NetflixSlamsISP Bandwidth Caps InThe WallStreetJournal

[Tx Redneck]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/netflix_slams_isp_bandwidth_caps_wall_street_journal

According to Hyman, "Bandwidth caps with fees piled on top are a lousy way to manage traffic." He goes on to accuse ISP’s of creating the false impression among consumers that “bandwidth is a scarce resource and that imposing caps and overage fees will relieve pressure on high-speed networks." Many high profile ISP’s have very publically come out against bandwidth caps as a method of controlling infrastructure costs, and almost all network experts seem to agree that the cost of delivering 1GB of data is around one cent, and falling at a rapid pace. "Wireline bandwidth is an almost unlimited resource due to advances in Internet architecture. Adding more capacity is easy.”

[Ratt]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...street_journal

According to Hyman, "Bandwidth caps with fees piled on top are a lousy way to manage traffic." He goes on to accuse ISP’s of creating the false impression among consumers that “bandwidth is a scarce resource and that imposing caps and overage fees will relieve pressure on high-speed networks." Many high profile ISP’s have very publically come out against bandwidth caps as a method of controlling infrastructure costs, and almost all network experts seem to agree that the cost of delivering 1GB of data is around one cent, and falling at a rapid pace. "Wireline bandwidth is an almost unlimited resource due to advances in Internet architecture. Adding more capacity is easy.”

Too bad stories like this won't change anything.

[DeddRekoning]

I've got a 1Gb cap a day on my net right now but I live outside the city. Pisses me off because I pay so much but then get capped.

[scootro]

tell that to my AT&T dsl service!!! money hungry sons of bitches

[Osiris]

Fios.

[sc281]

Fios.

Shit, mine seems to get slowed down All the time. Thinking about switching......

[LS1Goat]

I have FIOS Internet and I downloaded 1.3 Gig last month according to my router logs. I average about 1 Gig every month between Netflix HD streaming and periodic CPanel Home directory/My SQL backups for some of the sites I manage.

I've never been capped or received any notices. Well, as of yet.

[Tx Redneck]

Tim, did you mean 1.3TB?

[FastFord19]

lol I do over 4 gb on my cell phone.

[Tx Redneck]

lol I do over 4 gb on my cell phone.

You too huh? This is 11 days into my billing cycle and zero tethering.

Next Bill Cycle: 08/06/2011 Data (MB): 3420.3 of Unlimited Messaging: 2264 of Unlimited

[LS1Goat]

Tim, did you mean 1.3TB?

Yea, I think I made a typo.

Here's my router log for total data from June. This is just for the Premium QoS traffic I've designated for VOIP phone and video streaming traffic. Even with everything aggregated, I don't think I get near Terabyte levels.

DD-WRT (build 13064) June 2011 (Incoming: 138,375 MB / Outgoing: 3,519 MB)

135 Gigabytes downloaded over 30 days