I surpasses my download limit this month already, and so i've been downgraded to 28.8kbps instead of my normal cable modem rate. Just until the end of the month though. I forgot how freaking slow the net goes at only 28.8. I may even be forced to go outside this month and meet people.... Sorry, I needed to vent my frustration somewhere...
download limit? is there such a thing? I just uploaded a 500 MB file and i would probably be banned by now. Please explain.
Yeah, my ISP has a 3GB/month dowload limit. Because my bro and I mostly use the computer for downloading stuff, we usually tell each other what we've downloaded, so we don't go over the limit. The one month we don't, bam! There goes our limit.
getsmart, i have a 4.5gig limit and blew it last sunday (2nd of march) and had to wait till yesterday (10th) for new month to roll, just turned the damn adsl modem off for a week.. btw thanks to me isp for waiting till i was a gig over to tell me.... damn all those jackass episodes.
I don't understand. How can your ISP check how much you download things? And what does downloading have to do with surfing the net?
Roadrunner was considering putting it into place a year ago, but I think the public backlash made them reconsider...
And boy am I glad they didnt!!! I pull over 6 Gigs a month from the newsgroups alone... I would go psycho if I had to go back to modem speeds...
Actually, TW was said to be considering placing a pricing tiered system in at last check. a to b GB transfer per month = $x b+1 to c GB transfer per month = $x+y c+1 to d GB transfer per month = $x+2y where a,b,c are data transfer rates and x,y,z are dollar amounts.
that would suck immensely if they do that... unless it only applies to those of us who actually use roadrunner as an isp...do you know for sure on that? What I mean is, I actually use earthlink as an isp, but their highspeed is served across a TW cable line...so would a d/l limit apply to me?
This was just a rumor/story circulating in the news last summer. no substantial evidence of it ever coming to life, so sit back, relax, and continue the heavy d/ling!
If I wink real hard Will ya let me know where you are getting those family guy episodes? Email me.... I would go insane in the membrane if my DL was capped... sorry Smeg/getsmart.
not at home right now...my email capability at work sucks.. if I get home in time tonite, Ill get in touch...if not, it'll be tomorrow nite. until then.... I dont mind mentioning in public.... alt.binaries.multimedia.cartoons fire up your favorite newsreader, and check it out..they dont get posted every day...but so far I have found 2 of em...am hoping for more..
the thing is ADSL/Broadband internet is new to Australia and this is the way it is, sure you can have an account that is unlimited but the cost would be ridiculous. one would suspect in the future when enough people are using then the cost will drop (but i have also heard australia has limited bandwidth so this might never happen)
