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**Vcwdldva** · 11-19-2010, 03:51 AM

Your first time or 3 (or something like that) they will just throttle your b/w. After that they will just shut it off until the start of the next billing cycle. That is where it's illegal.

I doubt that they even really do that effectively. I remember Comcast saying that they were going to throttle all torrenting. I haven't seen any difference myself and hit peak bandwidth all the time. Still even get the powerboost speeds on really good torrents.

Plus on a cell phone, 5GB. Would that really be hit by more than 1% of the users?
My only fear with these caps, like Comcasts 250GB cap that effects less than 1% of users, is that it beings the process of the door closing in on the consumer. The caps go down, and new caps come in with higher prices.
That is one thing over there in Europe, is they do, can and average higher internet speeds, but must all connections seemed to be capped.

11-19-2010, 03:51 AM	#17
Vcwdldva Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	Your first time or 3 (or something like that) they will just throttle your b/w. After that they will just shut it off until the start of the next billing cycle. That is where it's illegal. I doubt that they even really do that effectively. I remember Comcast saying that they were going to throttle all torrenting. I haven't seen any difference myself and hit peak bandwidth all the time. Still even get the powerboost speeds on really good torrents. Plus on a cell phone, 5GB. Would that really be hit by more than 1% of the users? My only fear with these caps, like Comcasts 250GB cap that effects less than 1% of users, is that it beings the process of the door closing in on the consumer. The caps go down, and new caps come in with higher prices. That is one thing over there in Europe, is they do, can and average higher internet speeds, but must all connections seemed to be capped.
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