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Really, they're the same thing, given that your data cap resets every month. For instance, if you maxed out a 100mpbs home connection 24/7 for a month, you cou
by missedthecue 4y ago
Really, they're the same thing, given that your data cap resets every month.
For instance, if you maxed out a 100mpbs home connection 24/7 for a month, you could transfer no more than ~32tb.
- hacym 4y agoBut that means that bandwidth is still utilized, while a bandwidth cap at, say, 10Mbps would mean that 10 users are make up what one user at 100Mbps make up. In theory, a neighborhood or block might have the cable infrastructure to support 10Gbps simultaneously. There is no real benefit for the ISP to ensure that bandwidth is 100% utilized, so they have no incentive give a user more bandwidth than they paid for. Thus, capped bandwidth. I’d suspect data caps are useful for over sold areas, but are great for lining the pockets of greedy ISPs.