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But you still have data caps and that sounds quite expensive for India. For example in Lithuania I have 1gbps with no limits for 20€.

chriswitts 6y ago
I'm in South Africa, paying ±$73/month for 100Mbps synchronous uncapped (but with a FUP [Fair Usage Policy]). I would love to double my speed and third my costs :(
bongoman37 6y ago
Interestingly, while there are data caps, I've never run into them and they seem to not be applied. After I use 100 GB or so they are topped up without me doing anything, so I think they are mainly for people massively abusing the connection or something.
- treyfitty 6y ago
  That’s because your original post says you get capped at 500GB... of course you don’t notice anything if you use just 100GB.
  - bongoman37 6y ago
    I meant the remaining amount is always around 500GB, it seems to reset once I reach 100GB of usage or so.
- Bancakes 6y ago
  A lot of us need unlimited data so we can bittorrent our linux isos.
  - benhurmarcel 6y ago
    Just for streaming 4k video really.
- LinuxBender 6y ago
  Abuse isn't necessarily required to surpass any caps. If you have teens, they will be streaming their games and such. They can stream for hours at a time which quickly adds up. Discord video streams average about 5GB/hr. I was often passing the 1.2TB/mo cap on Comcast and had to negotiate a plan that allowed for speed and no cap. That is even before factoring in game updates which as massive these days. I was under the impression that by now games would dynamically render textures using formulas, but alas... the games are getting exponentially bigger. And gaming platforms are not optimizing downloads to share between users on a LAN, so update bandwidth usage is multiplied by number of people playing the games in the home. I share some blame on that one. Back in the day when it was just me and I played only one game, I too stayed well below any limits.
perryizgr8 6y ago
I'm in India too and I pay ~$18 for 150M/150M with a 1TB cap. To be honest I have never even been able to consume more than half of that cap, so it is almost irrelevant. IMO data caps should be there, since if they are not there you can assume they exist but are hidden. Because per GB cost is low for ISPs, but not zero. I feel it is better that limit is made explicit and visible.

chriswitts 6y ago

I'm in South Africa, paying ±$73/month for 100Mbps synchronous uncapped (but with a FUP [Fair Usage Policy]). I would love to double my speed and third my costs :(

bongoman37 6y ago

Interestingly, while there are data caps, I've never run into them and they seem to not be applied. After I use 100 GB or so they are topped up without me doing anything, so I think they are mainly for people massively abusing the connection or something.

treyfitty 6y ago
That’s because your original post says you get capped at 500GB... of course you don’t notice anything if you use just 100GB.
- bongoman37 6y ago
  I meant the remaining amount is always around 500GB, it seems to reset once I reach 100GB of usage or so.
Bancakes 6y ago
A lot of us need unlimited data so we can bittorrent our linux isos.
- benhurmarcel 6y ago
  Just for streaming 4k video really.
LinuxBender 6y ago
Abuse isn't necessarily required to surpass any caps. If you have teens, they will be streaming their games and such. They can stream for hours at a time which quickly adds up. Discord video streams average about 5GB/hr. I was often passing the 1.2TB/mo cap on Comcast and had to negotiate a plan that allowed for speed and no cap. That is even before factoring in game updates which as massive these days. I was under the impression that by now games would dynamically render textures using formulas, but alas... the games are getting exponentially bigger. And gaming platforms are not optimizing downloads to share between users on a LAN, so update bandwidth usage is multiplied by number of people playing the games in the home. I share some blame on that one. Back in the day when it was just me and I played only one game, I too stayed well below any limits.

perryizgr8 6y ago

I'm in India too and I pay ~$18 for 150M/150M with a 1TB cap. To be honest I have never even been able to consume more than half of that cap, so it is almost irrelevant. IMO data caps should be there, since if they are not there you can assume they exist but are hidden. Because per GB cost is low for ISPs, but not zero. I feel it is better that limit is made explicit and visible.