melonduck
join:2004-07-19
Atlanta, GA
| caps = false advertisement
someone on this thread said Cogeco states 15GB cap on their website( I assume that's bytes, not bits), then someone said the advertised speed is 5mbps or 10mbps ( I assume this is bits per second)
Something is not right here :0
if I pay for 1 bit per second then my cap should be just that 1 bit PER SECOND which is equivalent to about 324 kilo bytes a month
1 bit/s / 8 = 0.125 byte/second
0.125 byte/second x 60 seconds/min = 7.5 bytes/min
7.5 bytes/min x 60 mins/hr = 450 bytes/hr
450 bytes/hr x 24hr/day = 10800 bytes/day
10800 bytes/day x 30days/month = 324000 bytes/month (This is the CAP for one month)
if Cogeco caps 15GB per month then they should just advertise their connection speed to be 46.3 kbps
and dont give me the BS heavy bandwith usage can affect/degrade the network performance because this is not the point here. The point is I pay for what You offer (Cap should be = to speed offered/paid).
If they can't take the heat, then don't offer/advertise it |
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jap
Premium
join:2003-08-10
038xx
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Huh? I think you are confused. One is a measure of how long you wait for the data to be delivered (speed) and the other is how much data you take (quantity). They are totally unrelated aspects of service.
Everyday simpleton analogy: if you drive from your hometown, Atlanta, to WashDC it's the same number of miles whether you drive it at 15mph or 150mph. Speed does not alter the distance. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to melonduck
15 GB = 15GB x 1024MB/GB x 1024KB/MB x 1024 B/KB x 8 bits/byte = 128849018880 bits
15 GB / month (assuming 30 day month) = 512 MB/day (7 days a week)
or 21MB/hour, or 0.35MB/minute (364 kB/minute) or 6Kbytes/second.
While it may seem slow, it does add up |
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timoteo21
join:2002-05-14
Los Angeles, CA
| reply to melonduck
Okay, so which are you going to sign up for: 46 kbps that you can run round the clock or 5 Mbps with a 15GB cap?
I'll take the 5 Mbps with cap, so I can quickly get what I want when I want it. Over-subscription is our friend. It lets a bunch of us take turns using a very high speed infrastructure that would be far too expensive for any of us to have exclusive use of.
Plus, the whole concept of "connection speed" is meaningless without defining connection "to where". Surely, you don't imagine Cogeco needs to lay fiber to Timbuktu, or to your friend down the street on dial-up, to guarantee your 5 Mbps connection? I would be surprised if there is 15 GB cap on the amount of data you can write to your modem. So, there's your unlimited data transfer. Just no guarantee on how many hops it makes after that. |
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