<font size="2"><font face="times new roman,serif">Really ? You exceed 250 gb ? What are you downloading ?<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Team Xlink <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:teamxlinksolitudedev@gmail.com">teamxlinksolitudedev@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">This is horrible, I exceed 250 gigabytes by far every month, this is horrible.<div><br></div><div>I'm not going to use AT&T at all.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That would explain the very, very bad service I was getting until I<br>
put a BIND server between my computers and the open Internet. Could<br>
also explain why Google Voice doesn't work well at all from home.<br>
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Ben DeMott <<a href="mailto:ben.demott@gmail.com" target="_blank">ben.demott@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It sounds like AT&T needs to beef up their network and data connections.<br>
><br>
> I just moved back to the Grand Rapids area from Holland - and my DSL service<br>
> is bad, and unreliable - and I'm fairly positive it's all network<br>
> congestion.<br>
> My ping is great... my data transfer is ok - the connection is just very<br>
> 'jittery'.<br>
> I went into my modem and tested it, I also tested my telephone line for<br>
> noise - they are both reporting an excellent connection to the node.<br>
> If I connect to my friend down the street who has DSL we can stream data to<br>
> eachother all day long without any problems.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/is-atts-new-150gb-dsl-data-cap-justified.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/is-atts-new-150gb-dsl-data-cap-justified.ars</a><br>
>><br>
>> **<br>
>><br>
>> Starting May 2, AT&T will impose 150GB monthly limits on its currently<br>
>> uncapped DSL service, while its fiber-to-the-node U-Verse subscribers will<br>
>> get 250GB. AT&T says the move will affect "less than 2 percent" of customers<br>
>> and that it is necessary to address congestion in the network.<br>
>><br>
>> The cap structure is not currently set up to squeeze extra fees out of<br>
>> most users. Subscribers who exceed their monthly allowance will pay an<br>
>> additional $10 for each 50GB over the cap, but AT&T tells Ars that<br>
>> "customers will hear from us directly numerous times before they exceed<br>
>> usage and before they incur any additional fees."<br>
>><br>
>> The company will notify users when they hit 65 percent, 90 percent, and<br>
>> 100 percent of their monthly caps, and will also provide historical usage<br>
>> reports and a monthly usage tracking tool. (AT&T says that an average DSL<br>
>> user on its network currently transfers 18GB each month.)<br>
>><br>
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>> -- Bob<br>
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