att dsl bandwidth useage page is up, I'm screwed

[uhohs]

my utorrent is set to use ~450kb/sec combined download and upload, sometimes 500kb/sec but rarely. i bet att's numbers are that inaccurate.

 

[child of wonder]

250GB would be enough for 99% of the users. At the end of the day you are paying for a service. A company can decide not to serve you. Just as a all-you-can eat restaurant can decide not to serve someone. I am sure that if 1% of the users are using over 50% of the resources they would be happy to see that 1% go so the rest of the 99% can get better service. If you are using that much data then maybe a business plan would be a better option. I wouldn't say that you are abusing the service. However there is no "right" to internet service. If a company decides that you are tying up to much bandwidth because you are on the extreme end they are well within their right to decide not to serve you.

I agree. It's their right to fire me as a customer.

They should not, however, advertise their product as "unlimited high speed internet" and then complain when their customers use it more than expected.

 

[mugs]

I agree. It's their right to fire me as a customer.

They should not, however, advertise their product as "unlimited high speed internet" and then complain when their customers use it more than expected.

Do they advertise their product as "unlimited high speed internet?"

 

[Mike Gayner]

Yeah links to where is says unlimited internet plx.

 

[Texashiker]

Yup, the best way to show you're unhappy is to vote with your money. If AT&T doesn't want to give you the service you want try somebody else.

I dont know what world you live in, but where I live we only have 1 high speed provider.

It must be nice to pick your high speed internet provider

 

[Brovane]

I agree. It's their right to fire me as a customer.

They should not, however, advertise their product as "unlimited high speed internet" and then complain when their customers use it more than expected.

Last time I looked at my service agreement with my ISP, the bandwidth caps are in the agreement. Not sure about your ISP. Did you not find anything about bandwidth caps in your agreement with your ISP?

 

[Udgnim]

I still get this

AT&T is not able to capture usage data on all of its customers. Customers whose usage is not available for viewing should not be concerned about their usage patterns for billing purposes.

To learn more about how to manage your usage, please visit www.att.com/internet-usage

so I guess I'm safe!

 

[ElFenix]

AT&T is not able to capture usage data on all of its customers. Customers whose usage is not available for viewing should not be concerned about their usage patterns for billing purposes.

fuck yeah

 

[uhohs]

 

[eelw]

Holy crap. Over a TB??? I average around 300GB a month

 

[Udgnim]

Holy crap. Over a TB??? I average around 300GB a month

pre-teen J pop is serious business

 

[Anubis]

umm gratz on being a pirate i guess

 

[Newbian]

umm gratz on being a pirate i guess

Hey... someone has to share all the pedobear material.

 

[Krynj]

Not sure if you've got Time Warner in your area, but, they provide good speeds (15 mbit) and no caps. I've had months that double your usage, and I've never gotten any sort of letter or anything from them.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Wow, over 1TB a month...that's a shit ton.

Tiny Japanese girls take up a lot of space...

 

[gwai lo]

Not sure if you've got Time Warner in your area, but, they provide good speeds (15 mbit) and no caps. I've had months that double your usage, and I've never gotten any sort of letter or anything from them.

Apparently there's hardcore throttling from Time Warner in denser populated areas. Still trying to weigh which is the "lesser evil" at this point. :|

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Holy fuck.

I guess I'm not nearly as nerdy as some of you, because the SO and I do 20gb/mo.. lol

So would that be 544kb/sec every second of every day, in the last billing cycle?

The Usage for March/April would be 439kb/s down (assuming 31 days) or 453.7kb/s (for 30 days).

 

[Krynj]

Apparently there's hardcore throttling from Time Warner in denser populated areas. Still trying to weigh which is the "lesser evil" at this point. :|

I see. I don't live in a densely populated area, so I've never been hit by it.