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Indeed, and it's happening while cable providers push more offerings to IP-based services. Xfinity will hand you a free Xfinity Flex streaming box to watch free
by treesknees 4y ago
Indeed, and it's happening while cable providers push more offerings to IP-based services. Xfinity will hand you a free Xfinity Flex streaming box to watch free shows and content that all count against your monthly data cap.
My SO and I both work from home full time now, and we will easily hit 600-800GB/month. I can't imagine how homes with several kids streaming YouTube videos handles this without paying the extra monthly fee for the Xfinity modem just to remove their data cap.
- philjohn 4y agoSo glad this just isn't a thing in the UK. Yes, services are contended (1/32 on my FTTP), so if everyone goes full beans the whole time it would slow down, but I never have issues, even at busy times on my 900/100 plan. Turns out, most people's usage is bursty, and even every home streaming simultaneously at 4K is only using a fraction of the bandwidth available on the GPON circuit. I've used multiple TB a month (when working from home full time during the lockdown, with kids remote learning and spouse working remotely as well) and didn't get so much as a peep from my ISP. Unlimited really is unlimited.
- supertrope 4y agohttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/fios-customer-discovers-the-limits-of-unlimited-data-77-tb-in-month/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/fios-...