we were playing $30 a month in the US for 7.5mbps and we got them up to 12mbps for the same price. its defiantly not the fastest but its uncapped and has never failed. but the customer service sucks if you dont get an american with a brain on the line. sorry about that horrible company pulling that shit up in Canada
I'm with Distributel cable internet 15 mbps unlimited downloads at the same price as Tek Savvy. Distributel has offered customers free cable modems and only a $10.00 activation fee. (A rogers technican does the hook up) That's it, that's all, nothing extra at all. I have heard rumors that Distributel is expanding to Satellite internet next year. Oh and one more thing, schedule one month in advanced for the hook up to occur just after pay day, less headaches that way.
As little as a year ago I was paying $80AUD for 20gb of bandwidth at 300kbps (that's bit not byte). Even now I have a 2gb limit on my phone data on a $79 plan.
In Australia, we have a special word for the worst kind of evil, it's called Telstra.
@SketchyAussie The funny thing is that Telstra here in New Zealand is the best ISP, I'm on 40GB and 15mbps down, 2mbps up for $60. And they're even anti copyright laws.
I'm paying around $80/month for my connection, 1TB cap and 24mbps speeds (ADSL2). Unfortunately because I'm so far from the local exchange I only get around 8mbps which sucks, but planning on moving soon so won't make that mistake again. :D
@SketchyAussie Yeah at least I'm on cable so its always at least 15mbps, sometimes up to 25mbps (on a 15m plan lol). We do have plans that are unlimited, but they are ADSL2 which sucks. Part of the problem here is that the only international cable to NZ is monopolised by a single tier 1 ISP, so they have free running with prices. Once a second cable is installed and 100mbps fibre to the home is rolled out in the next couple of years it will be a lot better.
I couldn't agree with you any more! I just upgraded to the Extreme for $59.95 yesterday to increase my VoIP quality, not necessary for download speed nor the gig limit. The premium is now 250 gigs but still, it's not our fault we also need Windows and Anti-Virus software updates. Windows 7, to get all updates on one computer is 3 1/2 gigs alone. What about me with 4 Windows computers and a Mac? That's not fair at all, so I totally agree we shouldn't have any caps!
Internet really sucks where I live. 40 GB monthly cap, 2.5 mbps download and 30 kbps upload. Also, 3 strike system for illegal music downloads. Fuck sakes.
@brandonb56 holy shit! thats a CRAZY upload compared to what we have in the US. the biggest upload ive ever had was 10mbps through cox communications, right now im with att uverse which is fiber optic to the box, and i get SUCKY upload of 2.5mbps but down is 24, in which its always constant at those speeds no cap but still, id like to have a better upload :( jealousy.
well in the east side of america there are 2 big ones Verizon Fios and Comcast Xfinity i think they both provide unlimited cap and speed at max for both is like 100mbps or 50mbps
the most beautiful part is how it costs the company nearly no difference whether we use 30 or 300 gb. only way to get a better service is to switch to DSL, and the speed is not good when u have multiple ppl using computers or playing video games at once. and btw, bell's minimum plan in ontario now has a 2 GB limit (basically, it's a scam for ppl that dont read the fine text or dont know how caps work so that they end up paying a huge bill in the end). i dont think i could hate canadian ISPs more
we are getting riped off here they still dont wanna offer us wideband an for some reason its like everyday something breaks down at the isp an we get slow speed or no speed
At&t cap 150gb month, switch Sudden- link cable they just started meter June 1st shows how much data you use. so will we have to go to a coffee house and use there wifi?
might look into tek savvy I remember the first month that rogers came with there new packages I had the service with a 60gb cap quickly went over it and paid 20 dollars extra... I then had to go with there next plan up with a 80gb usage... but now I look at what I'm downloading and make sure I'm not going over... thank for the video RR
Im in canada too i got a 2mbps fibre optic bell line i can kill my 115gb limit in a day. I saw signs for tek savvy. I might look it up. I already pay 67 per month.
Sweden is like soooooo different. I don't even know if I have a cap. I just down load and stream like whatever. . But we do not stream as much as Americans do, yet. But where getting there.
This is the land of Pirate Bay and Wikileaks. Remember that..
Hey man if you own a Business you can get Rogers Business internet which is NOT capped but then again YOU MUST own a business and give them a business name ... making one up might work but if they want some proof then you must back up the claim about u having a business!
Sorry, I need to rant really badly. DO NOT EVER FUCKING FEED YOUR MONEY TO FUCKING ROGERS WHO ARE A BUNCH OF FUCKING THIEVES WHO GET AWAY WITH MURDER BECAUSE MY FELLOW FUCKING CANADIANS DONT KNOW ANY BETTER. I fucking pay like $80 a month for this shitty ass un-stable internet connection whose upload is so abysmal that it takes a good 10 minutes for me to test the upload speed. I can't play a game of Counter Strike Source without my ping spiking to 600ms several times. FUCK YOU ROGERS EAT DICK.
I use Comcast here in the USA, and although they technically have a cap of 250GB a month, they have yet to enforce it on most of their users. I use at least twice that every month, and they have yet to charge me extra or yell at me. Also, I pay $100 a month for their 50Mbps plan.
i have FTTH (fiber to the home) at 1Gbs MAN(metropolitan area network) and 100 Mbs extern and that`s UP and DOWN all unlimited trafic for just 12 US dolars/month but i live in Romania so here we have the starting salary at 500 US dolars
only the mobile plans are as high as in the US starting at 40 dolars on 500 MB of trafic
I agree its bullshit. I live in the US in central Illinois and in this area there's two services, Comcast (Cable Modem) and Frontier (formerly Verizon) for DSL service. They started capping the service in Oct. 2009 I believe. The cap is 250 GB a month and if you go over that cap twice in one year they shut your service off without warning you and you have to wait a year before you can turn the service on again.
I wasn't too aware canada was in the state it is, but living is australia the whole system is fucked, many companies try and migrate here just to take advantage, and its not limited to telecom's, retail or anything is substaintially pricier. You can look at steam UK for games and compare them to steam US/AUS and see you would pay less with conversions, yet you're locked to the US/AUS buy scheme (unless you use proxy/vps).
I'm on $80/m for 200gb cap 8000/1000 adsl1, i dont download much though.
I'm in USA, and though Time Warner cable has experimented with caps in other states, it hasn't reached us in southern California yet. If they cap us, we'll do exactly as Rodney did, make a phone call to the company, and likely will switch companies.
I have friends in Australia who reach their limit cap quite often, and I jokingly tell them to put more quarters in to keep the internet going. It really is wrong.
$39.99 a month for 40 meg download and 5 meg upload DSL and $5.00 for the wireless router modem rental here in Oregon. We are told we have no cap, but if we do I have never hit it. We have 2 kids and us and we download and watch a ton of movies and tv shows for the kids and us.
I used to have Comcast cable internet 6 meg fro $59.99 with a cap of what we were told was 250 gigs.
The rareness of broadband means that we need to bill people on a second by second bases rounded up to the minute and bill those who use more way more. Its a SHAME. What are we back to 1998 AOL dial up standards???? Also beware of Satellite Internet..... they have a max cap of 200 megs per day. PER DAY!!! One video and your done...Qwest is just pure evil.
@SixXxShooTeR83 Yeah, and when the government essentially approved the monopoly here (yeah there is more than one company but who cares if they are all in collaboration with each other) everyone gets screwed.
You know why they are doing it here too, don't you? The big ISPs are also the big cable providers, and Netflix is probably the biggest threat to them. They know that. It's so god damn irritating when companies refuse to adapt to a changing environment. We do not want to use pathetically antiquated TV and cable now.
I didn't even know you lived in Canada Rodney.. yes it really does suck! I live in Montreal and I don't know how to get unlimited cable. Only DSL. :(
I use YouTube in HD and Netflix. I have a 30 mbps down line with videotron It's fast, but the connection will drop for a couple seconds every few hours. Highly irritating in games. I only work part time, so that limit (split with my roommate) of 120 GB is absolutely nothing. I always feel like I have this amazing power house that just cannot use.
@LaShagma75 The hell are you talking about? This isn't dreaming about free stuff, it's dreaming about getting the same service as the rest of the world. In Canada, the internet infrastructure is barely ever updated and renovated, hence why there are these caps. They'd rather just cap their customer base rather than invest in better lines so they don't have to.
Internet metering is the craziest idea I have ever heard of pertaining to the internet. I can't believe people actually support this. Only people this benefits are the people that only check their email and surf the net and do absolutely nothing else. People that game or dl/ul files often are restrained by this and those are the majority of internet users. As for Reynolds not liking the comments, it's YouTube and it won't get any better.
One of the best rants from 3DGameMan, so far. I'm highly interested in how your service goes with TekSavvy. If you report good performance for the Unlimited Cable plan, I will consider getting my dad to switch over. It'd probably be simple since we already have a compatible modem and the frustration of Roger's overage fees.
I Think Download caps are ridiculous especially on the top packages. I am from Ireland and I’m on the very fastest package my ISP offers which are a business package 4 Mbit Down/ 1 Mbit up (costs €60 per month) and it’s a advertised as being caped at 40 GB per month. However I always go far over that limit and they have not said anything to me about it. If they did I would get internet else ware.
I only wish i lived in sweden where 100 Mb broadband is a normal speed.
I get 20 down 5-7 up and spend 69 bucks for phone internet and tv If I was spending that much for Internet alone regardless I would not pay for it unless I had no choice
teksavvy is reallllly good they are reliable and the no cap is amazing. sure i dont got the fastest internet but i can run say world of warcraft on 3 computers at a time with no internet lag soo its pretty good
The cap here on our best cable package is 30GB. I blow that cap by 110+GB per month. Of course our top speed is 16 megabit dn and 1 up. Still DOCSIS 2. They said they have no plans to upgrade the system. Unfortunately they are the only choice in Broadband in our area. One note: they don't throttle the connection after I go over the cap.
If you wanna have really bad and expensive internet connection, then move to Finland. Here your not able to change internet service provider, because most areas are controlled just by one provider and there's nothing you can do about it. 8/1 Mbits connection costs me 60€/86$ per month and it's the fastest connection I can get. Luckily it's not capped, but if my service provider decides to cap it, there's nothing I can do.
@techhelper233 Here in AR I have a speed of 16mbits so I am happy. Would love more speed but I live in a town of 10,000 so only one provider with no plans of upgrading the network.
In Spain telecommunications were owned by a single company for 8 decades and it charged its customers ridiculous ammounts of money. Many people still stick with it nowadays because they don't know better and it's the most profitable telecom company in Spain, even when it's obvious how they're ripping people off.
It's actually ridiculous. In my area, the best alternative for the longest time has been Teksavvy DSL, They have just released their cable last week in my area, so I'm hoping to upgrade soon. Hopefully this will solve my internet issues =(
@RodneyBReynolds Yeah YouTube is worse. However I'm from Germany, but here the RIPOFF is much bigger.
I get a 6mb down and 40kbs upload. The hose next to me from the same provider got 20mb down 10 up.
WHY? because they just closer to the city. i think. Here they limit how they like your bandwidth. If your downloaded more than 500gb a month you get warned to lower it or they sue you for comerical use.
- I Paid for 20mbit and got only 6mb lol though it got limited after few months to the 6mb -.-
@RodneyBReynolds You think they would understand that it will deter people from digital downloads? I don't know about you dude. But I hope these companies get burnt by the fire they play with. I'm currently using Time Warner High Speed Internet atm. For the price I'm paying. I'm not impressed.
"WHAT!?" is exactly what I said. I live in NYC and the fastest internet service is 50Mbps.... NOT 175GB..... AND I'm paying $100.... OK... I'm suing.... Or moving to Canada, =p
We also have 258 Internet providers of which 11 are major. Majority of people still want more providers, and better (faster AND cheaper) packages. I find it very strange that countries like Canada and Australia are limiting their users. :-S
As far as I know the best Internet in EU have Lithuania, Sweden, Romania, Latvia and Netherlands.
BendBroadBand is the name of the service I use, I just got done posting a feedback to them, soon or later, internet service companies will have to realize, then sites like hulu and netflix, will end TV, these companies just don't like people moving away from cable services for TVs, where they can charge you for the number of channels you have.
So yeah, they say I shouldn't use more then 3.3 gigs a day . . . I have done 4 gigs two days ago and last night, I did 9.7 gigs and that's keeping my internet usage in mind, I'm telling myself, I'll just have to have a couple days where I use only what I have to, to restrict myself, so that I don't have to pay the $1.50 more per gig I download over the cap, my internet service's fastest speed only has a 150gig or 200gig download cap, it makes no sense.
Yeah, my internet service does this, I have a 14mb connection but my internet service has a 100GB download limit, I have nearly hit that limit every month, the most I do is download a game from steam and watch a few shows on Hulu but I don't hit that limit because I watch my usage like a hawk, it drives me nuts that I have to, my internet service does explain why they have this cap, saying, sites like Netflix is forceing them to buy more bandwith, so they are passing the cost to there customers.
Compared to other places I don't think I'm getting ripped off. Comcast is the big name here and actually I don't think my area offers anything else in the broadband area. I pay something like 60 a month for mediocre speeds that also get throttled if you are using to much bandwidth.
Im in west gta and i tried switching from cogeco to tekksavy which my cap is 120gb a month with cogeco, i usually use about 200-300gbs a month. when i reach 120gb i get charged extra per gb up to a maximum of 50 dollars extra. i believe when i reach 170gb for the month its no extra charge. I dont feel im getting ripped off, i KNOW im getting ripped off! i tried switching to tekksavy, they dont over cable internet where i live. give your money to tekksavy if its a good service so they can expand.
I live in Australia, pretty much every ISP has download limits for their broadband plans. Some of them have special unlimited plans, but they are very expensive.
What sucks in some areas, there is not much of a choice, I live in an area, that does not have much choice, and I'm on Atlantic Broadband here in SC, which so far as been good to me, except for when they are having system problems, and it gets slow, but they usually fix it, within a few hours at most. Also I'm on a 6mbps line for $48US a month with no video service, and Vonage IP phone for $30 a month both unlimited.
here in the uk rodney theres only one isp internet service provider that is trully unlimited and thats sky broadband they dont cap it in anyway. the other isps like virgin media bt broadband talk talk do cap it but not as bad as your rodney thats bad
That's what we have here in Australia too unfortunately. We pay $90 p/m for 200GBs at 20mb/s down and 1mb/s up. 200GBs is enough cap for me, I've only reached it once, but at the same time the speed isn't that great. I feel the cost is a rip off though. In South Korea they have connections with a balanced 100mb/s up and down for $30-40 p/m that are uncapped. And they are working on upgrading to 1gb/s fiber optic connections by the end of 2012.
@o0subzero0o maybe so, but your governments are spying on you more and more, like France, which has a 3 strikes rules on illegal file sharing, which even if your not doing it, and they think you are, it counts, and after 3 strikes your banned from getting internet, and if your caught, they throw you in jail.
No problem :) I'm from Portugal. Enterprises are so broke that they won't even sue people for illegal file sharing. Plus, I believe that "ban at 3 strikes" system is exclusive to France.
@o0subzero0o You better believe that the MPAA and the IRAA, and there European counterparts are suing like hell, and they do it with frivolousness and baseless lawsuits, just to extort money from people, over there overpriced shitty products, which they claim there loosing money on, when in fact they make more and more money each year. those groups piss me off to no end, and have so for a long time.
I don't think you live in Australia, I think you may have visited 10 years ago but no, you definitely do not live here. Telstra does not own all the infastructure, they own the most but not all. On that note, Telstra has a 200GB 20mbps plan for $89 which I think is very competitive, Optus has 500GB plans and some other telcos have 1000GB plans. As for being capped, on Telstra you do not get charged but simply slowed down to 256kbps after 200GB.
In the uk with BT (one of the biggest providers) we have a cap at 100gb on thier "unlimited" plan after which they severely cut your download speeds. This by the way is one of the highest caps available in the uk. Most companies will give something like a 40Gb cap.
Im feel for you Rodney. I also hate these telecommmunications companies. They think that since there the only ones around they can set prices to their liking. I used to have AT&T long time ago until they screwed up in 1998. Then i switched to Verizon Ok for awhile then they followed the same path and became overpriced. Now im going to have to go to TimeWarner. Just a bit of advice to anyone. If you pay more than 50 a month for cellphone its stupid.
I have a 3 megabit connection through a rural telephone cooperative. It's not the fastest but I can download 22.5 Megabytes per minute, 1.35 Gigabytes an hour, 32.4 Gigabytes per day, or 927 Gigabytes a month. So theoretically my "cap" is 927 gigs a month, on crappy rural internet for $35 a month, not too bad. Data caps are ridiculous and should not be tolerated.
I've never heard of a limit on how much you can download. I have Verizon for Internet and I pay about $30 US. It may not be the fastest service, but I can download as much as I want without any limit.
I live in the US, Missouri. We have AT&T U-verse and we have a 250GB cap. So stupid.
MastodonicRobotnik09 3 weeks ago
darn man. you do get ripped of.
here in the netherlands, we haven't had data caps for over a decade now.
the isp's use a fair use policy.it states that we may use 10 times the average bandwidth usage.
this means that the allowed bandwidth can only grow as people use more.
i've had weeks i downloaded a TB of data,apart from surfing,e-mailing,playing online games and watching youtube and such.
i have yet to recieve any fine for going over my limit.
52 euro tripleplay(internet,phone cable) 44/4Mb/s
marc0871 3 weeks ago
we were playing $30 a month in the US for 7.5mbps and we got them up to 12mbps for the same price. its defiantly not the fastest but its uncapped and has never failed. but the customer service sucks if you dont get an american with a brain on the line. sorry about that horrible company pulling that shit up in Canada
crazyyoyoer37 3 weeks ago
Seems good here, 80 bucks a month, get around 33-34Mbps d/l, but only 1.1Mbps u/l.
klanies123 1 month ago
You think Canada is bad we pay $70/month for 50GB of internet and once you go over it is so slow you cannot use it
monkey6573 1 month ago
I live in montreal, im with videotron and for 100bucks a month i have 30mbps and 100 fucking gbs cap
Lla730 2 months ago
I'm with Distributel cable internet 15 mbps unlimited downloads at the same price as Tek Savvy. Distributel has offered customers free cable modems and only a $10.00 activation fee. (A rogers technican does the hook up) That's it, that's all, nothing extra at all. I have heard rumors that Distributel is expanding to Satellite internet next year. Oh and one more thing, schedule one month in advanced for the hook up to occur just after pay day, less headaches that way.
Archer7Tadayoshi 3 months ago
I bumped up to 100gig to watch HD on Youtube and still went over.
It seems like Rogers owns the CRTC,
finzgar420 3 months ago
windstream is horrible!
nx2overide 5 months ago
in USA we get Verizon and Xfinity for our high speeds, we dont get caps on how much we can do, but we cant more than 150Mbps of bandwidth
personally we have .5Mbps of bandwidth and were paying $70 (USD) so yes i feel like my dad is getting ripped off
CuberCalebHD 5 months ago
Is almost flawless. 48 a month cable for 2 megabyts down and no cap (200 cap, but they don't monitor cable, so no cap essencially)
nixiang915 5 months ago
Great move man, I have had Teksavvy for almost a year now, and it
nixiang915 5 months ago
wow high speed internet in fucking New Zealand is like $100 + for 50gb
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primus unlimted highspeed internet 36.99$/month
hi4411 6 months ago
It's that damn expensive AND they're still capping? That's a load of crap.
dgenx210 6 months ago
As little as a year ago I was paying $80AUD for 20gb of bandwidth at 300kbps (that's bit not byte). Even now I have a 2gb limit on my phone data on a $79 plan.
In Australia, we have a special word for the worst kind of evil, it's called Telstra.
SketchyAussie 6 months ago
@SketchyAussie The funny thing is that Telstra here in New Zealand is the best ISP, I'm on 40GB and 15mbps down, 2mbps up for $60. And they're even anti copyright laws.
FEAR6655 5 months ago
@FEAR6655
If $60 a month for 40gb on 15mbps is the best you can get on a home line (on Telstra at that), then I feel a bit better about my current situation. :)
Here's hoping the NBN speeds things up a bit for both of us.
SketchyAussie 5 months ago
@SketchyAussie Thats far from the best, thats like the entry-mid level plan. And how does my 20x larger cap make you feel better?
FEAR6655 5 months ago
@FEAR6655
Yes keyword phone. :)
I'm paying around $80/month for my connection, 1TB cap and 24mbps speeds (ADSL2). Unfortunately because I'm so far from the local exchange I only get around 8mbps which sucks, but planning on moving soon so won't make that mistake again. :D
SketchyAussie 5 months ago
@SketchyAussie Yeah at least I'm on cable so its always at least 15mbps, sometimes up to 25mbps (on a 15m plan lol). We do have plans that are unlimited, but they are ADSL2 which sucks. Part of the problem here is that the only international cable to NZ is monopolised by a single tier 1 ISP, so they have free running with prices. Once a second cable is installed and 100mbps fibre to the home is rolled out in the next couple of years it will be a lot better.
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@SketchyAussie Hmmm, just saw the keyword 'phone' Whats your internet specs over there? I can get 25Mbps and 120gb on Telstra.
FEAR6655 5 months ago
L0L i only pay $15 for 25Megabits a month with no caps and no contract!!!!!
camargo2012 6 months ago
WTF a CAP ...really
PremchandNL 6 months ago
In New Zealand. Yes.
NzRasengan 6 months ago
I couldn't agree with you any more! I just upgraded to the Extreme for $59.95 yesterday to increase my VoIP quality, not necessary for download speed nor the gig limit. The premium is now 250 gigs but still, it's not our fault we also need Windows and Anti-Virus software updates. Windows 7, to get all updates on one computer is 3 1/2 gigs alone. What about me with 4 Windows computers and a Mac? That's not fair at all, so I totally agree we shouldn't have any caps!
Cheesewyck 6 months ago
US Comcast 20Mbps(+- 2MB/s) 250GB monthly Cap, :)
1255283a 7 months ago
Internet really sucks where I live. 40 GB monthly cap, 2.5 mbps download and 30 kbps upload. Also, 3 strike system for illegal music downloads. Fuck sakes.
weses1 7 months ago
I have a 40GB limit and it doesn't bother me. I stay well within it.
30 movies a month? That's extreme. I download 4-5 a month.
gaz52 7 months ago
Welcome to Australia
lord2468vader22 7 months ago
im with eastlink in canada with 20mbps upload and download with no cap or bandwidth
brandonb56 7 months ago
@brandonb56 holy shit! thats a CRAZY upload compared to what we have in the US. the biggest upload ive ever had was 10mbps through cox communications, right now im with att uverse which is fiber optic to the box, and i get SUCKY upload of 2.5mbps but down is 24, in which its always constant at those speeds no cap but still, id like to have a better upload :( jealousy.
kwrinn67226 7 months ago
well in the east side of america there are 2 big ones Verizon Fios and Comcast Xfinity i think they both provide unlimited cap and speed at max for both is like 100mbps or 50mbps
Watchme12311 7 months ago
the most beautiful part is how it costs the company nearly no difference whether we use 30 or 300 gb. only way to get a better service is to switch to DSL, and the speed is not good when u have multiple ppl using computers or playing video games at once. and btw, bell's minimum plan in ontario now has a 2 GB limit (basically, it's a scam for ppl that dont read the fine text or dont know how caps work so that they end up paying a huge bill in the end). i dont think i could hate canadian ISPs more
JFrameMan 7 months ago
we are getting riped off here they still dont wanna offer us wideband an for some reason its like everyday something breaks down at the isp an we get slow speed or no speed
December707 8 months ago
At&t cap 150gb month, switch Sudden- link cable they just started meter June 1st shows how much data you use. so will we have to go to a coffee house and use there wifi?
camboy1132 8 months ago
With my verizon ISP i pay 80$ a month for fios with 45mbps downand 35up... With NO cap. Netflix HERE I COME!!!
sardo97 8 months ago
might look into tek savvy I remember the first month that rogers came with there new packages I had the service with a 60gb cap quickly went over it and paid 20 dollars extra... I then had to go with there next plan up with a 80gb usage... but now I look at what I'm downloading and make sure I'm not going over... thank for the video RR
Jknessmic 8 months ago
Im in canada too i got a 2mbps fibre optic bell line i can kill my 115gb limit in a day. I saw signs for tek savvy. I might look it up. I already pay 67 per month.
AutoJunkieMan 8 months ago
Yea... 50/1 connection with a 50GB cap. It's this or 3mbps DSL. At least you have options to choose from man.
mcmurm11 8 months ago
Sweden is like soooooo different. I don't even know if I have a cap. I just down load and stream like whatever. . But we do not stream as much as Americans do, yet. But where getting there.
This is the land of Pirate Bay and Wikileaks. Remember that..
darrenmaharaj 8 months ago
Hey man if you own a Business you can get Rogers Business internet which is NOT capped but then again YOU MUST own a business and give them a business name ... making one up might work but if they want some proof then you must back up the claim about u having a business!
bas00m64 9 months ago
Sorry, I need to rant really badly. DO NOT EVER FUCKING FEED YOUR MONEY TO FUCKING ROGERS WHO ARE A BUNCH OF FUCKING THIEVES WHO GET AWAY WITH MURDER BECAUSE MY FELLOW FUCKING CANADIANS DONT KNOW ANY BETTER. I fucking pay like $80 a month for this shitty ass un-stable internet connection whose upload is so abysmal that it takes a good 10 minutes for me to test the upload speed. I can't play a game of Counter Strike Source without my ping spiking to 600ms several times. FUCK YOU ROGERS EAT DICK.
NineLivesProductions 9 months ago 11
I got the best internet connection availble here, it's 16MB and i get CAPPED at 120GB...
sigurdur86 9 months ago
I got the best internet connection availble here, it's 16MB and i get CAPPED at 120GB...
sigurdur86 9 months ago
Telcos are the biggest bullies in any country, not just Canada.
ImperialArmour 9 months ago
I use Comcast here in the USA, and although they technically have a cap of 250GB a month, they have yet to enforce it on most of their users. I use at least twice that every month, and they have yet to charge me extra or yell at me. Also, I pay $100 a month for their 50Mbps plan.
whitemage4ever 9 months ago
In New Zealand the highest bandwidth cap we can get at high-speed is 80GB and that costs an arm and a leg.
Explodius1990 9 months ago
@Explodius1990 I have a 205GB cap with Orcon $166 a month though.
catface666 8 months ago
Shaw is amazingly fast for what I do , on top of that it's unlimited at a VERY fair price point :) was with bell for too long NO MORE! :@
JSUTSGJ 9 months ago
i see the coments and i cant belive my eyes :)
i have FTTH (fiber to the home) at 1Gbs MAN(metropolitan area network) and 100 Mbs extern and that`s UP and DOWN all unlimited trafic for just 12 US dolars/month but i live in Romania so here we have the starting salary at 500 US dolars
only the mobile plans are as high as in the US starting at 40 dolars on 500 MB of trafic
remuzeu 9 months ago
I agree its bullshit. I live in the US in central Illinois and in this area there's two services, Comcast (Cable Modem) and Frontier (formerly Verizon) for DSL service. They started capping the service in Oct. 2009 I believe. The cap is 250 GB a month and if you go over that cap twice in one year they shut your service off without warning you and you have to wait a year before you can turn the service on again.
utubeuser756 9 months ago
i have 1,3 megabytes at arround 40 euros a month,no cap
razvansen 9 months ago
TPG - cheapest for Australia.
-ADSL2+
-Home Phone
-Unlimited
$60/month
not too bad but shocking compared to europe
technofreak23 9 months ago
I have a 2mbps down, 512kbps up, for $60 USD and limited 20 GB....
asa89aj 9 months ago
wow you are getting ripped off i pay $74.95usd a month for 30mbps down 5mbps up with no cap
smoke1877 9 months ago
Here in Atlantic Canada Rodgers is still just as bad but Bell doesn't have the limits. At least not yet.
AeolinWind 9 months ago
i will go crazy once they all start doing it here...i have comcast at 20mbps with no cap...i am always downloading...
cedar234 9 months ago
I'm on Comcast with 20mbps but it's capped at 250gb. Not too bad I guess but could be cheaper.
Azzagard 9 months ago
In Australia, Im with Optus. I have 100mbit's down and 1.5up with a 1TB cap for $129 a month. So not to bad ey? :D
rammstein989 9 months ago
I have a 20mb/s for 30 euros / month with unlimited cap.
Woeboez 9 months ago
I wasn't too aware canada was in the state it is, but living is australia the whole system is fucked, many companies try and migrate here just to take advantage, and its not limited to telecom's, retail or anything is substaintially pricier. You can look at steam UK for games and compare them to steam US/AUS and see you would pay less with conversions, yet you're locked to the US/AUS buy scheme (unless you use proxy/vps).
I'm on $80/m for 200gb cap 8000/1000 adsl1, i dont download much though.
maetosult 9 months ago
I'm in USA, and though Time Warner cable has experimented with caps in other states, it hasn't reached us in southern California yet. If they cap us, we'll do exactly as Rodney did, make a phone call to the company, and likely will switch companies.
I have friends in Australia who reach their limit cap quite often, and I jokingly tell them to put more quarters in to keep the internet going. It really is wrong.
0Myles0 9 months ago
16.000mbps unlimited + unlimited phone for 40 €
Warrockeryeah 9 months ago
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$39.99 a month for 40 meg download and 5 meg upload DSL and $5.00 for the wireless router modem rental here in Oregon. We are told we have no cap, but if we do I have never hit it. We have 2 kids and us and we download and watch a ton of movies and tv shows for the kids and us.
I used to have Comcast cable internet 6 meg fro $59.99 with a cap of what we were told was 250 gigs.
foot1647 9 months ago
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foot1647 9 months ago
£30/month for 30u/3d and phone, unlimited and not throttled. I like the internet here.
26thZerk 9 months ago
Australian Here, Pay $49.99 for 150gb a month with Terrible speed
ThatAdelaideGuy 9 months ago
well im paying 20$ for 6mbps connection with a 150gb cap -_- (california)
mypeepeegowee 9 months ago
The rareness of broadband means that we need to bill people on a second by second bases rounded up to the minute and bill those who use more way more. Its a SHAME. What are we back to 1998 AOL dial up standards???? Also beware of Satellite Internet..... they have a max cap of 200 megs per day. PER DAY!!! One video and your done...Qwest is just pure evil.
LordAtrocities 9 months ago
Australian Internet is just as if not worse than that shit. We have 2 cans tied together with string for $150.00 a month.
Berserkism 9 months ago 24
my isp doesn't have a cap but i'm getting charged 54$ for 25meg
grantroth06 9 months ago
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170GB :o ????
thats less, i gotte unlimitd donwload (35MBper sec) and upload 2MB
and i download 450GB in the month
ComputerFreakRuben 9 months ago
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ComputerFreakRuben 9 months ago
@SixXxShooTeR83 Yeah, and when the government essentially approved the monopoly here (yeah there is more than one company but who cares if they are all in collaboration with each other) everyone gets screwed.
UnknownXV 9 months ago
You know why they are doing it here too, don't you? The big ISPs are also the big cable providers, and Netflix is probably the biggest threat to them. They know that. It's so god damn irritating when companies refuse to adapt to a changing environment. We do not want to use pathetically antiquated TV and cable now.
UnknownXV 9 months ago
I didn't even know you lived in Canada Rodney.. yes it really does suck! I live in Montreal and I don't know how to get unlimited cable. Only DSL. :(
I use YouTube in HD and Netflix. I have a 30 mbps down line with videotron It's fast, but the connection will drop for a couple seconds every few hours. Highly irritating in games. I only work part time, so that limit (split with my roommate) of 120 GB is absolutely nothing. I always feel like I have this amazing power house that just cannot use.
UnknownXV 9 months ago
100 Mbps broadband in sweden for about the equalient of 60-70$, without any cap :)
toshineon 9 months ago
for 30 $ a month too!
superparadoxman 9 months ago
25 Mbps download 10 Mbps upload with 250 GB data cap on comcast in rochester mi here!!
superparadoxman 9 months ago
uk youre looking at a couple of gig then they throttle youre 20 meg to 1 on most services
fatgoit 9 months ago
If you live on a planet with humans, get used to getting youre ass ripped of. The smart ones get rich and you dum ones dream about free stuff.
LaShagma75 9 months ago
@LaShagma75 The hell are you talking about? This isn't dreaming about free stuff, it's dreaming about getting the same service as the rest of the world. In Canada, the internet infrastructure is barely ever updated and renovated, hence why there are these caps. They'd rather just cap their customer base rather than invest in better lines so they don't have to.
UnknownXV 9 months ago
I don't live in Canada, signing the petition won't benefit me.
MasterOrHan1 9 months ago
Internet metering is the craziest idea I have ever heard of pertaining to the internet. I can't believe people actually support this. Only people this benefits are the people that only check their email and surf the net and do absolutely nothing else. People that game or dl/ul files often are restrained by this and those are the majority of internet users. As for Reynolds not liking the comments, it's YouTube and it won't get any better.
MasterOrHan1 9 months ago
no bandwith cap here in Sweden no IPS do it + we got some of the worlds best brodband ^^
Ringman87a 9 months ago
@Ringman87a Yeah I heard, its very good in that part (Like Denmark, Switzerland etc.)
negee3 9 months ago
In the US, I believe Comcast caps at around 250GB. I got quite close to that limit last year. :P
Adrammalech7570 9 months ago
That's the way it's moving in the states as well.
dgbsco 9 months ago
Sounds a lot better than Australia.
Zyriax1 9 months ago
One of the best rants from 3DGameMan, so far. I'm highly interested in how your service goes with TekSavvy. If you report good performance for the Unlimited Cable plan, I will consider getting my dad to switch over. It'd probably be simple since we already have a compatible modem and the frustration of Roger's overage fees.
gordon9821 9 months ago
Rogers is super gay, i go over hte limit every month... the 175 gig limit too.... and its costing way too much
UnstoppableBird 9 months ago
I Think Download caps are ridiculous especially on the top packages. I am from Ireland and I’m on the very fastest package my ISP offers which are a business package 4 Mbit Down/ 1 Mbit up (costs €60 per month) and it’s a advertised as being caped at 40 GB per month. However I always go far over that limit and they have not said anything to me about it. If they did I would get internet else ware.
I only wish i lived in sweden where 100 Mb broadband is a normal speed.
themadman697 9 months ago
no bandwith cap in here Estonia :D
Rauno315 9 months ago
been using teksavvy for the past year or two... best ISP in Canada
Knotes647 9 months ago
Here in New Zealand in the big cities (big city = 400000+ people) you're lucky to get 8Mbit down and thats on unlimited. Also no unlimited data caps.
DrummerDudeNZ 9 months ago
I´m so lucky i live in a country where there are no DL limits.
I pay $90 canadian for 120Mbit DL / 10Mbit UP. That's including digital tv and phone.
And the best thing, no download limits. I tracked what i downloaded for a month.
Turned out i used, 875Gb in a month. And that's not including the data i used to play games and brows the web.
tdsviper 9 months ago
@tdsviper The hell? Where do you live?
UnknownXV 9 months ago
@UnknownXV
Netherlands, Europe.
When i'm downloading with Grabit from newsgroups i get about 13500 kb/s.
Standard 5GB movie takes about 7minutes.
tdsviper 9 months ago
@tdsviper So unfair. : (
UnknownXV 9 months ago
@UnknownXV
Maybe... our country is crap in alot of things, but internet isn't one of them.
Still waiting for the right to bear arms :D
tdsviper 9 months ago
I threw my half eaten sandwich at my cable providers building, the entire building collapsed and i walked away in slow motion
FaLc336 9 months ago
Living in sweden, and its pretty normal to be able to get around 100Mbit up and down here, and always unlimited bandwidth...
gDoxe 9 months ago
If I got capped i'd be over in less than 24h
I get 20 down 5-7 up and spend 69 bucks for phone internet and tv If I was spending that much for Internet alone regardless I would not pay for it unless I had no choice
If FIOS came to Canada they would be rich
zm61 9 months ago
teksavvy is reallllly good they are reliable and the no cap is amazing. sure i dont got the fastest internet but i can run say world of warcraft on 3 computers at a time with no internet lag soo its pretty good
Mooseguy15 9 months ago
The cap here on our best cable package is 30GB. I blow that cap by 110+GB per month. Of course our top speed is 16 megabit dn and 1 up. Still DOCSIS 2. They said they have no plans to upgrade the system. Unfortunately they are the only choice in Broadband in our area. One note: they don't throttle the connection after I go over the cap.
BlueNeon2005 9 months ago
If you wanna have really bad and expensive internet connection, then move to Finland. Here your not able to change internet service provider, because most areas are controlled just by one provider and there's nothing you can do about it. 8/1 Mbits connection costs me 60€/86$ per month and it's the fastest connection I can get. Luckily it's not capped, but if my service provider decides to cap it, there's nothing I can do.
PeteSa88 9 months ago
Hey I agree. I am wating for Teksavvy to be avaiable in my area and once they are I will be changing to them for my service.
gponcho1 9 months ago
here in Greece I download at speeds of 800kbps and i have no cap.Price is around 30 euros per month...so I believe its ok!
yoyotuber4000 9 months ago
I live in KY and I have a speed of 175kbps so... Canada here i come
techhelper233 9 months ago
@techhelper233 Here in AR I have a speed of 16mbits so I am happy. Would love more speed but I live in a town of 10,000 so only one provider with no plans of upgrading the network.
BlueNeon2005 9 months ago
so basically no flatrate in canada? WTF
oYSpongebobYo 9 months ago
In Spain telecommunications were owned by a single company for 8 decades and it charged its customers ridiculous ammounts of money. Many people still stick with it nowadays because they don't know better and it's the most profitable telecom company in Spain, even when it's obvious how they're ripping people off.
72U11 9 months ago
:( no more rewatching movie or game trailers over and over again. No more free skype calls for hours. No more streaming. :(
moonshiry 9 months ago
It's actually ridiculous. In my area, the best alternative for the longest time has been Teksavvy DSL, They have just released their cable last week in my area, so I'm hoping to upgrade soon. Hopefully this will solve my internet issues =(
assassin801 9 months ago
Nice, now YouTube comments is a SPAMers paradise! YouTube comments are getting much much worse :/
RodneyBReynolds 9 months ago 7
@RodneyBReynolds
Deal with it. Live with it.
TeheD 9 months ago
@RodneyBReynolds Yeah YouTube is worse. However I'm from Germany, but here the RIPOFF is much bigger.
I get a 6mb down and 40kbs upload. The hose next to me from the same provider got 20mb down 10 up.
WHY? because they just closer to the city. i think. Here they limit how they like your bandwidth. If your downloaded more than 500gb a month you get warned to lower it or they sue you for comerical use.
- I Paid for 20mbit and got only 6mb lol though it got limited after few months to the 6mb -.-
Shagron1349 9 months ago
@Shagron1349
mwhahah >:]
Gian092 9 months ago
@RodneyBReynolds You think they would understand that it will deter people from digital downloads? I don't know about you dude. But I hope these companies get burnt by the fire they play with. I'm currently using Time Warner High Speed Internet atm. For the price I'm paying. I'm not impressed.
NocturnalFoster 8 months ago
"WHAT!?" is exactly what I said. I live in NYC and the fastest internet service is 50Mbps.... NOT 175GB..... AND I'm paying $100.... OK... I'm suing.... Or moving to Canada, =p
DeviousPhoenix1 9 months ago
@DeviousPhoenix1 It's not 175 gbps... It's 175 gb per month.
The speed is claimed 25mbps, and if you use over 175gb in a month, they will charge you like 25 cents per gb over.
assassin801 9 months ago
@assassin801 OH!!!!!!!!!! OK. I'm even more mad then. Why would they do that?
DeviousPhoenix1 9 months ago
Denmark will never get capped! BWAHAHAA!
MadMadsGamer 9 months ago
We also have 258 Internet providers of which 11 are major. Majority of people still want more providers, and better (faster AND cheaper) packages. I find it very strange that countries like Canada and Australia are limiting their users. :-S
As far as I know the best Internet in EU have Lithuania, Sweden, Romania, Latvia and Netherlands.
UltimusLogos 9 months ago
In Serbia I have following packages:
S: 2Mb/s-Prepaid, 3Mb/s-Postpaid, 6Mb/s-1st 12 months obligatory for 15€ (21$).
M: 4Mb/s-Prepaid, 6Mb/s-Postpaid, 9Mb/s-1st 12 months obligatory for 21€ (30$).
L: 6Mb/s-Prepaid, 9Mb/s-Postpaid, 12Mb/s-1st 12 months obligatory for 28€ (40$).
XL: 8Mb/s-Prepaid, 12Mb/s-Postpaid, 16Mb/s-1st 12 months obligatory for 37€ (53$).
Turbo XL: 30Mb/s for 68€ (97$).
Turbo XXL: 60Mb/s for 135€ (193$)
All packages are flat rate (uncapped) and are coming with 70 TV channels.
UltimusLogos 9 months ago
10Mb/s = 1MB/s
bits and bytes. they use it to trick people and it bloody works.
ipullstuffapart 9 months ago
@ipullstuffapart actually, 10 Mb/s = 1.25 MB/s
braunmarci 9 months ago
@ipullstuffapart Actually it's 8 mbps to 1 MBps.
UnknownXV 9 months ago
Australian 3G wireless broadband: prepare for speeds under 100KB/s
ipullstuffapart 9 months ago
BendBroadBand is the name of the service I use, I just got done posting a feedback to them, soon or later, internet service companies will have to realize, then sites like hulu and netflix, will end TV, these companies just don't like people moving away from cable services for TVs, where they can charge you for the number of channels you have.
KoutaFG 9 months ago
So yeah, they say I shouldn't use more then 3.3 gigs a day . . . I have done 4 gigs two days ago and last night, I did 9.7 gigs and that's keeping my internet usage in mind, I'm telling myself, I'll just have to have a couple days where I use only what I have to, to restrict myself, so that I don't have to pay the $1.50 more per gig I download over the cap, my internet service's fastest speed only has a 150gig or 200gig download cap, it makes no sense.
KoutaFG 9 months ago
Yeah, my internet service does this, I have a 14mb connection but my internet service has a 100GB download limit, I have nearly hit that limit every month, the most I do is download a game from steam and watch a few shows on Hulu but I don't hit that limit because I watch my usage like a hawk, it drives me nuts that I have to, my internet service does explain why they have this cap, saying, sites like Netflix is forceing them to buy more bandwith, so they are passing the cost to there customers.
KoutaFG 9 months ago
and i live in the middle of nowhere
KAMIKAZILMFAO 9 months ago
i live in Australia and for $70 a month i get 200GBs @ 15 mbs and the major sites are unmetered! :D
getting fiber optic cable soon!
KAMIKAZILMFAO 9 months ago
In Norway, we have no cap. Atleast I at home have no cap, what so ever.
lhgfb 9 months ago
I have a 5GB cap. >.<
xboxlive6 9 months ago
Compared to other places I don't think I'm getting ripped off. Comcast is the big name here and actually I don't think my area offers anything else in the broadband area. I pay something like 60 a month for mediocre speeds that also get throttled if you are using to much bandwidth.
ChedWick05 9 months ago
Im in west gta and i tried switching from cogeco to tekksavy which my cap is 120gb a month with cogeco, i usually use about 200-300gbs a month. when i reach 120gb i get charged extra per gb up to a maximum of 50 dollars extra. i believe when i reach 170gb for the month its no extra charge. I dont feel im getting ripped off, i KNOW im getting ripped off! i tried switching to tekksavy, they dont over cable internet where i live. give your money to tekksavy if its a good service so they can expand.
brettpahl 9 months ago
cable is expensive, but gas is the real rip off
no caps here in the USA though
jmccredden123 9 months ago
I live in Australia, pretty much every ISP has download limits for their broadband plans. Some of them have special unlimited plans, but they are very expensive.
Lvaneede 9 months ago
@Lvaneede and Australia doesn't have the greatest connection speed D:
TheKennethhuang 9 months ago
slow down lol
cinema2k 9 months ago
What sucks in some areas, there is not much of a choice, I live in an area, that does not have much choice, and I'm on Atlantic Broadband here in SC, which so far as been good to me, except for when they are having system problems, and it gets slow, but they usually fix it, within a few hours at most. Also I'm on a 6mbps line for $48US a month with no video service, and Vonage IP phone for $30 a month both unlimited.
clays121 9 months ago
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I have Verizon Fios fiber optic network 30Mbps download 30Mbps upload No Cap i pay $44.99 a month
SrTuX 9 months ago
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SrTuX 9 months ago
here in the uk rodney theres only one isp internet service provider that is trully unlimited and thats sky broadband they dont cap it in anyway. the other isps like virgin media bt broadband talk talk do cap it but not as bad as your rodney thats bad
mrkeith557 9 months ago
you know it's 30euros/month here
falmatrix2r 9 months ago
That's what we have here in Australia too unfortunately. We pay $90 p/m for 200GBs at 20mb/s down and 1mb/s up. 200GBs is enough cap for me, I've only reached it once, but at the same time the speed isn't that great. I feel the cost is a rip off though. In South Korea they have connections with a balanced 100mb/s up and down for $30-40 p/m that are uncapped. And they are working on upgrading to 1gb/s fiber optic connections by the end of 2012.
Vaughnlesterinoz 9 months ago
I live in Oregon, Comcast caps us at 150 gigs. It's ridiculous.
pigflesh 9 months ago
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I stopped watchin tv like 4 years ago and yes it suck we have comcast for tv and net and it f**k'in hi as hell owell
ISUZU1987 9 months ago
i stopped watchin tv like 2 years ago :D
8bilions 9 months ago
Europe is sooo ahead of America in this matter. I pay 20€ for 30/3 Mb uncapped connection :)
o0subzero0o 9 months ago
@o0subzero0o maybe so, but your governments are spying on you more and more, like France, which has a 3 strikes rules on illegal file sharing, which even if your not doing it, and they think you are, it counts, and after 3 strikes your banned from getting internet, and if your caught, they throw you in jail.
clays121 9 months ago
@clays121
No problem :) I'm from Portugal. Enterprises are so broke that they won't even sue people for illegal file sharing. Plus, I believe that "ban at 3 strikes" system is exclusive to France.
o0subzero0o 9 months ago
@o0subzero0o You better believe that the MPAA and the IRAA, and there European counterparts are suing like hell, and they do it with frivolousness and baseless lawsuits, just to extort money from people, over there overpriced shitty products, which they claim there loosing money on, when in fact they make more and more money each year. those groups piss me off to no end, and have so for a long time.
clays121 9 months ago
what does cap mean? download limit per month?
kidowner 9 months ago
@pcwizreveiws
I don't think you live in Australia, I think you may have visited 10 years ago but no, you definitely do not live here. Telstra does not own all the infastructure, they own the most but not all. On that note, Telstra has a 200GB 20mbps plan for $89 which I think is very competitive, Optus has 500GB plans and some other telcos have 1000GB plans. As for being capped, on Telstra you do not get charged but simply slowed down to 256kbps after 200GB.
K93George 9 months ago
AGREED. i have rogers now and i pretty much always go over my cap. il probably try out acanac or teksavvy soon.
ubertechdoom 9 months ago
100 Canadian dollars? And they cap it?!!! That's fucking weird.
Ressenatior 9 months ago
Its a lot cheaper in Europe i guess..I have a 100/10 connection for like 20 bucks/month - no Internet cap at all.
j41Lbr3ak3r 9 months ago
We have caps here in Western Australia, $70 gives you 100GB with VOiP the fastest service here i 1TB Plan but its like $80
poopoosmashers 9 months ago
We had caps in Norway, but people moved away from the telecoms, so they had to get rid of it! We have now no caps that im aware of.
I've tested it, and i managed to get down over 1 tb of data in one month.
It's also very stable connections, no dropouts.
rvenes 9 months ago
please God don't let my isp find out about his....
Amen.
JohnKapsis1985 9 months ago
$60USD for 10Mb Down/3-5Mb Up. Unlimited Data... Not the best, but certainly better than the infamous Comcast and other ISP's I hear about.
locolalo1364 9 months ago
In the uk with BT (one of the biggest providers) we have a cap at 100gb on thier "unlimited" plan after which they severely cut your download speeds. This by the way is one of the highest caps available in the uk. Most companies will give something like a 40Gb cap.
menzie2091 9 months ago
Im feel for you Rodney. I also hate these telecommmunications companies. They think that since there the only ones around they can set prices to their liking. I used to have AT&T long time ago until they screwed up in 1998. Then i switched to Verizon Ok for awhile then they followed the same path and became overpriced. Now im going to have to go to TimeWarner. Just a bit of advice to anyone. If you pay more than 50 a month for cellphone its stupid.
attilagenius94 9 months ago
I have a 3 megabit connection through a rural telephone cooperative. It's not the fastest but I can download 22.5 Megabytes per minute, 1.35 Gigabytes an hour, 32.4 Gigabytes per day, or 927 Gigabytes a month. So theoretically my "cap" is 927 gigs a month, on crappy rural internet for $35 a month, not too bad. Data caps are ridiculous and should not be tolerated.
elizle 9 months ago
I've never heard of a limit on how much you can download. I have Verizon for Internet and I pay about $30 US. It may not be the fastest service, but I can download as much as I want without any limit.
Joseph9536 9 months ago