Posted: 10/29/2015 5:52:36 PM EDT
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over.
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over. Does at&t and Verizon have caps? ^^^^ Negative on this ghostrider. You've got to watch a lot of youtube to hit 350gb. Someone somewhere is downloading a bunch of stuff on your network. |
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I think you have to be logged in, but you can see your usage here:
https://customer.xfinity.com/MyServices/Internet 
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^^^^ Negative on this ghostrider. You've got to watch a lot of youtube to hit 350gb. Someone somewhere is downloading a bunch of stuff on your network. Quoted:
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over. Does at&t and Verizon have caps? ^^^^ Negative on this ghostrider. You've got to watch a lot of youtube to hit 350gb. Someone somewhere is downloading a bunch of stuff on your network. |
| I have AT&T and if there is a data cap they don't enforce it, I stream a lot of movies and I have never noticed slower speeds. I know it's coming though, as cable companies lose subscribers to cord cutting they will just start implementing and enforcing data caps on consumers, after all cable owns the ISP's. |
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over. Does at&t and Verizon have caps? It's only in some areas. I think their usages are BS though, as I only use the internet, Netflix, and youtube in the evenings and they are saying I'm averaging 1750 GB. I checked for other users on the network and there are none. |
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I couldn't deal with data caps on my internet <a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/user/Vertigo514/media/Oct%2029%202015%2006-02-35.png.html" target="_blank">http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u81/Vertigo514/Oct%2029%202015%2006-02-35.png</a> You'd be under the cap the OP mentioned. |
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It's only in some areas. I think their usages are BS though, as I only use the internet, Netflix, and youtube in the evenings and they are saying I'm averaging 1750 GB. I checked for other users on the network and there are none. Quoted:
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over. Does at&t and Verizon have caps? It's only in some areas. I think their usages are BS though, as I only use the internet, Netflix, and youtube in the evenings and they are saying I'm averaging 1750 GB. I checked for other users on the network and there are none. 1750GB?!?!?!?!??!?!?! I don't know how they are measuring ya'lls bandwidth, but i'de ask to see some proof there's no way you are using that mutch badwidth even if you are downloading every new release HD movie per month. |
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I couldn't deal with data caps on my internet <a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/user/Vertigo514/media/Oct%2029%202015%2006-02-35.png.html" target="_blank">http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u81/Vertigo514/Oct%2029%202015%2006-02-35.png</a> Yeah you could. You've never come close to the cap mentioned in the OP. |
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1750GB?!?!?!?!??!?!?! I don't know how they are measuring ya'lls bandwidth, but i'de ask to see some proof there's no way you are using that mutch badwidth even if you are downloading every new release HD movie per month. Quoted:
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over. Does at&t and Verizon have caps? It's only in some areas. I think their usages are BS though, as I only use the internet, Netflix, and youtube in the evenings and they are saying I'm averaging 1750 GB. I checked for other users on the network and there are none. 1750GB?!?!?!?!??!?!?! I don't know how they are measuring ya'lls bandwidth, but i'de ask to see some proof there's no way you are using that mutch badwidth even if you are downloading every new release HD movie per month. Yeah, I think he meant to write MB. There's no way he's blowing through 1.7 TB of data every month without deliberate effort. |
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Hypothetically, if I was a cord cutter and I had a program set to download new episodes of my favorite tv shows (normally 3-4 currently airing at the same time). Throw in downloading 720p movies of interest, I would guestimate using around 300gb/month give or take.
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 i got hugesnet. My limit is 10gb a month of high speed usage, the rest is low speed. On a low speed connection, an upload to YT with the file size of 700mb takes right around 8hrs.  When the contract is up I am looking elsewhere or going back to dsl aka dialup, unless the phone company has put limits on it as well. I can burn through 10GB in less than 4hrs on youtube.
Fuck caps on data. I have heard that the future is going to be plagued with caps on data as the owners of those lines/airwaves try to capitalize on their investments. Want to see the death of the internet? Charge rediculous $ for data usage. |
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Yeah you could. You've never come close to the cap mentioned in the OP. Quoted:
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I couldn't deal with data caps on my internet <a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/user/Vertigo514/media/Oct%2029%202015%2006-02-35.png.html" target="_blank">http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u81/Vertigo514/Oct%2029%202015%2006-02-35.png</a> Yeah you could. You've never come close to the cap mentioned in the OP. True didn't notice the cap size he mentioned (kinda glanced over it) but September was a light month for me. |
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This will be business as usual for all these cum buckets soon. How else can they stem the tide of streaming content such as movies and shows to stifle their competition ? Whether cable companies or phone companies, they realize that internet is their new cash cow and you can bet they'll do anything and everything to fuck customers to pad their pockets.
Yes, yes, their company their rules I should be grateful they even let me be a customer and if I don't like sucking the corporate cock I should start my own company. 
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Quoted: Turning off HD in netflix can help quite a bit. I am with comcast and used to have the same issue. Quoted: Quoted: It you use Netflix on Comcast, you are guaranteed to go over. Turning off HD in netflix can help quite a bit. I am with comcast and used to have the same issue. Did not know about that, thanks! |
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Yeah, I think he meant to write MB. There's no way he's blowing through 1.7 TB of data every month without deliberate effort. Quoted:
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Comcast recently placed 350gb nation wide. I didn't download anything and they say I'm going over. Does at&t and Verizon have caps? It's only in some areas. I think their usages are BS though, as I only use the internet, Netflix, and youtube in the evenings and they are saying I'm averaging 1750 GB. I checked for other users on the network and there are none. 1750GB?!?!?!?!??!?!?! I don't know how they are measuring ya'lls bandwidth, but i'de ask to see some proof there's no way you are using that mutch badwidth even if you are downloading every new release HD movie per month. Yeah, I think he meant to write MB. There's no way he's blowing through 1.7 TB of data every month without deliberate effort. Yeah, his arm would probably fall off. |
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It is pretty easy to go over 300GB in a month these days, my family does between 400 and 1000GB a month, lots of netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, Gaming and other stuff. Comcast is in beta testing stage of an unlimited residential tier, IIRC it will be about $20 a month extra. Comcast Business Class internet doesn't have a cap, and doesn't cost much more than residential service. |
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Comcast here. Just logged in and it said I had a 250 gb cap and had used 259 gb but that the cap was not currently being enforced. I routinely go over 400 gb. No downloading, just a bunch of iPads with HD Netflix. Unless you're downloading a bunch of movies or other gb sized files, the streaming is what is using most people's data anyways. I was curious and looked it up. Netflix's tech page claims HD video uses roughly 3gb/hour. |
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http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/data-usage-trials-find-area
Certain areas are in their "experiment" area. Use more than the allotted amount, get charged extra or pay a flat fee of $30~35 for unlimited data. Not everyone, just select area. ETA: MY typical month is 500~600GB. I stream a lot. I download games a lot. I update games a lot. Currently not enforced in my area. 
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Unless you're downloading a bunch of movies or other gb sized files, the streaming is what is using most people's data anyways. I was curious and looked it up. Netflix's tech page claims HD video uses roughly 3gb/hour. Quoted:
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Comcast here. Just logged in and it said I had a 250 gb cap and had used 259 gb but that the cap was not currently being enforced. I routinely go over 400 gb. No downloading, just a bunch of iPads with HD Netflix. Unless you're downloading a bunch of movies or other gb sized files, the streaming is what is using most people's data anyways. I was curious and looked it up. Netflix's tech page claims HD video uses roughly 3gb/hour. Last time I bothered to really measure it (6-12 months ago?) on my own network in real-time, movies would start at about ~12Mbit/sec, hang there for a minute or two, then level off to about 5Mbit/sec until the movie was done. So that's pretty close, actually. |
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Last time I bothered to really measure it (6-12 months ago?) on my own network in real-time, movies would start at about ~12Mbit/sec, hang there for a minute or two, then level off to about 5Mbit/sec until the movie was done. So that's pretty close, actually. Quoted:
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Comcast here. Just logged in and it said I had a 250 gb cap and had used 259 gb but that the cap was not currently being enforced. I routinely go over 400 gb. No downloading, just a bunch of iPads with HD Netflix. Unless you're downloading a bunch of movies or other gb sized files, the streaming is what is using most people's data anyways. I was curious and looked it up. Netflix's tech page claims HD video uses roughly 3gb/hour. Last time I bothered to really measure it (6-12 months ago?) on my own network in real-time, movies would start at about ~12Mbit/sec, hang there for a minute or two, then level off to about 5Mbit/sec until the movie was done. So that's pretty close, actually. The bigger picture when it comes to "data" is interesting to me. For the past 3 years, I lived in the country with ZERO cell service so I was only connected to wifi at home and then again on wifi at work. So I really was only using 500-1000mb a month with normal use and occasional XM streaming. I've since moved and now have good cell coverage so I'm using data more. I had to bump my plan because 2gb wasn't enough. The industry is changing so fast and everything is being pushed towards streaming like Apple Music, etc. I wonder what it's gonna be like in the new few years. People are going to continue to use more data on smart devices. The cell companies, I would think, are going to have to increase data plans but keep prices about the same prices to adjust for usage. |
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The bigger picture when it comes to "data" is interesting to me. For the past 3 years, I lived in the country with ZERO cell service so I was only connected to wifi at home and then again on wifi at work. So I really was only using 500-1000mb a month with normal use and occasional XM streaming. I've since moved and now have good cell coverage so I'm using data more. I had to bump my plan because 2gb wasn't enough. The industry is changing so fast and everything is being pushed towards streaming like Apple Music, etc. I wonder what it's gonna be like in the new few years. People are going to continue to use more data on smart devices. The cell companies, I would think, are going to have to increase data plans but keep prices about the same prices to adjust for usage. Quoted:
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Comcast here. Just logged in and it said I had a 250 gb cap and had used 259 gb but that the cap was not currently being enforced. I routinely go over 400 gb. No downloading, just a bunch of iPads with HD Netflix. Unless you're downloading a bunch of movies or other gb sized files, the streaming is what is using most people's data anyways. I was curious and looked it up. Netflix's tech page claims HD video uses roughly 3gb/hour. Last time I bothered to really measure it (6-12 months ago?) on my own network in real-time, movies would start at about ~12Mbit/sec, hang there for a minute or two, then level off to about 5Mbit/sec until the movie was done. So that's pretty close, actually. The bigger picture when it comes to "data" is interesting to me. For the past 3 years, I lived in the country with ZERO cell service so I was only connected to wifi at home and then again on wifi at work. So I really was only using 500-1000mb a month with normal use and occasional XM streaming. I've since moved and now have good cell coverage so I'm using data more. I had to bump my plan because 2gb wasn't enough. The industry is changing so fast and everything is being pushed towards streaming like Apple Music, etc. I wonder what it's gonna be like in the new few years. People are going to continue to use more data on smart devices. The cell companies, I would think, are going to have to increase data plans but keep prices about the same prices to adjust for usage.  Yeah, I'm sure that'll happen, they'll keep the prices about the same.
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