AT&T to Impose Caps on Internet usage

[Hawk]

thank god!!!

[Jase]

250 gigs is a hella lot per month

[Hawk]

more so aimed at those folks downloading movies and music etc. I'm sure it won't take long for smart people to find a way around it.

[SgtJoo]

150 ain't that much to hit.

Torrenting music, tv, games + netflix streaming + gaming + normal usage

[Paintballr]

Because cable companies rape you if you just want internet.

I can kinda see it but kinda not.

TWC is not really that bad for standard road runner. I think they are going for $45 dollars a month by it self, but if you get it with tv etc it goes down. I mean yeah its not at&t's $19.99, but they don't tell you that you gotta provide your own modem etc and they wont support anything but typically motorola modems. (Which are still not bad around 70-100 bucks)

I just don't really understand the logic of capping it because you have faster internet that doesn't have a cap available but lets put a cap and a harder selling point (TWC is really going to throw that in their face) for them.

It's true that cable internet is shared ie. neighborhoods/apartments, but the farther you get away from the main stations for phone/dsl the slower and harder it is to be available. They both have their pro's and con's

[Paintballr]

more so aimed at those folks downloading movies and music etc. I'm sure it won't take long for smart people to find a way around it.

So you think that Neflix/Apple etc won't get pissed at this measure also? I won't be surprised if you see them come out with a "netflix" package or something with these ISP's that give Netflix a kick back for limiting them from downloads etc.

[Mr. Scot]

If this goes well for them, don't be too surprised if other providers follow suit.

Some companies are finding the "unlimited internet" deal to be unprofitable.

[mmmbeans]

If this goes well for them, don't be too surprised if other providers follow suit.

Some companies are finding the "unlimited internet" deal to be unprofitable.

UN-profitable? BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAH. I'd love to see those numbers.

[Davidson Deac II]

I would like to hear it from ATT before I actually see what the specifics are.

I have ATT's fastest and most expensive package for Internet useage, and its still only 36 bucks a month. I seriously doubt they will put some kind of bandwidth restriction on my connection, but I don't download much, so it wouldn't be an issue for me if they did.

[TarPanther9180]

I'm worried about having to deal with cap sizes on the business connections. 150GB is not very much at all for remote offices.

[pstall]

seems there is a market for having a gaming ONLY broadband.

[Hawk]

So you think that Neflix/Apple etc won't get pissed at this measure also? I won't be surprised if you see them come out with a "netflix" package or something with these ISP's that give Netflix a kick back for limiting them from downloads etc.

of course, they won't like it at all.

[TarPanther9180]

seems there is a market for having a gaming ONLY broadband.

Yeah seems like it...probably not a bad idea.