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That really doesn't sound like that bad of a price at all for going over the limit you agreed to.
by jimmaswell 13y ago
That really doesn't sound like that bad of a price at all for going over the limit you agreed to.
- MichaelGG 13y ago$10 for 50GB? At 4 hours a day, every day a month, 50GB is only 1Mbps. 1Mbps of transit costs < $1/month. So in a way, it's only 10x markup, which isn't _terrible_ given the industry. OTOH, people that exceed may be more likely to perform large transfers. If you're downloading at non-peak hours, there's zero extra cost to the ISP. This kind of problem is unavoidable when the cost and price structures vary.
- ars 13y agoIt's 50GB over 300GB - it's a VERY rare customer that uses 300GB in one month. And even then this is only in a few cities, most places have no cap.
- cobookman 13y agoIts not that rare to exceed the 300GB datacap if you're not using cable as your primary means of video distribution. Netflix uses 2.8GB/Hour of streaming on its highest quality setting [1]. That's only 107 hours of video per 300GB. Now include four family members, and normal internet traffic...and voila you're over 300GB in one moth. [1] https://support.netflix.com/en/node/87 https://support.netflix.com/en/node/87
- DrStalker 13y agoAs an Australian it's an insanely good price.