Earthlink Bandwidh Usage Question

[Crovakiet]

Ok here goes:

After the recent "nvidia/Halo movie" that was downloaded like crazy on a Earthlink's member site, he was charged an extraordinary amount by Earthlink(20,000$) due to "excessive bandwidth consumption or traffic".

As I am going to be a potential Earthlink/Mindspring/Covad DSL member(signed up under the $50/month fee), what is the set limit for downloads/uploads in order NOT to get charged by Earthlink for excessive bandwidth usage?I dont like the idea of earthlink charging for excessive usage, whats even worse is that the person in the above paragraph wasnt even warned by Earthlink hat he was consuming too much bandwidth and he only knew about the charges until he got his bill WITH the excessive charges noted on it.

Thanks in advance.

Kiet

 

[Adul]

I read that at COP. Man ouch.

 

[reitz]

$50 a month?!?!?

If you want to avoid those charges, find a decent ISP. You should be able to knock at least $10/mo off of that (and probably slash your setup fees in half), and avoid "eccessive bandwidth" charges.