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After months of extremly bad internet, my provider finally finished upgrading our system a few months back. Been enjoying great speeds for the same old price..
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now I get this.....



with Netflix, HuLu, and 6 computers lappy smart phones we use 250gb a week!!!

sort of like a free Corvette, but you can only drive it 250 minutes a month!!!

Seems we are never satisfied. I've been using a 3g hotspot with 3GB limit for about a year. I thought it was pretty great compared to dialup. Today not so much. Oh, and ATT has no hesitation on charging me $10/GB when I go 1k above that limit.

i would rather have my old 5Mbps and no limit then 20 and a limit.. its so stupid.. why up your bandwith then limit it? cause they aint gett9ing no revenue from us watching TV on the net instead of the TV... and who owns the Internet? TV companies... regulations are sometimes helpfull.

Just be glad you live in an area that can get that kind of service.

That's a *lot*. I typically use around 200GB per month (month, not week) with my comcast account (and I spend way too much time watching videos online, downloading the "latest and greatest" linux distros, etc.).

I can't image using more than 4 times that amount. :-)

Comcast lifted their caps on bandwidth usage a while back. So, I don't have to worry about overage charges, being shut off for using too much, etc.

But, in your case, at least your provider allows you do use more than their maximum allowance for a fee of $10 for each 50GB extra from what you posted. So, I wouldn't complain too much (350GB allowed with their premum plan, paying $10 for each additional 50GB once you go over the allowed usage); as that's a lot of usage, and they have to figure out a way to cover their infrastructure costs somehow.

It could be a *lot* worse (for example, some plans may charge $50 per month for each 5GB (versus $10/month for each extra 50GB). ;-)

I am one of the "lucky" ones who is on an unlimited plan with Time Warner for $35/ month. I am quite satisfied with download speed, but upload speed leaves a bit to be desired. Service has been reliable. I have not paid much attention to usage because of the unlimited plan. However it would not surprise me if TWC implemented a usage plan. As I recall they attempted to do so about a year ago, and public outcry dumped the plan.

If TLeeNorris had left things alone there would have been no caps. You're grandfathered in if you stayed with the old plan.

I have a 5 GB a month limit, then the download speeds go down to dial-up equivalent. If I change to the new 8 GB limit I have to buy a new Modem. On a normal month I run less than 4 GB. I'll stay where I am for the present.

Neener.

It can also be a *lot* better. At least here...:-)

I have no max limit with my 60/6 Mbps plan. However, I very seldom use more than 200-250 GB/mo.
My ISP doesn't get mad when (some) heavy users use 3 TB/mo regularly. Nevertheless, I'm going to switch over to a fibre-optic connection (100/100 Mbps) later this year - at 20% lower cost than my current cable connection. No data limit there either.

Hey, the biggest power in the world (economically - population around 300 million) cannot even match The Netherlands (population about 17 million) for Internet speeds and cost for its citizens : )