QOTD: How Much Would You Pay for Uncapped Net?

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$1, bob.

Really though, I signed up for internet at a certain speed for a certain price. Shouldn't our service remain the same or get better?

From the beginning, our speeds were increased from 6Mbps to 16, at the same (insanely price) of $53/month. In that same time, they stuck a tasty download cap on us. I'd be happy to go back to the original "plan" at 6Mbps if it means they abolish that cap.
 
I'm paying about $30 US for 3mb/60GB now. I'd only be willing to pay an extra $10 US to boost it to 120-150GB (which would be more than I'd ever use) but I have been eyeing the $47 US for 15mb/100GB deal from my ISP. Unlimited use for me is far less important than a speed boost.

I remember upgrading from 300 baud to 9600bps and thinking that the speed was insane (as was the cost). Amazing how far the technology has come, but the ISPs still have the same mentality (higher prices + less customer service = good business).
 
I wouldn't pay more. The ISP I had back in the California was SureWest. 20 meg up/down for $50 (50% discount because I was an employee) They are FTTH (fiber to the home) and it was so nice.

Caps are worthless because even if you aren't doing anything illegal you can hit them. I download all kinds of updates for my various computers and consoles. Not to mention looking at Youtube or downloading tv shows from itunes.
 
I currently pay 15 Eur (~$20) for 4Mbit uncapped. national Bandwidth is 100MB so especially no problem for games. Would not pay more.
 
I'll pay what I pay now, roughly $50 bucks a month for 15down / 7.5 up. I will pay no more. The uncapped connection IS what I am paying for, not just speed. I will switch to another ISP to get a true internet connection if I have to. Time warner has upset me with constant bill changes and problems with our cable. I swear they are trying to piss off their customers. I will leave so fast and get everyone I know to do the same.
 
I'm paying ~$90 a month (AU $) for "a theoretical maximum of 24,000kbps" with 25gb peak and 40gb off-peak downloads.
And that's decent at the moment -_-'

I hate Australian internet.
 
[citation][nom]shadodragon[/nom]I will avoid any company that "caps" my bandwidth. I'm not a bandwidth hog by any stretch, but it's the principle of the issue.Speed, however, will peak my spending interest. However, I already feel that most providers are overcharging for what piddly bandwidth they currently offer. I think I'm $60/month for 6Mbs? When that number is closer to 20+Mbs, I'll be a little more satisfied with the service at the price.[/citation]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Not only do I oppose download caps, I switched from comcast who now caps at 250 GB/month to Wide Open West who don't cap at all and from my phone conversation with them, don't plan to. They said download caps are ridiculous and they're a cable ISP! As somebody who watches cable TV at my PC nearly all the time (as I'm watching Jay Leno right now), cable and internet for me are completely symbiotic with each other. I watch different content on TV as I do on youtube or any internet video site, and of course, my TV listings come from the internet via Media Center.
 
Hmm, good question, the absolute limit for what i'd pay for internet is 49 dollars a month, i think, i don't want to spend more than that for something so necessary, and fortunately i don't have to, i pay the equivalent of 33 dollars a month for unrestricted 100/100 mb/sec internet. But then again, if i were to live out in the woods with no other people around me? Well, i suppose i could pay 49 dollars a month for 20mbits per second. Anything less is unacceptable. You may have noticed that i haven't said anything about caps? Well, its because ANY cap is utter nonsense, in my town there was a monopoly on internet, with a 10 gb per month limit, 2mb/sec, for 25 dollars a month... They failed, and now we have 100 mbit/sec... The people said "No more" and made their voices heard. Stick at it, Americans. Don't give up.
 
Not much. I don't need uncapped net. I'm fine with a pretty small cap, myself.

People on here really fail to realize that 1) The U.S. demands for bandwidth outstrip all other nations 2) Bandwidth is a limited resource, and over saturation of our networks by chronic downloaders leads to a poorer experience for everyone else 3) Local utilities laws restrict the amount of competition and infrastructure development that can occur, in some cases creating government-sanctioned monopolies or duopolies that the consumer is forced to live with. More laws are the opposite of what we need.
 
ALL INTERNET USE SHOULD BE UNCAPPED.
Imagine the outrage if public road use or TV/radio/phone use is capped.
I beleive in limiting natural resourse use and related things to keep the world healthy. But I don't see any need for Internat capping and Internet use is a utility, like eletric & water.
I'm surprised we're actually talking about capping.
To the topic. I'll pay for $20 for 10+mbps unlimited use. Progress should go forward, not backwards...
 
Yes, I agree with most of the posts here. Currently, I pay about $50/mo for 6mpbs down/512kpbs up in the AT&T southeast region (NC). Anyway, this service is actually quite good and very reliable. I think its actually pricey for what I get but if they implement caps I'll just back my service down to 3mpbs again or even 1.5mpbs and save my money. I guess what the ISP's don't see is that they will actually lose a lot of money this way in the long run. People are not all that stupid. Some are but most who use their internet on a daily basis are not that dumb I don't think.
 
I am what Comcast calls an insane user before the capped most everyone at the 250Gb per month.

There was one month that I did a total of 472.3 GB of total inbound traffic. They called me and said the I have uses to much bandwidth and that I was part of the top 1% on their entire network. (witch I never believed) they told me I had to cut my internet usage significantly. But no one that I talked to ever told me what an acceptable usage is one guy said that their average user base uses less than 1GB per month (again I didn't believe it at all) now that they have the cap of 250Gb per month Im watching The net limiter program I have like a hawk and one month after I got netflix and had my 360 hooked up to it and watched a few movies I had already done 187Gb on my computer but there is no way to check to see how much I had used on the 360. So I called Comcast and asked them a simple question "Can you tell me how much bandwidth total I've used so I can watch my limit more accurately?"

What they said shocked me and I got very mad "Sir we don't have a way of monitoring it or this department can not access that information

Am I weird to think that any company that imposes a limit with their service that they should have an obligation to either let you call or go to a webpage where you can see just how close you are to their limit?
 
Personally, I think the ISP's should start at $10/mo for 1mpbs service and then add 3 dollars per month for every 1mpbs extra that is ordered by a customer. That way if you get 10mpbs service (which is widely available including where I live) then you would basically wind up paying $30/mo and that would be unlimited by the way (none of this ridiculous cap BS).
 
I live in Romania. I pay only 9$ + VTA (19%) every month for unlimited traffic.
Maximum spped ; 3,6 MB/s download, 1,5 MB/s upload.
100 MB in LAN
 
[citation][nom]secolliyn[/nom]I am what Comcast calls an insane user before the capped most everyone at the 250Gb per month.There was one month that I did a total of 472.3 GB of total inbound traffic. They called me and said the I have uses to much bandwidth and that I was part of the top 1% on their entire network. (witch I never believed) they told me I had to cut my internet usage significantly. But no one that I talked to ever told me what an acceptable usage is one guy said that their average user base uses less than 1GB per month (again I didn't believe it at all) now that they have the cap of 250Gb per month Im watching The net limiter program I have like a hawk and one month after I got netflix and had my 360 hooked up to it and watched a few movies I had already done 187Gb on my computer but there is no way to check to see how much I had used on the 360. So I called Comcast and asked them a simple question "Can you tell me how much bandwidth total I've used so I can watch my limit more accurately?"What they said shocked me and I got very mad "Sir we don't have a way of monitoring it or this department can not access that information Am I weird to think that any company that imposes a limit with their service that they should have an obligation to either let you call or go to a webpage where you can see just how close you are to their limit?[/citation]

I totally agree here! I've never bumped up against my limit, but I have heard of people who have...and have gotten calls. I got nervous once the 250GB cap was stuck on comcast users (even if it was a high cap to begin with). I expected they provide some sort of meter, but their FAQ and Terms and Conditions reveal just two things:

1: They will not tell you how much you've used (and tell you not to worry because "hardly anyone ever comes close")

2: If you DO go over your limit twice within 6 months, they cut your service.

When it comes to bandwidth caps, I almost want to side with TimeWarner. Even though they charge you for overages, they stop at $75, give you some sort of meter, and at least wont cut you off (in my area, your only decent option is comcast). The only reason I don't is because their bandwidth caps are so low!
 
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