The Internet died today.......sigh

[waffleironhead]

the horror!

satellite?

Mobile tether.

 

[Schfifty Five]

15 years of broadband service and never once did I have to check a meter to be sure I haven't used up all my minutes.

at&t = 600GB
Comcast = 1TB

Divide by members in your house. Four divided by 1000 = 250GB.

Remember that 4K video streaming uses 25GB per film. D:


Check your meter before you post that lengthy reply. :sneaky:

Minutes?

4/1000 = 1/250

 

[veri745]

If you have a 4k TV absolutely and the right viewing distance/size tv of course.

In many ways it's just as big of a differnece that SD/HD was. And you are repeating the same things said back then also.

Disagree completely. The SD/HD difference was huge.

Who said that back then? I remember the first time I saw a 1080p movie, and I definitely did not say "Can you really tell the difference?"

Looking at 4K, though, I question if a 4K screen under 55" makes any difference whatsoever for TV viewing. For monitors, sure.

 

[Naeeldar]

Disagree completely. The SD/HD difference was huge.

Who said that back then? I remember the first time I saw a 1080p movie, and I definitely did not say "Can you really tell the difference?"

Looking at 4K, though, I question if a 4K screen under 55" makes any difference whatsoever for TV viewing. For monitors, sure.

It's all about your distance from the screen. The size of the screen is irrelevant if you are close. but frankly outside of bedroom TV's who buys less than 55 these days? I personally wouldn't buy less than 65 for my main tv and (75 is what I'm getting). Bedroom tv's I can get a 55 pretty cheap so thats where I'm at.

1080p blu-ray was a bit different than the original SD/HD which did not go that high. Plenty of people said it believe me.

Put a 4k tv side by side with a 1080p and you'll see a big difference when using 4k content. Now if it's upscaling the specifics of the TV start to matter a bit more.

 

[hatuko]

WUT? You have broadband limits??

 

[DaTT]

I have 120/10 for $55/month for 500GB. For =/- $10 more, I can have unlimited. I stream almost everything I watch and have yet to hit 500GB, close, but not over.

Edit: I may call them now and get unlimited....and maybe up my speed to 250Mb/s.

 

[Printer Bandit]

i miss the days of 56K. life was so much simpler.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

When I was in college I had a 250MB daily allowance at an apartment I lived at.

Beat that

 

[nk215]

Data cap is my worst fear. I have offsite backup and always is full backup for ease of restoration if needed. I would have to move to delta backup is the cap was in place.

 

[Jeff7]

Let us now mock him with 80MB GIFs from Imgur.

I think caps are bullshat. But Comcraps 1TB isnt terrible. I'd imagine in 10 years it will be raised as well.

The assault on the cable industry has continued. As a result, we will be testing a 700GB cap in a few selected regions. In the meantime, you shall continue to enjoy the same excellent customer service Comcast has historically provided."

When I was in college I had a 250MB daily allowance at an apartment I lived at.

Beat that

That's about where I was at in the dorms. A bit more though: 2GB/week.
If you went over that, they put you on a shared connection that was capped at around 56k, which was effectively useless for anything but a slow telnet session.

 

[zanejohnson]

thank God my smalltown independent provider, is still unlimited for every plan... i have the fastest service they offer which is only 50mbps, but i'll take that over a cap, i move half a TB easily per month..

 

[JimmiG]

I'd think adding 8 or 9 competitors might make the business a bit less lucrative.

I'm for broadband companies getting the long distance company treatment. Make them lease services to independent companies for cost plus a few percent.

Well I can choose between about 10 - 12 ISP's where I live in Sweden, though only some offer faster speeds like 1000/1000 Mb/s. It seems to be working well with the companies specializing in different areas rather than just price. If my current ISP were to introduce data caps, I'd just switch

 

[Fritzo]

15 years of broadband service and never once did I have to check a meter to be sure I haven't used up all my minutes.

at&t = 600GB
Comcast = 1TB

Divide by members in your house. 1000 divided by 4 people = 250GB.

Remember that 4K video streaming uses 25GB per film. D:


Check your meter before you post that lengthy reply. :sneaky:

Most cable Internet services employ Netflix caching servers, so popular content doesn't count against your data since it never goes off network.

Also, for reference, the average US household uses under 100GB per month

 

[13Gigatons]

Most cable Internet services employ Netflix caching servers, so popular content doesn't count against your data since it never goes off network.

Yeah, right. Hold your breath until they actually honor that. :\

 

[13Gigatons]

Well I can choose between about 10 - 12 ISP's where I live in Sweden, though only some offer faster speeds like 1000/1000 Mb/s. It seems to be working well with the companies specializing in different areas rather than just price. If my current ISP were to introduce data caps, I'd just switch

Sweden. Beautiful Broads, Beautiful Broadband.

 

[Linux23]

Murica'. Where the free market is rigged

 

[Eug]

I only use about 100-200 GB per month. I have a 400 GB cap, so that's fine. However, if I wanted, I could upgrade to unlimited for an extra $5 per month.

 

[Anubis]

I have no cap on my home internet

I still have unlimited data on my cell plan

#winning

 

[DaTT]

I am now 120/10 unlimited for $56.99

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah, right. Hold your breath until they actually honor that. :\

I contracted for a cable company for 3 years- the one I worked for honored it. It's a big deal to get the caching servers in place, and it really reduces the backbone overhead.