re: Cord Cutters - Cox now capping monthly data usage

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Is the concept of fair use bullshite? Do some users really slow internet down for the rest?

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According to Cox, this won't effect 98% of customers....so I don't see how those few who stream at high levels are making that much of a difference.

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I have AT&T internet

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mines not.

I am on COX internet 150 MB plan:
Running NetFlix, amazon Prime and Sony Vue Entertainment package. I cut the cord with COX in March.

4 TV's in the house plus tablets phones etc.
The last 2 months I have used 1042 GB and 1097 GB.

I am usi9ng the amazon streaming boxes. They keep streaming even if you turn the TV off. I am going to have to figure out a way to get the kids to turn off the boxes.

Strategically it is a pretty impressive way for COX to give the bird to cord cutters. You have to remember that the TECH board will overindex in internet usage so of course it posses off this population the most.

Alternatively, what if COX offers an internet plan that is unlimited for $500/month and makes it where you are incentivized to move back to cable?

I hate the cable companies but I can't blame them for trying to keep their cash cow fat and healthy.

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That depends on the infrastructure

since Cox doesn't use fiber to the door, when everyone using the same node is on at once you will notice a difference.

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This has much less to do with total bandwidth used and much more with Cox overselling bandwidth and not upgrading infrastructure to compensate for utilization at peak times.

Not to mention that if this were actually the problem, it could easily be remedied much more satisfactorily by simply deprioritizing heavy bandwidth users during heavily congested times. So if a node is congested, anyone who has used less than 1TB in the past 30 days is put at a higher priority than those who have used 1TB or more, for example.

But this has nothing to do with congestion or overuse. This is simply a money grab by Cox to fight the trend of cord-cutting and recover losses to their cable TV services. Nothing more, nothing less. Not to mention cord-cutting will become gradually more common soon simply because of 4K TVs slowly being adopted. The only decent way to get 4K content is through the internet, and Cox doesn't have a 4K solution yet.

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Anyone in a market that Cox doesn't have a monopoly will drop them

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At&t has the same fricking cap. I'll save some money for a year by signing a contract but frickity frick frick.

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This has much less to do with total bandwidth used and much more with Cox overselling bandwidth and not upgrading infrastructure to compensate for utilization at peak times. Not to mention that if this were actually the problem, it could easily be remedied much more satisfactorily by simply deprioritizing heavy bandwidth users during heavily congested times. So if a node is congested, anyone who has used less than 1TB in the past 30 days is put at a higher priority than those who have used 1TB or more, for example. But this has nothing to do with congestion or overuse. This is simply a money grab by Cox to fight the trend of cord-cutting and recover losses to their cable TV services. Nothing more, nothing less. Not to mention cord-cutting will become gradually more common soon simply because of 4K TVs slowly being adopted. The only decent way to get 4K content is through the internet, and Cox doesn't have a 4K solution yet.

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Hell they don't even need to run fiber to the door.

The fiber to cabinet system works just fine and use coax for the last mile. Increase the amount of cabinets or nodes and decrease the amount of users and distance to each house.

finally got this email

my last three months were 250, 250, and 500 GB; so i should be safe

this is shite though and I'd be livid if I were a user potentially affected

Cable one I have a 700GB with 200 down for $100 a month, the next tier is the same speed but a 750GB for $130 then the next is 200 down with a TB for $155. Their policy is to automatically pump you up a tier if you break your cap 3 times in a year.

Their gig service is next and its $175 a month a still have a fricking 1.1TB a month data cap. fricking highway robbery.