radish wrote: > iPhone;326905 Wrote: > >> My Internet bill has gone down by six dollars a month and my download >> speeds have gone from 2Mbps by 384Kbps upload to 21Mbps by 2Mbps over >> the last three years (steps were 2Mbps to 6 to 10 to 15 to 21Mbps). >> > Speed and caps are different issues. Yes speeds are increasing, they're > increasing everywhere. But caps are also coming, it's pretty much > guaranteed at this point. Cablevision already have "unspoken" caps > where they will silently slow you down if you use "too much" capacity, > without specifying what "too much" means. Sprint recently capped their > previously unlimited wireless data plans. Time Warner are trialling > capped access right now in Texas > (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080602/tec_time_warner_cable_internet.html). > Comcast have also said they're looking at it. So far, as far as I know, > Verizon are the only major ISP to explicitly say they're not considering > caps. I know I'll be on FIOS as soon as Comcast try anything in my area! >
Interesting. In Holland all DSL providers started out with caps. Then many of them switched to some vague 'Acceptable Use Policy' (good Dutch term) and finally almost everyone seems to have dropped the bandwidth limits. I doubt that they are going to bring them back. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
