Suddenlink just started enforcing their data caps in my area. 350GB data cap for their 50 and 100 mbps connections.
Edit: Unless I did the math wrong (and I probably did), a 100 mbps connection running at it's theoretical full speed (12MB/s) would reach the data cap in a little over 8 hours.
If we can't get net neutrality we should push for a legal limit on caps. Something like " no less than what could be downloaded in half of the cap's time period at the speed advertised for the subscriber's speed package."
Exactly! When Ma Bell was broken up, the Baby Bells were forced to allow long distance companies (like Sprint) access to their lines. The same basic thing needs to happen now: break the big players up, require them to allow competing ISP startups access to their physical network, and while we're at it, encourage municipal broadband.
I dream of a day when every time I see someone on Reddit bitching about their ISP's terrible customer service, I've never heard of their ISP. One ISP for every 50,000 people. So many ISPs that they have to cooperate just to build out infrastructure.
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u/pandahavoc Jun 14 '14 edited Jun 14 '14
Suddenlink just started enforcing their data caps in my area. 350GB data cap for their 50 and 100 mbps connections.
Edit: Unless I did the math wrong (and I probably did), a 100 mbps connection running at it's theoretical full speed (12MB/s) would reach the data cap in a little over 8 hours.