[TriLUG] OT - TWC bandwidth caps on the way?

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 3 14:37:43 EDT 2008


In my household it would be difficult, given our occasional requirement to
run two VPNs, etc.  But it is an option.  I have less and less of a need to
host services at my house.

Greg

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greg: would one of the broadband USB sticks from any of the cell providers
> work?
>
> My employer just bought me one a couple months back, and I've ditched
> roadrunner because of it.
>
> Just a thought :)
>
> WMM
>
>
> On 6/3/08, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't have an alternative in my area.  I can't do satellite because of
> my
> > need for VPN and DSK is not available in my area.  I'm a sitting
> > duck.  This
> > sucks.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM, <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil> wrote:
> >
> > > TimeWarner can suck it if this happens in our area. I'd even go as far
> > > as droping all of my services with them. I've had my finger on the
> > > trigger for a long time, until that last b/w increase ...which cooled
> me
> > > off for a bit.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Greg Brown
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:36 AM
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT - TWC bandwidth caps on the way?
> > >
> > > Fark it all.  Good thing I just spent $100 on the Roku and I'm sure
> glad
> > > I
> > > rent movies on my Apple TV.   Ted Stevens was right... the Internet
> > > isn't a
> > > big truck you can just dump something on.  At least not without paying
> > > the
> > > truck owner, the driver, the driver's union, the highway tax, the fuel,
> > > new
> > > tires for the truck, the driver's lunch, a tax for a worker to clean up
> > > the
> > > roadkill hit by the driver............
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Wasn't it posted by someone that when you guys got your rate
> increase,
> > > that
> > > > the bill increase was shortly to follow?
> > > >
> > > > Subscriber:  "WHAT, my bill just went up $64k"
> > > > TWC:  "True, but you can download things a 2k quicker."
> > > >
> > > > Heath,  if those numbers are right and they carry over to dsl... I
> > > guess
> > > > the
> > > > only surfing I do will be done at from work.
> > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Nick Goldwater <trilug at dogstar1.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > If all of this is in the works and they are oversubscribed then why
> > > boost
> > > > > the speeds?
> > > > > I sort of like the idea of no speed caps and perhaps 0.15 per
> gig...
> > > > > similar to Amazon pricing.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- "Heath Roberts" <htroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > | Interesting. For $54.90 per month, you can use 15 megabits per
> > > second
> > > > > | for 26
> > > > > | minutes (40-gigabyte cap, assumed 10 bits per byte). If you
> > > include
> > > > > | IP
> > > > > | overhead, maybe 20-23 minutes per month. After that it's $90/hr,
> > > or
> > > > > | $64K per
> > > > > | month. That should certainly help "finance the needed investment
> > > in
> > > > > | the
> > > > > | infrastructure".
> > > > > |
> > > > > | I know that broadband access has always been oversubscribed, and
> > > the
> > > > > | providers have been extremely close-lipped about by how much, but
> > > this
> > > > > | seems
> > > > > | to say it's by a factor of 2000 or so.
> > > > > |
> > > > > | On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Ben Pitzer <bpitzer at gmail.com>
> > > > > | wrote:
> > > > > |
> > > > > | > Suprised that no one has posted this here yet.  Could this be
> > > the
> > > > > | end of
> > > > > | > the
> > > > > | > basically unfettered server functionality on TWC's network?
>  I'm
> > > > > | thinking
> > > > > | > that it may be, for me at least.
> > > > > | >
> > > > > | >
> > > > > |
> > > >
> > >
> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwm8wu3jZWZLcKfIlycqFqFegknwD9126HN8A
> > > > > | >
> > > > > | > Let the discussions begin.
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