Comcast is a Chocolate Chip Cookie

[Kalam]

First they came for the Aussies, and now they came for me. Apparently they snuck this in (in different markets) over the course of three years.

I should have known this day would come sooner rather than later.

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[Xant]

Yeah, that doesn't work.

[Nehvar]

First they came for the Aussies, and now they came for me. Apparently they snuck this in (in different markets) over the course of three years.

I should have known this day would come sooner rather than later.

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[Xant]

Can't believe US has data cap internet. North korea style.

[Tibe]

Its sad as fuck to read about tbh. Its especially scary that you never know when they might even take that extra step and cap it even more.

[Kafein]

I don't understand the hate for data caps. It makes sense to make you pay more if you use more. That said, ISPs being what they are, they try to screw you as much as possible in every way they can.

[Tibe]

It may make sense but its pointless if you think about the fact that in a lot of places in the world its basically limitless and the ISPs arent really complaining about it. They are still making a profit. If not having a cap would throw bricks at their systems, it would be understandable, but it really doesnt. Caps happen in places where a single ISP holds a monopoly or where the people have just accepted it and the companies act like its now officially a part of their buisnessmodel, quite simply because they arent getting the hate for it anymore and their competition is doing it too.

[Daunt_Flockula]

I thought only we had the damnable data caps nowadays. Except that the affordable option we have comes with up to (yes, up to) 8 mpbs speed and a cap of 50 gb. Speed gets throttled to 3.5 mbps after you hit the cap.

So, that 300 gb cap still sounds quite good. And I will go ahead and bet that your speed is heavenly as well.

[Molly]

Afaik France is into this too and there are certain ISP in Germany claiming "Fair Use" when you go over a certain amount on a daily basis. But you still have a flatrate, they would just bottleneck your connection for the rest of the day down to 64kbit

[The_Bloody_Nine]

300GB? In germany most so called mobile flat-rates have 1GB monthly Data restriction...

[Daunt_Flockula]

300GB? In germany most so called mobile flat-rates have 1GB monthly Data restriction...

The best I have seen is 6 gb so far. As you may guess, that is quite an expensive option too. Most packages come with a cap of 1 gb though, as you pointed out.

[Dooz]

I don't understand the hate for data caps. It makes sense to make you pay more if you use more. That said, ISPs being what they are, they try to screw you as much as possible in every way they can.

then you could make them pay as they go for how much they've used, instead of a cap which might not be reached and you still have to pay for what you didn't use anyway.

pay more if you use more, still pay as much even if you use less. that's why hate for data caps.

[Kalam]

This is regular internet data, but my mobile is unlimited. Oddly enough, I'm switching to a pay-as-you-use service for that, just because I don't use mobile data as much. I might actually be alright with pay-as-you-use if it scaled in an acceptable way.

I simply don't like caps because they're designed with the average user in mind, rather than the average internet denizen/cable cutter.

The lack of competition amongst ISPs is the worst.

[Dooz]

i'm on a pay as you use mobile plan, and since wireless use doesn't count, i've never used more than the minimum tier 100mb a month (which is $3). sms and talk minutes have their own separate tiers. just depends how you use the stuff. if you're out and about with no wireless to connect to most of the time, it might be the same or even more than certain other fixed plans. otherwise, feels good to pay less for using less.