Been Throtted

[hawk52]

Read this in HT. if you have had this happen to you, let them know. what happened to that guy in seattle sucks. he has a good thought on ISP's motivation.

http://www.hometheater.com/content/been-throttled

 

[Towen7]

I haven't hit my 250GB limit and have since switched ISPs but....

:text-link:

 

[Yesfan70]

Funny how you see all those W7 commercials with the tag line "to the cloud" when people don't realize the Cloud could cost you if you go over usage fees. I also have a feeling that AT&T is way off as far as average usage per month goes (18GB? Really?).


And if I was that guy in Seattle, I sure as hell wouldn't be paying my IP if they cut me off for a whole year. That's just bullshit.

 

[hawk52]

and now my ISP now offers this. granted it for storage not streaming, but it all adds up..

http://www.charter.com/clouddrive

 

[Towen7]

I also have a feeling that AT&T is way off as far as average usage per month goes (18GB? Really?)

I use much more than 18GB but my family usage is hardly typical. I bet the average IS much lower than you think. I have friends and neighbors that use their high speed connections for not much more than email, the occasional YouTube video, and a Netflix movie or two.

 

[Botch]

I also have a feeling that AT&T is way off as far as average usage per month goes (18GB? Really?)

I use much more than 18GB but my family usage is hardly typical. I bet the average IS much lower than you think. I have friends and neighbors that use their high speed connections for not much more than email, the occasional YouTube video, and a Netflix movie or two.

That's me, minus the Netflix movie or two... (and I've never downloaded music).

 

[Yesfan70]

Just out of curiosity, how large is the typical movie on Netflix? I remember doing marathons of Arrested Development. I also download a lot of concerts in Flac too (audio only).

 

[Towen7]

Netflix HD streams top-out at about 1.71 Gb/hr.

250Gb cap divided by 1.71Gb/hour = 147.4 hours of HD streaming per month
147.4 hours per month divided by 30 days = 4.9 hours per day to reach the 250Gb cap.

 

[Yesfan70]

Netflix HD streams top-out at about 1.71 Gb/hr.

250Gb cap divided by 1.71Gb/hour = 147.4 hours of HD streaming per month
147.4 hours per month divided by 30 days = 4.9 hours per day to reach the 250Gb cap.

Thanks, but for those without Uverse (like me) that's more like 2.9 hours a day. DSL only customers only get 150GB per month I think.

 

[Towen7]

Yeah... The major ISPs are also television providers so it's not in their best intrest to make it desirable to get 100% of your TV content from another source. That said network congestion is a real issue for the ISPs, especially on legacy platforms like ADSL and cable. Uverse Is VDSL and uses an entirely different transport system