[GRLUG] An FYI - AT&T imposes byte limits

[Joseph Workman]

Really ? You exceed 250 gb ? What are you downloading ?

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Team Xlink <teamxlinksolitudedev at gmail.com
> wrote:

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