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PSA - here's what's happened to me since comcast upgraded me to 75Mbps
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:49 am
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:49 am
guess which month they bumped me.
can i tell the fricking difference visually when watching netflix? no.
netflix just grabs whatever bandwidth is available.
i cant tell it to play 'Maya the Bee' in SD for my 9 month old so i'm guessing its streaming in glorious BANDWIDTH GOBBLING 1080p.
I guess i need to turn off 'auto play next episode' as well.
frick comcast.
eta and whoever says 'torrents' i would like to point out i haven't had time to log into any torrent sites in 5 months or so and i'm not seeding anything (uTorrent isn't running).
THIS IS ALL NETFLIX (at least i suspect that's what it is), youtube, and streaming music.
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 3:51 pm
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Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:00 pm to CAD703X
are we supposed to know when they upgraded you? Looks like August is going to be pretty low. Do you get charged per GB or something? Are your chilrens watching more stuff during the summer months, perchance?
TL;DR WHAT THE frick IS THE PROBLEM?
TL;DR WHAT THE frick IS THE PROBLEM?
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:02 pm to CAD703X
quote:
comcast upgraded me to 75gbps
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:02 pm to guedeaux
quote:
TL;DR WHAT THE frick IS THE PROBLEM?
June 1 i was upgraded.
my tv habits haven't changed.
my overages went WAY UP.
i can't control netflix, there's no setting to 'throttle quality' i can set locally.
you are next.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:03 pm to Korkstand
Mbps.
typo my friend.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:05 pm to CAD703X
quote:
There are four data usage settings to choose from. Each estimate below is per stream:
Low (0.3 GB per hour)
Medium (SD: 0.7 GB per hour)
High (Best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour for HD and 7 GB per hour for Ultra HD)
Auto (Adjusts automatically to deliver the highest possible quality, based on your current Internet connection speed)
To select a setting that works best for your Internet plan, navigate to the Your Account page and select Playback settings in the Your Profile section. It can take up to 8 hours for these changes to take effect. Restricting data usage may effect video quality while watching Netflix.
LINK
You can also turn off playing the next episode automatically from that screen.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:08 pm to TigerinATL
quote:
To select a setting that works best for your Internet plan, navigate to the Your Account page and select Playback settings in the Your Profile section. It can take up to 8 hours for these changes to take effect.
my man!
i wonder if i can limit it by profile? the kids get SD and I get HD.
yep, at 6GB/hour (often the kids are watching netflix downstairs while we're watching it upstairs) i can see taht 300GB getting eat through in no time flat.
That's 24GB every 4 hours (if 2 tvs are left 'running') or nearly 50gb every 8 hours.
you add 16 days of 4 hour usage and you're at nearly 400GB.
its definitely netflix thats the problem.
now that i realize this is effectively 'leaving the water running' i'll have to redo those settings to take this in account.
as you can see from the chart, this issue skyrocketed after June 1 when i was upgraded to 75Mbps.
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:12 pm to CAD703X
quote:They charge for overage?
my overages went WAY UP.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:13 pm to Korkstand
quote:
They charge for overage?
I paid $50 in overages last month.
so yes. welcome to hell. this is in nashville but coming soon to a city near you.
we were 'lucky' enough to be a pilot.
see the red in the chart? thats cash.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:16 pm to CAD703X
quote:
i wonder if i can limit it by profile?
Yes, you get the same set of options for each profile, just change which profile is "active" when you're on the Netflix site and then go to Your Account.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:25 pm to CAD703X
quote:
I paid $50 in overages last month.
Overages on 75 mbps hardwire service are borderline criminal. You could exhaust that in 9 hours at full speed. So basically, they're saying you can use the speed you purchased for 1.25% of the month.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:30 pm to Dirtman16
quote:That's not as bad as the mere minutes you can use full speed cell data.
Overages on 75 mbps hardwire service are borderline criminal. You could exhaust that in 9 hours at full speed. So basically, they're saying you can use the speed you purchased for 1.25% of the month.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:32 pm to CAD703X
quote:That's fricking ridiculous. I think you need to direct all of your Amazon hate at Comcast instead.
I paid $50 in overages last month.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:41 pm to Korkstand
quote:
I think you need to direct all of your Amazon hate at Comcast instead.
I dread the day Cox starts charging for overages. I would've owed them hundreds more in the last couple of years.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:45 pm to Korkstand
quote:
I think you need to direct all of your Amazon hate at Comcast instead.
reminds me i need to cancel prime. it was nice while it lasted..but i think its just going to encourage me to spend more than i normally would becaue..you know..2 day shipping.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:50 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Imagine you just bought 2 brand new shiny 4K tv's for Christmas and now you are watching 'house of cards' in glorious 4K.
"7 GB per hour for Ultra HD"
You watch all 13 episodes of HoC year 3 @ a cost of NINETY ONE GIGABYTES (91) or almost a full 1/3 of your monthly data (not including ANYTHING ELSE running on your other 10 PCs)
You watch all 3 seasons and your'e at 271GB (almost your entire month's allotment) and you still have the rest of the month to go.
yep, comcast just found a way to frick netflix users without the backlash from throttling them.
they've taken the exact opposite approach now..suddenly the floodgates are open for MUCH higher bandwidth!
like magic! as soon as they figured out how effective the bandwidth cap would be ($$$$) they suddenly had a major technological breakthrough and doubled everyone's speeds.
i know they say 75 but speedtest routinely displays 95+ for me.
F
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K
YOU
COMCAST
"7 GB per hour for Ultra HD"
You watch all 13 episodes of HoC year 3 @ a cost of NINETY ONE GIGABYTES (91) or almost a full 1/3 of your monthly data (not including ANYTHING ELSE running on your other 10 PCs)
You watch all 3 seasons and your'e at 271GB (almost your entire month's allotment) and you still have the rest of the month to go.
yep, comcast just found a way to frick netflix users without the backlash from throttling them.
they've taken the exact opposite approach now..suddenly the floodgates are open for MUCH higher bandwidth!
like magic! as soon as they figured out how effective the bandwidth cap would be ($$$$) they suddenly had a major technological breakthrough and doubled everyone's speeds.
i know they say 75 but speedtest routinely displays 95+ for me.
F
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K
YOU
COMCAST
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:55 pm to CAD703X
Maybe quit watching TV and get some fresh air .
. Posted on 8/24/15 at 1:03 pm to DarthRebel
quote:
Maybe quit watching TV and get some fresh air
funniest thing is the SO and i havent actually watched more than a couple shows in 2-3 months. we have caught maybe the first 3 eps of the new true detective and that's it.
we've repainted the entire house, dealt with a major algae outbreak in the pool and tried to get 3 kids back to school.
thats what pisses me off even more.
now we do stream the hell out of google music at the pool...
This post was edited on 8/24/15 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 8/24/15 at 1:04 pm to CAD703X
quote:
reminds me i need to cancel prime. it was nice while it lasted..but i think its just going to encourage me to spend more than i normally would becaue..you know..2 day shipping.
You just need a little self-control. You sound like a woman who spends hundreds of dollars at a shoe sale because of all the money she's "saving".
If you just use it to buy the things you need, you will actually save time and money.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 1:06 pm to CAD703X
quote:There's backlash, and you should be contributing to that backlash.
yep, comcast just found a way to frick netflix users without the backlash from throttling them.
We've discussed before on this board how caps are very similar to throttling in terms of their effect on streaming video services. It's an anti-competitive practice.
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