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but don't most ISPs have datacaps nowadays, Comcast has 1TB
by trumped 8y ago
but don't most ISPs have datacaps nowadays, Comcast has 1TB
- Semaphor 8y agoNo. Not sure how it is in the US though.
- kiwijamo 8y agoUnlimited fibre is the norm here in New Zealand.
- brianwski 8y ago> Comcast has 1TB/month data cap I have three suggestions, but I have only tried the second suggestion, so please do your own research before my bad advice costs you a lot of money. :-) 1) Comcast (at least in many places) allows you to exceed your bandwidth cap for two months before clamping down on you. I think they are trying to prevent serious long term abuse, not a one time overage. So if you have 3 TBytes and can get it uploaded in one or two months, just do it, apologize, and it won't cost you anything. Backblaze only does "incrementals" after the initial upload. 2) Personally I have Comcast and I pay them an extra $30 or so per month for "unlimited" (remove the cap). Now when I look at my usage, my family stays just under the 1 TByte limit ANYWAY, so this is wasted money, but I don't want to stress about it, and I run like 5 Nestcams CONSTANTLY streaming video, plus my family loves Netflix, so I just drop the $30 and relax. So you could call up Comcast and change over to "unlimited" if you can afford it. 3) A modification of #2 that I have NOT TRIED is to raise it to "unlimited" for the duration of the initial backup. I don't know if you have to commit to a year of unlimited bandwidth, or six months, or if you can change at any time?