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re: Cord Cutters - Cox now capping monthly data usage
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:19 pm to SlapahoeTribe
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:19 pm to SlapahoeTribe
quote:
Netflix recommends 25mbs minimum for their 4K content. That's over 11 GB per hour. There's nearly 700GB per month right there just for one TV watching 2 hours per day.
Or you could watch 1080p for 1/3rd of that data
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Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:21 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
last i read, municipal internet pretty much always ends up a big loser (which includes LUS)
LUS really is the shite
its not free or anything but i've got 100mbs download and upload speed for $40 a month
thats a pretty good deal
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:21 pm to SlapahoeTribe
Just checked mine. Without any video downloading I'm at 740GB and my month doesn't end until the 7th. I'm a single guy without any roommates.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:21 pm to lsu480
You're right, hell, you could watch it on sd for even less. Better yet, you could hook up your old crt tv and watch it on VHS for no data!
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:22 pm to Undertow
quote:This is just wrong and stupid. If they wanted to do this and not piss us cord-cutting nerds off, they'd make a slightly more expensive option that doesn't have a limit. They talk about this "Gigablast" that allows 2 TB/month but it isn't available here, of course.
I don't blame them. They have to do what they have to do as a business to keep up with the times.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:23 pm to Harry Caray
How did you all not see this coming. I have been saying for over year that they aren't going to sit by and lose money because you don't want to cable. 
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:24 pm to Ash Williams
quote:
LUS really is the shite
its not free or anything
well the study i read noted it's still losing a lot of public $
quote:
thats a pretty good deal
for those lucky enough to get the service
not for the rest of the area that pays so that you get subsidized internet use
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:24 pm to Harry Caray
quote:
70809
Oh great. It's probably sitting in my mailbox.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:24 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:Congrats on saying this for a year.
How did you all not see this coming. I have been saying for over year that they aren't going to sit by and lose money because you don't want to cable.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:25 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:
they aren't going to sit by and lose money because you don't want to cable
the next step is going to be coming down HARD on people sharing passwords for ESPN, HBO, etc as well as completely illegal things like Kodi (they are in that process right now)
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:25 pm to Harry Caray
Good thing Eatel just offered their services in BR.
No cap for them
No cap for them
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:how are they going to do this other than registering devices (like Netflix used to do) or limiting how many can stream at once (like they do now)?
next step is going to be coming down HARD on people sharing passwords for ESPN, HBO, etc
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:27 pm to Displaced
quote:
how are they going to do this other than registering devices (like Netflix used to do) or limiting how many can stream at once (like they do now)?
coordinating with the services to monitor the account access patterns (times, IPs, etc)
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:28 pm to Harry Caray
Time to go see if any of my neighbors have an open guest network or a default router password.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:28 pm to Harry Caray
$10 for each 50GB I go over.
So, surely they'll pay me $10 for each 50GB I go under... right?
So, surely they'll pay me $10 for each 50GB I go under... right?
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:29 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Of course they are because they are "losing" money. That is why I have been stock piling external hard drives with entire series from the past and present that I love.
the next step is going to be coming down HARD on people sharing passwords for ESPN, HBO, etc as well as completely illegal things like Kodi (they are in that process right now)
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:29 pm to Harry Caray
I have Comcast in Atlanta. We have been capped at 300GB for a while. I was getting killed with overages with 3 Netflix watching/computer gaming kids. Finally, I found out that I was able to pay an extra $30 a month for unlimited internet. Maybe that will be an option with Cox
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:30 pm to Harry Caray
What the hell are you people streaming to exceed those limits? I've only every gone over 300 GB once and it was only cause I had to upload a huge database file from home.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:30 pm to SlowFlowPro
But how can they prevent people from sharing their password. How can they say you can't use your parents account to watch TV if your parents are fine with it?
Why should location matter?
Why should location matter?
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:31 pm to Displaced
quote:
I think the original Comcast plan was charge anyone over 300 Gb or something.
raises hand
i got fricked for about 8 months worth of overages because of that bullshite 300GB cap until they finally moved it up to 1TB
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