[TriLUG] OT - TWC bandwidth caps on the way?
Neil L. Little
nllittle at embarqmail.com
Wed Jun 4 12:26:57 EDT 2008
Talking along the lines of bandwidth caps I found this on the
consumerist website about sprint capping their broadband cards at 5gb/month.
http://consumerist.com/tag/anger/?i=5012664&t=sprints-new-data-card-download-caps-producing-apoplexy-in-customers
We use the a sprint evdo card with a cisco 1841 router for certain
applications.
73,
Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
Warren Myers wrote:
> I have the Sprint card personally, and routinely am in the high-dsl to
> low-cable speed range with <30ms latencies.
>
> WMM
>
>
> On 6/3/08, David Black <dave at jamsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> This isn't an endorsement for Sprint, but at a Raleigh IT show about a
>> year ago I attended an info-seminar put on by their wireless division.
>>
>> They were touting EV-DO rev. A and with it, on-net ping times on par
>> with cable and DSL - IIRC in the 12-20 ms range. Also, they would run a
>> relatively open network, i.e. possibly allowing uncertified, user
>> supplied devices. EV-DO (no rev. A), as Verizon uses, has bandwidth but
>> delay at best around 150-200 ms. I have no idea if Sprint has since
>> delivered but it sure sounded promising at the time.
>>
>> On topic: as a TWC business class user, I sure hope they don't cap my
>> usage any time soon. But I pay a multiple of the residential rate.
>> Here's hoping some decent FIOS coverage spreads in the Triangle...
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> Warren Myers 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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