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Re: Invisible Cap Would Comcast suspend account without warning? You shouldn't have any problems as long as you're not hogging bandwidth extremely, 60gigs per month is nothing to be worried about ,when you start going over 150gigs and more then you wanna kinda start worrying and also look at what the hell you're downloading.
FYI: DSL does have a cap ,every ISP has one ,stated or unstated. |
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 gdmPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
kudos:3 | AT&T/SBC has never kicked anyone off. Alot of DSL companies to put caps on the lines. Remember DSL works a bit differently then cable with respect to the node.
There are folks doing 500 gigs or more and AT&T hasn't said boo to them. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9
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·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by lagphoenix:FYI: DSL does have a cap ,every ISP has one ,stated or unstated. It is probably harder to hit the cap with 1536kbps down (most common D/L speed for DSL) than with 8-10Mbps down.
I just finished a D/L spree that lasted about 30 days. I don't have any fancy software, just the numbers from my HDD. Went from 202GBytes used to 269GB used. But I wasn't stressing my 3MBps connection at all. In fact a couple of poorly seeded torrents took nearly a week to complete; and I was at 6 or 7 to one ratio when I got the "Download Succeeded" notice. On a well seeded torrent I can get to "Download Succeeded" in about 20 minutes, with barely a .2 ratio.
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Try to get a hold of an ATT/SBC End User License Agreement and you'll definately see a cap on there. DSL is too slow to hit a cap though , you must be an extremely patient fellow to be using DSL. |
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gdmPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
kudos:3 Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| I don't use DSL. DSL is at 6megs if your close enough. Sorry but I don't need to look at the TOS because it was never put in their at least a number wasn't.
You can go search the AT&T forums but this is some thing that has been stated since it was ameritech here then sbc then att. |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by lagphoenix:Try to get a hold of an ATT/SBC End User License Agreement and you'll definately see a cap on there. DSL is too slow to hit a cap though , you must be an extremely patient fellow to be using DSL. I don't see a specific cap listed. Just the usual generic "degradation of service" warning.
Acceptable Use Policy (at&t Yahoo! HSI):
»helpme.att.net/article.php?item=441&
Terms of Service (at&t Yahoo! HSI):
»edit.client.yahoo.com/cspcommon/···page=tos
And don't throw the AT&T Worldnet DSL TOS at any at&t Yahoo! HSI subscriber; we aren't bound by the AT&T Worldnet agreement.
As for "too slow to hit a cap"; I can download a wad of stuff on my 3M connection. Probably 10x as much as I actually did in the last 30 days. I estimate my actual download to be about 60GBytes in the last 30 days.
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 Mactronel Camino RealPremium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv | reply to lagphoenix
said by lagphoenix:FYI: DSL does have a cap ,every ISP has one ,stated or unstated. Which DSL CO?.. Ma n Pa Kettle DSL CO? 
One of the few things I love about Verizon DSL is that I have NEVER heard about, read about, or experienced "Caps" 
To the OP: As stated above. If your not downloading 24/7 or on heavily over loaded node you'll be fine. Not to worry.
Enjoy the speed. 
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| I got a call when I hit 250GB one month. Since then I've been hitting around 150GB a month with no issues. |
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ignition
join:2003-02-13
San Francisco, CA Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| 150 GB a month Eric? That again is reassuring to me. I'm getting the message that Comcast is not really a nasty big bad ISP who cuts people off without warnings or pushed caps.
I'm also thinking some of the "horror" story tellers either are not telling the full story, or have another agenda. |
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 81399672Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:2 | reply to lagphoenix
said by lagphoenix:You shouldn't have any problems as long as you're not hogging bandwidth extremely, 60gigs per month is nothing to be worried about ,when you start going over 150gigs and more then you wanna kinda start worrying and also look at what the hell you're downloading. FYI: DSL does have a cap ,every ISP has one ,stated or unstated. www.dslextreme.com got no cap
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