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Various Non-Bald Discussions => Autos,Toys and Hobbies => Topic started by: JDog on May 06, 2008, 04:36:21 AM

Title: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: JDog on May 06, 2008, 04:36:21 AM: hello fellow baldies...I've got a question for all of you...Do you have a download limit/quota with your Internet Service Provider?..ie the amount of data that you can download from the internet over the course of a month or billing period.

Here I have ADSL with 10GB of download quota with a speed of 1500/256kbps. After I excede my 10GB, I am slowed to dial-up speeds which is around 56kbps. Very aggravating. I've used it all up this month, luckily my plan renews in a few days and I've increased my quota to 25GB.Mininova here I come!!! I pay 75 bucks a month for my internet service.

Some providers offer "unlimited downloads" but if you read the fine print there is usually a limit of 25gb or more.

The company I am with are the best provider I've ever had, never had 1 outage with them and only time I've ever had to contact their customer service was to change my plan I am on.

High Speed Internet in Australia is stone age compared to most of North America and Asia
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: Mikekoz13 on May 06, 2008, 04:38:12 AM: Jdog-

No limit here..... thru Embarq for $25 US per month.
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: Tom McGarry. on May 06, 2008, 04:39:43 AM: First off, I'm not into the tech stuff, reguarding the internet, however I have unlimited high speed internet, and there are NO limits as to what or how much I download. It realy is unlimited.
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: JDog on May 06, 2008, 04:45:21 AM: Damn guys that is incredible. Unlimited downloads?!! That is awesome. I used up 10gb in a bit under 2 weeks.
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: skiking on May 06, 2008, 06:05:34 AM: Quote from: JDog on May 06, 2008, 04:45:21 AM
Damn guys that is incredible. Unlimited downloads?!! That is awesome. I used up 10gb in a bit under 2 weeks.

that is a lot of porn
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: PigPen on May 06, 2008, 07:15:20 AM: Far as I know, it's unlimited at home through Qwest DSL. We have the same thing at work with multiple computers hooked up and wireless available for waiting clients if they wish to use it.
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: Timmay on May 06, 2008, 08:33:41 AM: unlimited downloads here thru SBC....
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: joergHH on May 06, 2008, 09:25:00 AM: Unlimited downloads, highspeed DSL (DSL 6000 with internet- and telefone-flatrate for EUR 49,95) by German Telecom.

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Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: tomgallagher on May 06, 2008, 09:37:03 AM: Unlimited....Comcast High Speed.
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: PhilFromFR on May 06, 2008, 12:33:23 PM: Hello JDog.
My stats :
Unlimited download,
Attainable bitrate 945 kb/s (up) 17220 kb/s (down) (Mesured by ADSL modem, more like 14000kb/s in reality.)
unlimited telephone and free TV (some channels are fee based)
Fee = 30 Eur/month.
(My provider is going optical. Announced bitrates : 100Mb/s Down, 50Mb/s up.)
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: Tyler on May 07, 2008, 02:20:17 AM: Quote from: TomGallagher on May 06, 2008, 09:37:03 AM
Unlimited....Comcast High Speed.

Same here!
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: shakf on May 07, 2008, 02:27:30 AM: Here in the UK I'm with Virgin Media. I get around 54mbs connection speed with unlimited browsing and downloads all for £25.
Title: Re: A question to American,Canadian and European internet users.
Post by: TomS on May 07, 2008, 04:30:44 AM: I have Comcast too. Although they advertise unlimited use, I've read that there is a cap and that they'll cut you off if you go over. The problem is that they won't say what the limit is. Luckily I've never done enough downloading to get a warning or anything.

i have noticed that they're throttling bit torrent traffic a lot lately. They're in court for their traffic shaping practices right now I think.