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sc94597 on 14 December 2013
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Zkuq said:
Chris Hu said:
Zkuq said:
Chris Hu said:
Drive less version would only be practical if you have a very fast internet provider without any data limits. For the majority of users it would be very impractical. Since most people have not so fast internet with data caps.

I don't think bandwidth limits are very commong outside the US. At least they're extremely rare in Finland. Also, fast internet connections are becoming more and more common.

Well most providers in the US have data caps unless you are very lucky and have Google fiber which is ultra fast and has no data caps.

Luckily most of the world's population lives outside the US and doesn't have to deal with the data caps of US internet providers.

Not to mention that the two largest providers in the U.S don't have caps. The only time I've heard of an internet cap on a home internet service was when Comcast tried to set a 250 gb/month cap for people who consistently downloaded at excessive levels, and was admonished for it, forcing them to enable higher limits -> unlimited again. 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57436489-93/comcast-ditches-250gb-data-cap-tests-tiered-pricing/

An additional question is: who downloads 250 GB a month and chooses a plan that isn't unlimited? Anybody downloading that much will have the fastest and best plan possible.