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How Does Your ISP Handle Top-Usage Customers?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-much-of-a-good-thing dept.

davidwr (791652) writes "Does your ISP cap overall usage? What happens if you go over the cap? Does it force you into a higher-priced plan, throttle you for the rest of the month, cut you off for the month, or terminate your service entirely? I don't mind paying for what I use, but I'm looking for a list of cable and DSL providers that won't leave you high and dry like Comcast does if you go over the official or unofficial limits."

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  1. No idea. by winnabago · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know what my usage is; I'll have to check with my neighbor, and see if he got any letters from his local PD, ISP, or RIAA settlement branch office.

    Is it my fault that his router is more reliable and has a stronger signal than mine from most parts of the house?

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    Dammit Otto, you have lupus.
    1. Re:No idea. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is it my fault that his router is more reliable and has a stronger signal than mine from most parts of the house? Yes, it probably is.
  2. Re:Shopping for cable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I now moved to New York and I now have the option of Time Warner or nothing.


    That's the kind of freedom available in advanced countries like US and North Korea.

  3. Re:T-com, Germany by dogmatixpsych · · Score: 5, Funny

    storing personal information such as the amount of bandwidth consumed is illegal in German

    Then they'll just store the info in English. ;)