Nice upgrade :P

[Locut0s]

We were on Shaw's Extreme service before which was 15/1. Today we decided to change up our cable services. We went with a reduced channel lineup, went from about 70 or 80 channels down to 40. We don't watch TV that much anymore though we do loose a channel or two that would be nice to have (will have to change some of the news channels we watch). Along with the 40 we added more Chinese channels for my mother and ordered a 500GB HDPVR so she can record her Chinese soaps and dramas without using the VCR (and without relying on us to remember to record it). We also changed our internet package to their Warp plan which is 50/3. It has a 175GB/mnth cap instead of the old 100GB cap. Though they never seemed to care when I went over to 150 and 200GB in the past (this may change if they reintroduce UBB ) All together our bill went up $16/mnth but my dad canceled one of the other phone services he had that he wasn't using which was costing 20 so essentially we save 4/mnth

 

[zerocool84]

Terrible upstream on your connection.

 

[moshquerade]

that's what she said

 

[Locut0s]

Terrible upstream on your connection.

3 up isn't bad around here. Would be nice to get more for my torrents but you can't without spending an arm and a leg around here.

 

[Crusty]

LOL @ 175GB/month. That's ~8 hrs running at max capacity.

 

[iGas]

You mean We as in you talked your parents into upgrading Cable service?

 

[Locut0s]

You mean We as in you talked your parents into upgrading Cable service?

As in it was my fathers idea to begin with and I'm happy to go along since I get much faster internet out of it. I talked him into cancelling some of his other services that he doesn't use to bring the cost to parity or lower.

 

[Locut0s]

LOL @ 175GB/month. That's ~8 hrs running at max capacity.

My old connection was 15 down and 100GB cap. So that's about 14hrs using the same concept. Many months I never hit the 100GB cap that I had before. True some months I went over by 50 to 100% so 200GB but never more than that and not all that often. It's a soft cap anyway and as far as I can tell they never throttled my connection. My only worry is if the CRTC goes back to UBB billing.

 

[silverpig]

LOL @ 175GB/month. That's ~8 hrs running at max capacity.

They aren't "caps" per se. If you go over a month or two, you're okay. If you're hitting 600 GB for 6 months in a row, you'll get a call.

 

[Locut0s]

They aren't "caps" per se. If you go over a month or two, you're okay. If you're hitting 600 GB for 6 months in a row, you'll get a call.

Yeah they don't even seem to throttle your connection when you go over. I know there have been months in the past where i went way over and they said nothing.

What are you on?

 

[silverpig]

Yeah they don't even seem to throttle your connection when you go over. I know there have been months in the past where i went way over and they said nothing.

What are you on?

Shaw 15/1. I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[airdata]

Terrible upstream on your connection.

I get 30/30 from Verizon. Although if I were to leave the upload on max for too long I think they shut your equipment off. LOL.

 

[Locut0s]

I get 30/30 from Verizon. Although if I were to leave the upload on max for too long I think they shut your equipment off. LOL.

Nice. Nothing like that around here unless you want to pay through the ass for some corporate line in your home.

Course in Japan and South Korea they get gigabit speeds for less than this.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

LOL @ 175GB/month. That's ~8 hrs running at max capacity.

Seriously, unless you're pirating Blu Ray Movies, I cannot fathom using 175 GB. I need to sleep, I don't download movies. The most space I use is steam games and eve online downloads. Then again, I would have to erase and redownload my entire list about 5 times to get anywhere near the cap

 

[dighn]

nice. do you actually saturate your 50mbps link speed? personally i'm eyeing the teksavvy service where they offer like 10 (or is it 15) mbps but 300 GB a month. not that I'd use anywhere close to 300GB a month but it's nice to pay less and not have to worry about bandwidth caps. teksavvy service over here is still in a rough shape though regarding the wholesale arrangement with shaw.

 

[dighn]

I need to sleep, I don't download movies.

:hmm:

 

[Locut0s]

nice. do you actually saturate your 50mbps link speed? personally i'm eyeing the teksavvy service where they offer like 10 (or is it 15) mbps but 300 GB a month. not that I'd use anywhere close to 300GB a month but it's nice to pay less and not have to worry about bandwidth caps. teksavvy service over here is still in a rough shape though regarding the wholesale arrangement with shaw.

I probably saturate it for short periods when downloading a torrent, say an hour or two at the very most.

 

[HAL9000]

Snap.

 

[Saint Nick]

Is locut0s a high schooler?

 

[Locut0s]

Is locut0s a high schooler?

Just about to turn 29

 

[Locut0s]

Snap.

Nice. What type of connection is that, DSL cable? What do you pay for such a service in the UK?

 

[Saint Nick]

>29 years old
>live with parents
>forever alone

did i do that right?

 

[HAL9000]

Nice. What type of connection is that, DSL cable? What do you pay for such a service in the UK?

It's cable, (fibre optic) It's going up to 100Mb in a month or so (so they keep telling us) It's £25pm (in American speak that's $40)

 

[Locut0s]

>29 years old
>live with parents
>forever alone

did i do that right?

Not the proper structure for a Haiku ;P Otherwise close to the truth, though not 100%..

 

[zCypher]

It's cable, (fibre optic) It's going up to 100Mb in a month or so (so they keep telling us) It's £25pm (in American speak that's $40)

That's really cheap, damn. I don't have transfer limits with my ISP but I pay for it. If you are on a plan that has a limit, they bill you per GB the moment you pass the limit. Many people have had insane bills because of this. I know this is a lot more lax in the west though.