kowenicki said:
superchunk said:
mike_intellivision said:
I wonder if all these companies which are moving to using the cloud have also considered the ISP usage limits that many companies (at least here in the United States) have.
I have Comcast and it has a 250 GB per month limit. That sounds like a lot -- and it is. But what does it really mean. Will you exhaust it if you are playing 8 hours a day, several days a week, as well as streaming movies, visiting webpages, updating Facebook, Tweeting, handling the occasional email, etc.
And from what I can tell, this is a very generous cap.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/04/how-internet-users-are-disciplined-around-the-world/
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We've discussed this before and I've never been in a place with any form of a cap. Home internet is unlimited as far as I know. You need to move or find a new service.
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I have unlimited... but a LOT of people in the UK have capped internet.
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What ISP do you have? For example I'm on BT's unlimited broadband option. However what it actually means is 300GB is your fair use amount. If you go over that then next month your speed is capped. Luckily I don't think i've ever got near 300GB lol. However I think most UK providers unlimited options have fair use amounts.
You are right that a lot of people here are capped though. Bt's other 2 broadband options are capped at 10GB and 40GB a month. I imagine you could blow through that very fast using online or gaikai.
