Rogers caps ULs, DLs at 60 gigs
p2pnet.net News:- Starting March 17, Canadian ISP Rogers is to cap uploads and downloads at 60 gigabytes per month.
“This is a very generous limit which is approximately equal to the consumption of a typical customer in an entire year,” it says.
“New Internet file sharing applications have had a dramatic impact on the way people use the available network capacity.
“It is Rogers’ responsibility to ensure that we can deliver the level of service our customers are expecting. This limit is one of the measures we are taking to address this issue.”
Interestink. Veeeery interestink.
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60 gigabytes – My Internet Usage, Rogers Cable, February 15, 2005
February 15th, 2005 at 7:33 pm
from their eula announcement
“In an effort to keep pace with the evolving Internet needs…New Internet file sharing applications have had a dramatic impact”
isn’t this typical Rogers speak….aren’t the new p2p apps the evolving need?
broadband customer since 98, 110.00 bux a month for cable and internet…but not much longer…didn’t bell get rid of their cap on UHSE??
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February 15th, 2005 at 7:58 pm
Very simple.. you either provide bandwidth without limits as you advertise, and if usage habits prevent it you either cease to advertise it as unlimited, or you pony up the dough and upgrade your infrastructure to handle the load.
It doesnt matter that 60 gigs is the amount the average person puts through in a year. If someone can manage that in a day with the current bandwidth you give them.. then they should be given the infrastructure to allow for it.. or you should decrease the over all speed and advertise that fact.
February 15th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Conisdering there are places where you can download huge amounts of data legally, such as http://www.archive.org, add this to streaming data and regular browsing of flash and graphic-heavy sites, and you’ve got lots of month left at the end of your bandwidth.
February 15th, 2005 at 8:05 pm
Yes, but Look is cheaper, capless and runs a Debian GNU/Linux mirror.
February 15th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
This is why we need for people to come together and build their own infrastructure.
I county-wide network of wireless stations and rooftop access points and just 20% of the users trading file would ensure that just about everyone could find the movies, software and music they want
Since it would be controlled by the people bandwidth limits would be that of the equipment.
February 15th, 2005 at 8:26 pm
wow, that would be just amazing!
People could just put wireless access points on top of they’re houses, with restricted access to their actuall computers (through a router or whatever) for security, and these wireless points could link up with other wireless points, connecting everyone in one large network.
And if enough people did this, there would soon be no reason for internet to even be run by telecommunications companies, and people would be able to access the internet, and get enormous speeds, all for free!
I hope someday that this is possible… but I’m not sure how it could be pulled off at this time. ^_^;; still great idea!
February 16th, 2005 at 4:18 am
That is the same principle that lets 2 meter Ham talk great distances an a low wattage transmitter. Repeaters. Look to the old HAM guys to see the model.
February 16th, 2005 at 11:31 pm
I download a bunch of movies and TV but I only reach about 20G each way per month. I’d be happy with a 60G cap, many ISPs have caps of 10G or less/month. 60G is around 30 DivX movies (averaging 1 and 2 cd releases), 7 DVDRs, or a shtload of software and games each way. The max I’d pay for service is $50, above that I’d cap my own progs, use netflix, and flag the screeners. Damn, even using 40G I feel guilty.
February 19th, 2005 at 3:58 am
I’m on Sympatico, 4M/800K $65/m and … NO CAPS!!!!!!1!!111!!
March 4th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
I agree with you, people should start their own network by putting wireless access points, if enough people do it then it will be fun to play play games ,exchange files and so, without the worrying about those internet provider and their desire to fill their pockets by offering low class services.
April 7th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
The amount you download isnt purely based on the Size of the file, when u download a movie, you also have to upload information about that. The Last 2 months rogers claims ive hit about 300gigs(combined both ways). When in reality ive maybe hit 1/4 of actually data ive recieved. Watch out for that. My suggestion is just to switch over to sympatico.