keep my slightly slower unlimited high speed internet and that was the end of it. I don't understand why more people haven't done the same. Do people not realize they have a right to refuse?

You have the right to refuse but they also have the right to dictate how much usage actually constitutes "unlimited" without notice. Problem I had when working from home, internet will suddenly grind to a halt for hours "magically" springing back to life hours later. When I called to complain I was actually told that "unlimited business plan" was what I needed because "unlimited home service" wasn't enough. When I suggested they needed to consult websters meaning for the word unlimited they jammed my access for 3 days effectively crippling my ability to work.



LafayetteLady -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 12:48:49 PM)

Wow, that is really inexpensive. Although I will say that when I was in Germany last year, the internet was pretty slow. I don't know if that was because I was going to American sites or not since I don't know enough about that kind of stuff. It was the wireless connection at my friend's home, not a cafe somewhere though, which to me, should have been faster.



JeffBC -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 12:56:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra
I am always amazed at how expensive internet in the US and Canada seems to be.

There's nothing to be amazed about. Just like all other areas, the relevant lobbies have bought and paid for the appropriate sections of government so we have unregulated monopolies charging whatever they want for whatever crap they wish to dish out.



calamitysandra -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 1:12:44 PM)


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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

Wow, that is really inexpensive. Although I will say that when I was in Germany last year, the internet was pretty slow. I don't know if that was because I was going to American sites or not since I don't know enough about that kind of stuff. It was the wireless connection at my friend's home, not a cafe somewhere though, which to me, should have been faster.


The slow connection could have been caused by a lot of stuff. She might be still on dsl, her hardware might be older, or she choose a slower connection. Going to US sites should not have had any influence. At 150Mbit/s calling our connection slow is not in the cards. [;)]



kalikshama -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 5:34:21 PM)

Thanks for all the informative posts shallowdeep :)



littlewonder -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 8:01:09 PM)


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ORIGINAL: shallowdeep

That would depend on what service you are paying for. But, assuming that figure is for download speed and the units are Mbps, you are above the national average for US broadband connections, which stood at 6.6 Mbps last year.



Wow. I'm actually feeling like my internet is fast all of a sudden with a download speed of 23.30 mbps.



jlf1961 -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (3/28/2013 8:09:03 PM)

It is easy to avoid the costs of high speed broad band. It just takes a few steps and a couple of bucks.

1) locate the fiber optic trunk line used for both internet and phone transmission

2) run fiber optic line from your home to splice into the trunk.

3) build or buy the necessary fiber optic interface equipment to hook your home network into the fiber optics.

Simple.



descrite -> RE: avoiding high speed internet limits (4/4/2013 1:38:08 AM)

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I wonder how the prices can get that high on your side of the pond.


Well, we do live more than 12 feet from each other. So our data has to travel a bit further.

Sorry, have I mentioned? Fuck Europe.



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