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Originally posted by jiggerj
Sometimes I wish I were a computer geek so I could fully understand what's going on in cyberspace. So, forgive me if this is ignorant because I have to ask: Aren't these cap companies shooting themselves in the feet? What I see is a time when the caps get ridiculous to the point where all the companies that rely on the internet will simply by their own servers. This will enable customers to dial directly into sites like Netflix, Google, Twitter...
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by SerenityGained
Isn't this a good thing though? It's like your mum limiting your TV exposure when a kid.
Maybe time to get outside and enjoy life, rather then using the net?
Ummm nah.
You don't 'lose' internet - you just either get charged more, or lose speed.
When I'm capped to 256 - Oh and btw, shed a tear? How about WELCOME TO AUSTRALIAN NET HELL, we've been here for years now... gah!! - when I'm capped to 256kbps I can still browse the web fine, Hell I can still download apps that I need if theyre not gigs... 25kb/s is not too shabby, and above that I have 200gb quota a month and never run out even when I'm downloading tv shows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H linux distros, despite 100gb being on peak (midday till 2am PEAK, 2am till midday Off PEAK)...
Sure, if you're paying $19 a month, then you're getting a plain old bottom pounding, but then you're also not going to be doing anything to break your cap.
We used to have FREE upload bandwidth too... but more and more that's being counted towards the entire CAP.
Which infuriates me... I download from server X. I pay to download. I Upload to server x. I pay to Upload. Server x is also paying for downloads/uploads... It's a bloody double whammy...
It's like paying to get on a bus, to go somewhere, but also paying an additional fare because not only are you going to your destination, you're leaving one.
I won't shed a tear... no one who had uncapped bandwidth shed a tear for us, instead they jeered and said how retarded it was, etc etc...
edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: who the nell is hell?edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LS650
"Shed a tear"?
While I might consider such a cap annoying, I wouldn't cry over it. If you aren't happy with one service, go to the competition.
Originally posted by Beast Of Gevaudan
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by SerenityGained
Isn't this a good thing though? It's like your mum limiting your TV exposure when a kid.
Maybe time to get outside and enjoy life, rather then using the net?
Ummm nah.
You don't 'lose' internet - you just either get charged more, or lose speed.
When I'm capped to 256 - Oh and btw, shed a tear? How about WELCOME TO AUSTRALIAN NET HELL, we've been here for years now... gah!! - when I'm capped to 256kbps I can still browse the web fine, Hell I can still download apps that I need if theyre not gigs... 25kb/s is not too shabby, and above that I have 200gb quota a month and never run out even when I'm downloading tv shows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H linux distros, despite 100gb being on peak (midday till 2am PEAK, 2am till midday Off PEAK)...
Sure, if you're paying $19 a month, then you're getting a plain old bottom pounding, but then you're also not going to be doing anything to break your cap.
We used to have FREE upload bandwidth too... but more and more that's being counted towards the entire CAP.
Which infuriates me... I download from server X. I pay to download. I Upload to server x. I pay to Upload. Server x is also paying for downloads/uploads... It's a bloody double whammy...
It's like paying to get on a bus, to go somewhere, but also paying an additional fare because not only are you going to your destination, you're leaving one.
I won't shed a tear... no one who had uncapped bandwidth shed a tear for us, instead they jeered and said how retarded it was, etc etc...
edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: who the nell is hell?edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: (no reason given)
Exactly. I'm in Audtralia and I'm more than happy with my 25 gig per month cap. That's more than enough for me. I don't see how this is a major issue. You Americans have been spoiled with your uncapped service, here in Australia this is how it's done, coupled with the fact that our broadband service is 40% slower than yours, you guys should consider yourselves lucky.
Besides, if you need to use more than a couple hundred gig per month than you need to step away from the computer and get out more.
Originally posted by AndrewJay
Originally posted by Beast Of Gevaudan
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by SerenityGained
Isn't this a good thing though? It's like your mum limiting your TV exposure when a kid.
Maybe time to get outside and enjoy life, rather then using the net?
Ummm nah.
You don't 'lose' internet - you just either get charged more, or lose speed.
When I'm capped to 256 - Oh and btw, shed a tear? How about WELCOME TO AUSTRALIAN NET HELL, we've been here for years now... gah!! - when I'm capped to 256kbps I can still browse the web fine, Hell I can still download apps that I need if theyre not gigs... 25kb/s is not too shabby, and above that I have 200gb quota a month and never run out even when I'm downloading tv shows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H linux distros, despite 100gb being on peak (midday till 2am PEAK, 2am till midday Off PEAK)...
Sure, if you're paying $19 a month, then you're getting a plain old bottom pounding, but then you're also not going to be doing anything to break your cap.
We used to have FREE upload bandwidth too... but more and more that's being counted towards the entire CAP.
Which infuriates me... I download from server X. I pay to download. I Upload to server x. I pay to Upload. Server x is also paying for downloads/uploads... It's a bloody double whammy...
It's like paying to get on a bus, to go somewhere, but also paying an additional fare because not only are you going to your destination, you're leaving one.
I won't shed a tear... no one who had uncapped bandwidth shed a tear for us, instead they jeered and said how retarded it was, etc etc...
edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: who the nell is hell?edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: (no reason given)
Exactly. I'm in Audtralia and I'm more than happy with my 25 gig per month cap. That's more than enough for me. I don't see how this is a major issue. You Americans have been spoiled with your uncapped service, here in Australia this is how it's done, coupled with the fact that our broadband service is 40% slower than yours, you guys should consider yourselves lucky.
Besides, if you need to use more than a couple hundred gig per month than you need to step away from the computer and get out more.
Yes well we over here in the states live in a free nation unlike yours that is ruled by the royal queen. You be more than happy, you were raised into believing to be a slave.
Originally posted by Beast Of Gevaudan
Originally posted by AndrewJay
Originally posted by Beast Of Gevaudan
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by SerenityGained
Isn't this a good thing though? It's like your mum limiting your TV exposure when a kid.
Maybe time to get outside and enjoy life, rather then using the net?
Ummm nah.
You don't 'lose' internet - you just either get charged more, or lose speed.
When I'm capped to 256 - Oh and btw, shed a tear? How about WELCOME TO AUSTRALIAN NET HELL, we've been here for years now... gah!! - when I'm capped to 256kbps I can still browse the web fine, Hell I can still download apps that I need if theyre not gigs... 25kb/s is not too shabby, and above that I have 200gb quota a month and never run out even when I'm downloading tv shows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H linux distros, despite 100gb being on peak (midday till 2am PEAK, 2am till midday Off PEAK)...
Sure, if you're paying $19 a month, then you're getting a plain old bottom pounding, but then you're also not going to be doing anything to break your cap.
We used to have FREE upload bandwidth too... but more and more that's being counted towards the entire CAP.
Which infuriates me... I download from server X. I pay to download. I Upload to server x. I pay to Upload. Server x is also paying for downloads/uploads... It's a bloody double whammy...
It's like paying to get on a bus, to go somewhere, but also paying an additional fare because not only are you going to your destination, you're leaving one.
I won't shed a tear... no one who had uncapped bandwidth shed a tear for us, instead they jeered and said how retarded it was, etc etc...
edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: who the nell is hell?edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: (no reason given)
Exactly. I'm in Audtralia and I'm more than happy with my 25 gig per month cap. That's more than enough for me. I don't see how this is a major issue. You Americans have been spoiled with your uncapped service, here in Australia this is how it's done, coupled with the fact that our broadband service is 40% slower than yours, you guys should consider yourselves lucky.
Besides, if you need to use more than a couple hundred gig per month than you need to step away from the computer and get out more.
Yes well we over here in the states live in a free nation unlike yours that is ruled by the royal queen. You be more than happy, you were raised into believing to be a slave.
What an ignorant response! Was that childish dig really necessary? "Believing to ba a slave" you say? Australia is just as much a free nation as the states, but I'd be surprised if you could even find Australia on a map, let alone have any clue what it's like living here.
Originally posted by AndrewJay
Originally posted by Beast Of Gevaudan
Originally posted by AndrewJay
Originally posted by Beast Of Gevaudan
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by SerenityGained
Isn't this a good thing though? It's like your mum limiting your TV exposure when a kid.
Maybe time to get outside and enjoy life, rather then using the net?
Ummm nah.
You don't 'lose' internet - you just either get charged more, or lose speed.
When I'm capped to 256 - Oh and btw, shed a tear? How about WELCOME TO AUSTRALIAN NET HELL, we've been here for years now... gah!! - when I'm capped to 256kbps I can still browse the web fine, Hell I can still download apps that I need if theyre not gigs... 25kb/s is not too shabby, and above that I have 200gb quota a month and never run out even when I'm downloading tv shows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H linux distros, despite 100gb being on peak (midday till 2am PEAK, 2am till midday Off PEAK)...
Sure, if you're paying $19 a month, then you're getting a plain old bottom pounding, but then you're also not going to be doing anything to break your cap.
We used to have FREE upload bandwidth too... but more and more that's being counted towards the entire CAP.
Which infuriates me... I download from server X. I pay to download. I Upload to server x. I pay to Upload. Server x is also paying for downloads/uploads... It's a bloody double whammy...
It's like paying to get on a bus, to go somewhere, but also paying an additional fare because not only are you going to your destination, you're leaving one.
I won't shed a tear... no one who had uncapped bandwidth shed a tear for us, instead they jeered and said how retarded it was, etc etc...
edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: who the nell is hell?edit on 30/4/2011 by badw0lf because: (no reason given)
Exactly. I'm in Audtralia and I'm more than happy with my 25 gig per month cap. That's more than enough for me. I don't see how this is a major issue. You Americans have been spoiled with your uncapped service, here in Australia this is how it's done, coupled with the fact that our broadband service is 40% slower than yours, you guys should consider yourselves lucky.
Besides, if you need to use more than a couple hundred gig per month than you need to step away from the computer and get out more.
Yes well we over here in the states live in a free nation unlike yours that is ruled by the royal queen. You be more than happy, you were raised into believing to be a slave.
What an ignorant response! Was that childish dig really necessary? "Believing to ba a slave" you say? Australia is just as much a free nation as the states, but I'd be surprised if you could even find Australia on a map, let alone have any clue what it's like living here.
Yes it was necessary because it is the view of a suppressed people, no matter where they are from, or to what degree of suppression occurs, that make things like this seem normal to others. Slowly but surely all of our god given rights are stripped away while the people clap and beg for more. Like it or not, you're still owned by the queen. Just like Canada.
Originally posted by neo96
caps are rip offs they do this crap becausewe let them.
those jerks.edit on 30-4-2011 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by trust_no_one
PS u 2 above are both ignorant and should stop fighting, it doesnt matter if your in australia or US information should be free and uncapped. neither of you are better for insulting ones queen or the others education system, we're all surfs anyways so FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND INFORMATION
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I agree that the internet should be uncapped, but expecting a service that someone else is providing for you to be free is a bit much, would you also expect a free house and car? Be realistic.
Sometimes I need to download original NASA or ESA images instead of small, cropped and compressed images that all sites show, and those images are usually around 1GB, with some even bigger than 2GB.
Originally posted by kykweer
Gosh with constant downloading the most I've managed was 80gb in a month there is no way you can have a normal life if u manage to dl 250gb in a month.