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http://gizmodo.com/5075831/att-monthly-bandwidth-caps-are-here
AT&T is doing a trial run of bandwidth caps.
Depending on tier of service, you will be capped at 20GB a month, and 150GB a month. Existing customers though will get the 150GB cap.
They also said that they will not be terminating customers accounts for going over the cap. But instead, they will be charging $1 for every Gigabyte downloaded past the cap.
while less than the 250GB cap comcast is implementing, 150Gigs per month is still quite high. As a member mentioned before, and that i also agree that there isn't some kind of bandwidth crisis that's bogging down the internet, as the ISP's would like us to think. With caps of 250gigs, and 150 gigs, those numbers alone show that neither comcast or AT&T are short on bandwidth.
Personally, I feel as this is most about money. They want to get as much money from customers as possible. And the best way is to charge them if they use too much bandwidth. Ontop of that, If they can curb the bandwidth usage of their members, then they will have less incentive to upgrade their network, and put off upgrades for a longer period of time. So instead of planning on upgrading their networks in 5 years, they could get away with waiting 7 years ( just an example. ) Which would let them build up more money before doing any upgrades, and collecting a profit for a longer period of time before having to invest large sums of money into their networks.
I honestly don't think ISP's really care about piracy. If anything, piracy has increased the number of people who have upgraded their internet package, which gives the ISP's more money.
Again, I think it's a plea to postpone upgrades. While both companies are no where near *NEEDING* to upgrade their network ( hence the large caps ), By teaching customers to curb their usage now, it will be easier to set more strict caps later in the future, and postpone future upgrades.
But then again, this is all just my opinion. I could be 100% wrong here. Any one else have thoughts on this this capping trend that appears to be taking hold by ISP's?
AT&T is doing a trial run of bandwidth caps.
Depending on tier of service, you will be capped at 20GB a month, and 150GB a month. Existing customers though will get the 150GB cap.
They also said that they will not be terminating customers accounts for going over the cap. But instead, they will be charging $1 for every Gigabyte downloaded past the cap.
while less than the 250GB cap comcast is implementing, 150Gigs per month is still quite high. As a member mentioned before, and that i also agree that there isn't some kind of bandwidth crisis that's bogging down the internet, as the ISP's would like us to think. With caps of 250gigs, and 150 gigs, those numbers alone show that neither comcast or AT&T are short on bandwidth.
Personally, I feel as this is most about money. They want to get as much money from customers as possible. And the best way is to charge them if they use too much bandwidth. Ontop of that, If they can curb the bandwidth usage of their members, then they will have less incentive to upgrade their network, and put off upgrades for a longer period of time. So instead of planning on upgrading their networks in 5 years, they could get away with waiting 7 years ( just an example. ) Which would let them build up more money before doing any upgrades, and collecting a profit for a longer period of time before having to invest large sums of money into their networks.
I honestly don't think ISP's really care about piracy. If anything, piracy has increased the number of people who have upgraded their internet package, which gives the ISP's more money.
Again, I think it's a plea to postpone upgrades. While both companies are no where near *NEEDING* to upgrade their network ( hence the large caps ), By teaching customers to curb their usage now, it will be easier to set more strict caps later in the future, and postpone future upgrades.
But then again, this is all just my opinion. I could be 100% wrong here. Any one else have thoughts on this this capping trend that appears to be taking hold by ISP's?
