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AT&T starts data caps for U-Verse and DSL

article published on 2 May, 2011

AT&T has started its DSL and U-Verse bandwidth caps today, two months after announcing the move. DSL users will have a 150GB cap while U-Verse subscribers will have a 250GB cap. Anyone who exceeds the limit three times will be charged $10 for every extra 50GB of data consumed. The new policy goes into effect today for new and existing customers. AT&T says it will send notifications ... [ read the full article ]

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adre02
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6. May 2011 @ 13:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by dibe:
Originally posted by duomax007:
lets say someone plays games online on ps3 for 12 hours a day everyday... downloads maybe 10 1gig movies a month, plus downloads patches and updates for ps3 games and buys DLC/GAMES from the PS store 2-3 times a month as well as surfs the net alot (no downloading though just going to myspace and otherwebsites without DLing stuff) how much bandwidth does that consume?
I work from home over the internet and stream a lot of Netflix and play games online as well. I was just checking over my bandwidth usage over the past few months (dd-wrt yay!) and during the heavy months I used no more than 110 gigs.

I do not agree with this policy and I am a ATT DSL customer for many years now. We should not have to pay more because they can not get their network up to par. I for one will be canceling my service if I go over they cap and they try to make me pay the extra fee.
If they do "get their network up to par" you are going to be paying a considerable amount more. I'd rather pay less and stick with a cap OR switch to someone else.

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adre02
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6. May 2011 @ 13:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by fmj77:
I would love to have a 150 GB cap. I live in a rural area and have Wildblue satellite as my isp since it's the only broadband available to me. My monthly bandwidth is limited to 17 GB downloads and 5 GB uploads and it sucks during primetime due to slowdown. Ya'll don't have any reason to complain about usage limits!
That is the problem with the most common of humans. Give them an inch and they will want to sleep with your wife.

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7. May 2011 @ 07:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I cannot believe what ISPs in America do. I couldn't even think about a time when caps would be reintroduced to internet subscriptions. In the time of Blu-ray when easily a hd rip is between 4GB and 16GB and the uncompressed file is between 25GB and 50GB that's unthinkable of. Here in Romania I have a 100Mbps connection, FTTB, and at this speeds I would easily go over that limit... I do hope they get a huge backlash from it's subscribers, this is no way to go forward!
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7. May 2011 @ 22:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
adre02, 3 posts in a row again?
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24. May 2011 @ 16:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
*BUMP* Just a heads up for people forced to use ATT for one reason or another, the Small Businesses DSL Plans cost $5 more and they are not capped. A small price to pay if you ask me!

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