Time Warner Cable's Bandwidth Limit...*Gasp*

[Duplicity]

Bandwidth caps are the latest and greatest ways for ISPs to keep people in check, and while some ISPs do have admittedly sizeable caps (such as Comcast’s 250GB/month and AT&T’s slightly less impressive 150GB/month), Time Warner’s is a pathetic 40GB/month, and starting soon, those living in the Lone Star State won’t be the only ones subject to it.
Austin, San Antonio, Rochester, NY and Greensboro, NC will be the next cities that will have to deal with the diminutive bandwidth cap. And, a note to people in these locations, every gig you go over your cap, it’ll cost you a buck.
Now, that’s not to say that a buck all on its own is a big deal, but when you consider that downloading four conservatively sized HD movies, at 5GB a piece, takes up half of your monthly allotment, there’s something to ponder. And, if you enjoy the perks of HD video on Hulu and YouTube, there’s more to worry about. And gamers, if you like to buy your games on Steam, you’d better watch yourselves too! Those megabytes sure can add up quickly, and so can your bill.


Source: MaximumPC.




Discuss. Rebel.

[Dragonshadow]

Comcast does other things to kill your bandwidth aswell.

but 40gm/m? wtf.

[Duplicity]

I'm on comcast 250GB/month.

My pirating is limited ;p

I'm thinking about switching from Comcast Cable to Windstream's Broadband.

[pengo]

got a 60 gb limit here in belgium & paying 55.5 euro a month for it. Limits should be totally removed tbh.

[Sensux]

Yeah, I've hit the cap on Comcast a few times. I could only imagine what it would be like dealing with a fraction of that, at 40gb. I couldn't handle it.

[Apple Pi]

Yea... once verison gets out here I will be switching over to their "fios". I live in north texas so it might take a whie

[Remahlól]

I pay about 30€ for 120kb/s dl speed without any limit..

[Duplicity]

I'm paying 45 for mine. 250GB Max. 6MB Down, 1MB Up.

But of course, theres a cap in the cable modem...so it smore like 770kb Down. 120kb Up

[andy..]

I remember having a cap once.. then i switched providers and woot i can download 1080i movies whenever i want. :P

[Attackspeeds]

I remember having a cap once.. then i switched providers and woot i can download 1080i movies whenever i want. :P

agreed, hopefully my ISP doesn't follow through with this anytime soon.