AT&T testing 150 GB broadband data cap
The days of unlimited data transfers may be dwindling. AT&T is now testing the idea of a monthly data cap for its broadband Internet users, the company has confirmed, and could move toward a more widespread rollout in the future. Users in Reno, Nev. will be the first to see the limits pop up, spokesman Michael Coe indicates, though a secondary test market may soon be added. Beginning this month, AT&T will restrict new customers in the affected areas based on their Internet plans. Users with the slowest speed DSL service will be limited to 20GB of bandwidth per month, while users of the fastest plan will receive a cap of 150GB a month. Any data transferred above the limit will be billed at a rate of $1 per gigabyte following a one-month grace period.
Existing AT&T customers will not yet be affected but will be added into the test later this year. All existing users will automatically receive the highest cap of 150GB a month, Coe notes. AT&T believes the caps are more than sufficient for average users, pointing out that a small subset of its customers — about 5 percent — uses a full 50 percent of the network’s bandwidth, slowing things down for the remaining majority. AT&T isn’t the first provider to move toward bandwidth caps, but as America’s largest ISP, it’s certainly the one with the heaviest impact. Comcast started enforcing bandwidth limits of 250GB per month — a slightly larger number than the maximum cap being tested by AT&T right now — at the beginning of October.
Source: PC World
Comments(87)
150GB, to be fair, doesn’t seem that bad. I barely use 100GB/m and I’m a pretty heavy torrenter…
and they found another way to steal more money from the customers.
150GB would be awesome, should try having 40GB a month like me… :\
I wonder how that will be enforced….I signed up for comcast over a year ago and I never signed or agreed to any cap or limit for the price i’m paying. I never had to sign a term of service contract or anything. Im wondering how they’re gonna get away with changing their plans after i already agreed to their set price.
Yeah 150Gb would be great. I get a warning from my provider and threatened to be cut off if i go above 60Gb a month.
150 gigs a day? week? month? they didn’t say that… if its a month.. than dats not alot at all…
150gb is plenty!
I have adsl2+ with 150gb a month and i use roughly 100gb-140gb and im using megashares so my down speed is alot faster it being direct downloads.
I cant complain i thinks its plenty.
But 20gb on the other hand is pathetic!
I’ll use that overnight!
I used just shy of 150gb last month, if you add my uploads and downloads together. My connection is only 6down/1up (mbps)
150gb a month is more than enough.
Dont know what your crying about, I am with Time Warner and my usage is still unlimited. In fact I can pay a small fee of $110. a month and get unlimited access with 50MBPS download and 30MBPS upload. Why? Because I was a customer before the limits were rolled out and as such I cannot be forced into the new rate plan as in the US it is illegal and a violation of federal law for any business to “grandfather” existing contracts into new contracts without a cancel on the original contract. So as long as I pay my monthly cable fee wich includes my internet access, I am protected from them doing this to me by federal law. The FCC will tell you this without any probs…http://www.fcc.gov so as long as you have an existing contract with a provider, they cannot change the terms of same without your express permission nor can they drop you for refusing as the FCC and US federal law will not allow them to do so. New customers? you are SOL.
150 GB is like 3 hours in a single direction. Do they include the upload as well in these caps? If so, that’s even worse. Even during some medium usage you could easily hit the cap in one day.
How can people tolerate that the ISP:s cap their connections and then is allowed to call it unlimited? In the land of the lawsuit, why is no one suing them for false marketing?
to download 150gb in 3 hours you need a stupidly fast connection and 150gb worth of content to actually download…
Hmm, I moved to Romania of all places to work and have unlimited downloads per month,(managed about 300 gb) a few months back, and pay 10 USD for it. Even for Romanian conditions it’s cheap. I remember being in Australia and paying 75 dollars a month for 25 gb on a 512k line a couple years back!
Americans may soon have it bad, but in Australia its worse than anywhere else that has internet access it seems, even poor, run down Romania has better internet service!
great… now i have to make sure i know how much i download. that kinda sucks. i dont know if i get 150Gbs a month.. but ill have to count. crap
Have to put up with 21 gig cap a month. It is not so bad, just need to be selective, downloading game rips and highly compressed movies and tv, I don’t think I am missing out on much. If traffic bottlenecks are a problem I think isps should implement unlimited transfers at offpeak times, that will provide heavy users with an incentive to use their connections sparing during peak times.
@13
Exactly, im from Australia… I pay $60 and get 40GB a month :\ fail
@dam
Are you crazy? we’re on a point where all businesses are moving up digital distribution. Be it TV, gaming (both multiplayer and download). And consumption of bandwidth itself is on the rise. It may be enough today but what about in half a year?
You think AT&T will raise the cap then? If this goes thru I guess I’ll just change provider.
So I am an existing user, so i automatically get 150Gb.
But lets say I was a new user and had my speed which is 1.5 mbps.. about how much do you think the limit would be?
NO!
What the hell is wrong with them, they just wont pay up to upgrade their network. The internet needs to EVOLVE not get restricted by these fools. If you are with them, please move to another provider, after calling them and telling them why.
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oh yeah! remember when broadband was the next big leap forward? now these greedy providers cant keep up with the monster they have created they just gonna cap us all?
and will they reduce our monthly bill when they cap us? you bet they wont! they will charge the same amount for a poorer service-look at the other post about how netflix want to concentrate on direct downloads to our pcs,streaming is getting bigger and bigger and the isps want us to go backwards!
thieving corporate twats! wonder if the movie and music moguls have a hand in all this? they cant actually stop their stuff being shared so they attempt to stop us by stealth?
Are you people kidding me?!?! Its not that bad?!?! they are taking away yet another thing.. to make a buck or to abolish the scene… this is yet another step. think about this… 5 – 10 years ago when you were downloading a game aor an app or whatever… the biggest it ever was was only a couple a hundred meg.. now games/movies/etc can be up to 8 gig a piece… you think they are going to get smaller? or even stay the same? no they aren’t… things are only getting bigger. even if this cap doesnt seem so bad now… it will eventually… and they are just establishing a line.. sure they make it 150gb now but who’s to say they wont attach a big price to it or now that they have their foot in the door… keep bringing it down and down as time goes on.
i’m sorry but this is just the begining of the end.
This SUCKS!!! I have at&t’s fastest connection and have had them for years b/c there was no cap like comcast. 150 gigs is NOT ENOUGH!!!!! I am a data fiend that d/l’s constantly and unfortunately there are no more isp’s to choose from til they come through with fiber optics or verizon lets me get up on their white space…
Are you serious?
Anyone saying its ‘not so bad’ is an idiot… having your internet ‘capped’ is unbelievable!!!! Do you guys realise there are loads of countrys out there (probably the majority) that wouldn’t DARE try this nonsense… why would anyone let their provider get away with that?!?!?
reading about americans bleating about capping is hilarious. betcha you didn’t see that coming when you were voting for change did you?
anyone saying 150 GB is a lot is an idiot. Thats 3 Retail Blu-Ray rips. I DL on average 8-10 of them a month, plus a bunch of games, music, and HDTV rips. Well at least I have Fios, if I had AT&T Id be pissed.
@22 JaYBa420
Hit the nail on the head. This is a bad trend and anyone, especially on this site should protest to their ISP for attempting to cap.
@24 you know you guys should be happy having it capped at only 150GB…
till a couple of months ago our highest package here was 60 € for 30 GB, only recently they added a new package 100GB for 68€ and with 1€ for 1 extra GB.
but if you manage to do all your DL’s at night, you can DL double…
so be happy!
ofcourse if you want to download all Bluray’s at 45GB a piece you don’t have enough, but take in account that you otherwise have to pay 25$ for 1, so don’t be too greedy guys.
BTW, if you DL the 1080p rips at 12GB you have enough quality for free me thinks
I just accept that living in a small geographically isolated country, with little competition amongst service providers, the quality of service is going to suck compared to large densely populated countries with alot of competition. The quality of service in the US, much of europe, japan and south korea is vastly superior to the rest of the world.
This will hurt business online big time down the road. Things like Netflix that is concentrating on streaming and allowing users to download dvds online will be hurt as now customers not only will have to pay for movies and normal fee for internet usage but also worry about going over the cap limit and thus paying even more. Other things are stores that allow downloading games as you etc: Steam.
You people should not be so complacent, sure maybe 150GB is enough now but what about when HD on demand is around, or game downloads go up to 20GB.
Demand better infrastructure to deal with higher traffic, not unfair usage caps!
150GB would destroy me. I’m a heavy usenet leecher whose monthly usage ranges between ~50GB to ~400GB.
Last 3 months stats (reverse order): 180GB, 320GB, 250GB.
Those numbers don’t even take into account: torrents, gaming, streaming, direct file downloads etc
@16 DOT (STAFF MEMBER)
I’m from australia aswel….
Should switch over to TPG adsl2+ its only $69.95 a month with 150gb
40gb on peak. 110gb offpeak.
@28 sense
I pay 20 euro a month for 16mb/s and NO cap
and if they tried that sh!t…. well.
@33
Yeah im with Adam internet atm…
Was thinking of switching over to TPG (but ive heard abit of bad stuff about them on whirlpool forums) or Netspace which are apprently meant to be pretty good
No worries. Everyone can switch to Verizon. So far they are one of the few major companies left that is resisting this latest “usage capping” trend and will not be limiting internet/bandwidth usage.
Show your support and let them know they’re on the right track. In the end the $$$ will speak much more than words.
I have used utorrent over year and i have downloaded 212gb.
And my speed is 2/mb with no limitations.
400GB/month???
i would have to buy me a new HDD every month to keep up with that.
Now that’s what i call greedy.
If you were to buy all this you would have to spend 1000$/month.
Keep in mind that the providers task is not that they have to make sure that pirates can have all they want…
qoute:: “adam
November 5th, 2008 | 15:11
reading about americans bleating about capping is hilarious. betcha you didn’t see that coming when you were voting for change did you?”
If I was an american I would vote Obama,but
THAT WAS HILARIOUS ADAM… ty for making me laugh during boring working hours
@35 DOT (STAFF)
Yeah ive been with TPG now for about 5 months, i had a few drop outs and some slow speed problems in the begining but after a few tweaks and adjustments im topping around 1.5mb a sec down speeds (average about 900kb/s. 7gb-8gb games download via megashares in 2 hours and a 700mb movie in 6 mins
Pretty darn decent if u ask me.
Just as things change in the usa things seem to be getting better in the uk for a change.
Last month Sky removed the fair usage policy from its Sky Max up to 16Mb product , making it the only truly unlimited broadband package in the UK.
You can download 24/7 if you want to, but what sort of speed you will be getting I don’t know as they’re still using that annoying phrase “up to” but at least it’s step in the right direction.
also with adam and have got 80gig for the low low (sigh…) price of $125.00. We have 4 guys in this house and we need a better option. Hearing that the biggest ISP in USA is moving to capped plans I find myself worried that Australia will never see the light of uncapped internet. Also, if anyone knows a better ISP in South Australia I’d love to hear it.
jeeeez poor americans = / hard drive space, cpu speed etc double ~every 18 month and the internet is actually developing backwarts. when i was actively downloading i was usually @ ~200-250gb/month so 150gb is imho definitely a relevant limit. how are you supposed to use IPTV etc on a 150gb cap?
what about the awesome free market in america? is there nothing like competition?
an ISP tried to get rid of power users 1-2 years ago here by paying them 100€ if they go somewhere else and they had to stop even this due to bad publicity.
especially considering those prices: 69$ for a capped dsl line? i always thought germany sucked (looking at sweden, japan etc) but for that much you get 50mbit flat + IPTV + phone flatrate + other crap
remember kids…. 150 gigs a month BANDWIDTH
Bandwidth = upload + download
so if you download 75 gigs and share 1:1 ratio = thats your limit!!
this is sad- what about streaming services? UIF they do this, they need to charge 10 cents per GB. that would make sense. Well, I guess theres always hookin’ up the old 20db wifi antenna…
Heh. That would kill me. According to newsleecher, I downloaded 360.5GB from Usenet last month.
Ha! T-mobile user here and no caps for me, thank you very much. They offer it for people to save money, but I use about 200gb/month in bandwidth
- They killed Kenny!
- Damn bastards!
I whish I had 150 gig, I have 30 gig here in Belgium for 50€/month
ADS HERE IN THIS SIGHT IS SO ANNOYING!!!!!
What ads?
DSL isn’t a shared service, like cable. how in the hell does down/uploading hurt anyone else? This is just shooting people like netflix, steam, etc. etc. right in the foot.
That’s like downloading 5 gigs a day.
Unless your life revolves around the computer constantly downloading stuff that’s plenty.
I download less than 1 gig a day but not sure about streaming videos from hulu and other site like that i go to watch tv shows.
@john…with Firefox you can block any ad you want
Sooooo.. could this new “test” combined with yesterdays crash have anything to do with my newfound inability to connect to the att network with my blackberry? all im getting is an sos signal. diagnostics on my and my friends blackberry shows the that the phones are operating well but there is suddenly no network coverage.
Wow listen, most of you people seem to think it is illegal to be affected by the new changes you are wrong. If you sign up for a 2 year contract which most of you probably did you get that price, and that plan. But, when two years is up you may still be on that plan, maybe the price stayed the same or changed whatever that contract is over when the 2 years is up and you will just be a monthly paying member on no contract. They can change the plans and therefore change how much you pay and what you can do.
MacBam, i’m from belgium too.
you should take the new formula, Goldshake.
That’s Expresnet Turbo XL (100GB/month at 25MB/s)+ a rented HD Digicorder for a total of 68€ (60 for internet & 8 for TV)
People should ban those who Cap for they do have money to
build wider -this are just greed-
In my opinion.
@40
Wow thats pretty nice, thanks for the info
@42
Yeah im from SA too, the two isps im considering are TPG (as mentioned above by Stallion) and also ive heard Netspace are meant to be pretty good for South Aussies.
tiny it dont matter if you sign or not apparently once you access the internet you agree (aol did this to me)commonsense is correct in theory but 1 single person against these massive companies him or anyone else has no chance like me you either migrate or swallow there crap.
As AT&T has previously explained, a small minority of our broadband Internet access customers consume a disproportionately large amount of the total bandwidth available to all of the customers on our network.
In order to ensure that we can continue to equitably provide affordable broadband services to all of our customers, we are exploring potential changes to the manner in which we offer and charge for those services.
In particular, AT&T plans to initiate a broadband Internet access usage trial in Reno,
Nevada beginning in November. Consistent with AT&T’s belief that consumers should have clear information about the capabilities of their broadband Internet access services and any meaningful limitations on those service, AT&T will be providing written notice to customers involved in the trial explaining that their broadband service will be subject to a certain monthly usage tier for the total amount of data they may send and receive, as well as a per gigabyte charge in the event they exceed the usage tier.
@12 (dam): I wouldn’t call it stupidly fast. A standard 100Mbit connection does that from the right sources. 150 GB is after all only about 19-20 HD movies (8 GB each). Sure, you might not do that every month but I certainly don’t find that unreasonable. The biggest problem having caps for me though would be the principle of the thing. The ISP:s need to invest in better infrastructure, plain and simple.
the ones to blame for this are all those digital multi media suppliers…. tv and cable companies flooding online streaming services are hammering the crap out of the whole net.
i’d be screwed on these caps, i have enough of a problem with the bandwidth throttling currently in place on my 20 meg connection, i can hit the throttling level so fast its scary !
Maybe the cap would be for content outside the ISPs network.So when the ISP has it’s own “steam”,”iptv”,”insertwhatevahighbandwidthpayservice” then you will have a pretty good reason to use those and not a rival’s or else…
“Dear subscriber. We bring to your attention that you have moved 924772,64 MB within this monthly period, this is 92,5% of the allowed limit.”
That’s the mail that i got last month when i got the chance to try out the 60mbit connections they are going to offer in the near future.
Ah, You all seem to be missing the point. Same reason here in Canada, Rogers cable cap and drop torrents, they supply media, if you get the media free, they can’t sell it to you.
Doesn’t AT&T sell TV online? nuf said.
@ 61
Total BS corporate Spin. All to deceive the public about their real issue. They don’t have the infrastructure to handle that much traffic.
To all you who said its not that bad just because your sorry asses are getting way below the limit you should shut up. I am not affected by this but i hate it just as much because this will be a precedence going over all other providers as they see it becoming the norm and the potential for greater profit and of course bigger bonuses for the greedy powers that be. It’ll be a domino effect for everyone. one domino falls other follows.
With the advent of downloadable high definition contents this is an opportunity for the ISPs to take action now to get their structure ready for getting record high profit margins when hi def contents becomes the standard.
It sucks but for them its a genius move to screw their customers. They can pretty much dictate whatever they want due to very limited alternatives. PLus there is no guarantee that the alternatives will not follow suit.
Wow 150 GB is really not much, considering a HD movie is 8.5 GB, thats insane. I use about 400-500 GB a month. I’d go crazy if I’d be capped to 150 GB
@ 26
Gotta love FIOS eh?
Some months I upload around a terabyte at least on this thing xD
6.0 Share ratio on uTorrent is win!
Screw you AT&T
AT&T is also one of those ISP’s that signed on with RIAA and stuff to prevent piracy, Verizon turned the spying on their customers usage down..
When did DSL start being associated with broadband? Broadband is cable. And when did it stop being called ADSL? What the hell…
AT&T reeks in customer service disatisfaction, so glad I have earthlink or ClearWire as a choice.
It depends on the torrents available but I usually DL about 20-30GB per week on average. If there’s a good movie on Bluray rip or a hot game (like Far Cry 2) then I’ll DL them. My main DLs are TV series HDTV rips.
oh well, see yah! there are others that provide way better service and more service like newsgroup access. Unfortunately ATT will never go out of business because of all the iIdiot subscribers. But at least its good to know that they will lose one customer.
People saying this is no big deal don’t see the big picture.
Once people get used to having caps and PAYING when they go over those caps they are not gonna have qualms trying to charge more and more fees in the future. Content we download is only gonna get bigger and bigger and soon we are gonna be paying for individual torrents..
New Zealand has the worst internet in the OECD.
I used to pay $70 a month for 10gb and 3mbits down and 128kbits up. I moved house and they increased my plan so now I get 20gb and 6.5mbits down and 800kbits up. And this is the best plan before you get into business plans. I have to limit myself to only downloading one movie a month, and a couple of tv shows. No games at all. I can only dream of downloading a HD movie.
So you Americans should count yourself lucky to be able to download 150gb a month.
On another note, yay Obama won!
tek,
This reminds me of 1994 when Compuserve and Prodigy used to charge for going over a set limit, on top of that there were no 800 numbers for dialup at 2400k and everyone got hit with long distance fees. That royally sucked.
I feel for all the users stuck with tyrants like AT&T/Cingular/AT&T Mobility (what’s our name next week?) and their ilk.
Try stopthecap.com and read some of the articles there. The most cogent argument I read was that the cable companies want to throttle data usage know so that customers will be locked into their content (cable tv) and not be sidelined by new content providers that will use your internet connection.
I watch five or six shows a week tops. I don’t need 300 channels. I just need six shows a week. Okay, I want to pay a content provider for those shows and maybe some HD movies and forget paying for 300 channels. So who needs cable tv – not me. But to keep me from switching to a new content provider, my cable/internet provider wants to cap me at 150GB a month. Yikes.
They are going to kill competition now and lock us in to inferior service with small caps. Heck, a dialup can do 32 gb a month if doing constant traffic and they want to give us 150 gb (Frontier gives 5 gb a month, Time Warner wants to cap at 40 gb a month).
We are becoming a second rate nation with inferior internet and cell phone service. Long live the greedy corporations and spineless government and whiners who will never file a complaint with the FCC while there is still time. We a definitely screwed.
Can you speak Aussie because content filtering is next.
umm,
November 5th, 2008 | 17:55
Wow listen, most of you people seem to think it is illegal to be affected by the new changes you are wrong. If you sign up for a 2 year contract which most of you probably did you get that price, and that plan. But, when two years is up you may still be on that plan, maybe the price stayed the same or changed whatever that contract is over when the 2 years is up and you will just be a monthly paying member on no contract. They can change the plans and therefore change how much you pay and what you can do.
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No, you are wrong. Time Warner’s TOS clearly states that as long as I pay my cable bill with the internet fee included, my contract HAS NO END DATE. As such There is no 2 year-4year-10year limit on me. And considering that I pay it every month before it is due and on time, they cannot cancel my account. Therefor according to my lawyers AND Time Warners VP of customer service…as long as I had the account BEFORE they started this, then I am not affected, it is only the new customers that will see this.
Besides, the reason they are trying this is because they are under investigation by the FCC for price fixing. This is TW-Comcast-Verizon-AT&T-Sprint and all the rest of the cable and internet carriers. The FCC (in the US) will soon rule on al-a-cart pricing as well as if the internet caps are legal or not. So I dont know why everyone here is getting into a tizzy about nothing yet. If the FCC rules against them and they have in the past, all this is nothing. And even if they rule for them, the people that had the accounts before they started this cannot be forced into the new accounts under federal law. So if you had an account before your ISP started capping and you live in the US, you will not be effected
I can hardly believe the stupidity of the ISP’s that do this.
they rake in the money from there insanely high rates and they do nothing to update antiquated networks then they have the balls to claim its the users fault for using what they are paying for.
Maybe we should all just use it to surf and check email…….
I mean really if that is all we needed why pay the outrageous prices of broadband just use 56k for gods sake.
150gb a month is plenty! i guess for those that are unable to leave the house and their hobbies include sitting in front of the computer 24/7 downloading games and movies and what not, will be doomed to a life of misery. just kidding. but seriously have no worries. if they limit the data cap, i’m sure a bunch of geeks will figure away around this problem. if not, or just switch to another isp. we have plenty to chose from here where i live.
I would have to agree that I could get used to only using 150 GB a month. My monthly usage is in the neighbourhood of 250-400 depending. And I agree that 150 is plenty for most. The problem is more and more content is making it’s way online. TV receivers and telephony are now streaming online. We can buy music, listen to internet radio, movies and TV shows online. With more content making it’s way online eventually everyone will be using over 150 GB to do all the great things we want to do. How fast will 150 GB be used when everyone has fiber at their door? The problem is the cap starts at 150 GB and they can decide to squeeze it lower, or create a new pricing structure so people pay more. 5 years ago I was using only a fraction of the bandwidth I am today. this pricing is going to hurt consumers in a couple of years. It’s specifically to make more money and get people used to pay-as-you-go Internet.
Another in your face cheap way to bilk more money out of their customers from AT&T. Let’s continue the race down to the bottom. Cap is good and good enough. Next cap is to charge a good enough charge of $1 per hour of online usage plus all applicable federal, state and local taxes and fees.
wow, some people have too much time on their hands. i’m guessing the people complaining either don’t go to school, don’t have a job, are still living at home, don’t have any motivation to find a hobby outside of that little world that you live in which consist of sitting on your rear and staring into a computer monitor until you finally fall asleep after being up for 48 something odd hours at 3am on a wednesday morning
look, for those of you complaining like this is armageddon, i have an idea for you. get a job. if you find it hard getting hired for one, then sign up at a local community college and learn a new trade or skill. if you’re able to work, set some money aside and pay the extra cost when your ISP spikes up the price a few notches. if you go above the limit, i’m sure you can find a few quarters laying around the couch and set those aside so you can use that extra dollar to download that new sci-fi movie you’ve been waiting to see. better yet, save the money and use your income to take that new girl you found at your new job out on a date to see the movie together. not back at your parents house, but at a theater.
if you’re afraid that 40 hours a week will cut too much time for you to use up 150GB, don’t worry you’ll have the weekend off from work.
but what’s best of all of this? i bet by the time you find that you’re able to get out and enjoy life a little bit away from the computer, that you finally get a chance to enjoy what it’s like to have independence and meet new friends without having to ask for a request or hit a PM or SEND button…. than you’ll more than likely find yourself losing interest about those dark lonely days when you used to sit in front of the computer screen for countless hours.
heck i forgot, if it’s music you’re into you’ll now have have the money to afford a couple of CD’s. if it’s movies, than you’ll have the chance to take those days off from work once in a while and enjoy it on the big screen. if it’s computer games, well …. shoot i bet you won’t even have time for that because you’ll be wanting to go out with your new friends and maybe hit up a local pub or the happening club in town. oh wait, and what about that new girlfriend! you’ll even be able to afford cable now!
crap i mean to make this short and just say GET A LIFE!
Get a life = work, work, work and spend, spend, spend your hard earned cash on vastly overpriced music, movies, drinks, gifts for your girlfriend/s and if you are still a gamer (just not a hardcore gamer because, remember, you have a life now) on overpriced games.
To the numbskull that said “wow, some people have too much time on their hands”: your right of course but at the same time you’re the kind of person the cable companies are counting on – uninformed and incapable of thinking ahead. Don’t worry, be happy is good guidance for someone who thinks others are looking out for his self interest. I’m sure the cable companies will be just happy to make those decisions for you. Frankly, if the fire alarm was going off in your residence, you would probably feel safe and secure in your bed knowing that firemen, policemen, paramedics, doctors, and nurses were all looking out for you. Unfortunately, when help does arrive it might be a little late to avoid those nasty skin grafts and rounds of plastic surgeries.
You don’t have to be active and engaged in this, but don’t criticize others for speaking out on something that has a long term effect on our Internet services and on our nation’s future viability and economic health. Just sit back and let it all roll over you. Be the mutt that you are and roll over and play dead – oops, you already rolled over for the cable companies? Your already playing dead? Please, you sir, get a life!
Check out this article on AT&T’s capping limits:
http://www.raidz.net/blog/att-new-capping-limits-unfair-customers
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