Internet data caps

Ech0 Chris · **Internet data caps -** 06-05-2011, 03:54 AM

I just got an email from Cox saying I went above my monthly bandwidth allowance (scary part: I've only used 73GB, which means Bitch (my mom) must have either a 30 or 50GB plan) and, well.. I don't know they just sent us an email abotu going over.

But the point is, does anyone here have a data cap? Are there any ways around it? I've got 1TB of anime queued up for download (hard drive crashed, have to re-download it all) and I can't do this in 30GB monthly increments. If anyone can help save a fellow anime lover and animetake.com lover, please help.

If you have Cox but, like me didn't know there was a cap here is the page it linked me to:

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

And just to make sure this doesn't get deleted, what do you guys think of data caps? Useful or just a bullshit excuse for more cash?

Darkchao45 · 06-05-2011, 03:59 AM

Well, I heard AT&T implemented caps recently, but I haven't received any letters and I download tons a month...

And imo its just a ploy to make more money =/

OtakuDDL · 06-05-2011, 04:32 AM

Consumers will always call caps bullshit. The thing is, downloading is much cheaper to an ISP than uploading. Thus a cap should only be on uploading. Since uploading costs more and slows down their services. My ISP caps me at 100gb for both uploading and download, which i detest. I do a fair more amount of downloading than uploading. Atleast 30:1. However due to certain circumstances i seem to always exceed my cap.

venomqo · 06-05-2011, 04:32 AM

mine is 300 gig, cant use like 60 gig of it as the offpeak times are just ridiculous, 4am to like 9-10am. but this plan runs out in a few months and il hopefully move to an unlimited plan.

Conduit · 06-05-2011, 04:53 AM

I don't know if you have Brighthouse Networks in your area, but they don't have bandwidth caps. Also bandwidth caps are nothing but a BS money grab, it costs the ISP the same amount of money to run their networks at 1% capacity as it does 100%.

zanpaktou0101 · 06-05-2011, 05:27 AM

i have time warner cable and i dont have a bandwidth cap on my service. I have never received anything about ever going over and i DL a lot.

digritz · 06-05-2011, 05:46 AM

D....a.....t....a..... C....a.....p.....??????
What you like get hat with your service? You lucky dog. I never got one of those.

animetosho.org · 06-05-2011, 06:19 AM

For some countries, pretty much all ISPs implement data caps.

If you can't switch provider, some tips you may want to consider:
* Prioritise - if you're downloading anime that you've already watched, consider how important it is relative to newer stuff, for example
* Download smaller files - 1080p might look great, but probably not much better than 720p for most people (try doing a comparison if you want), and the latter will save a lot of bandwidth
* Maybe buy a redundant harddrive to prevent the effects of a crash later on

I don't know if you have access to download from other places (for example, share with friends), but there's a number of other ideas you could try too.

Riotblade · 06-05-2011, 08:06 AM

I'm a Comcast user and they implement 250 gB monthly caps.

I have a 20 mbps internet service shared with 2 others in the household. In a month, I don't think I even use anywhere near 70 gB.

Well, let's try saving you some bandwidth.

You said you have 1 tB of anime queued up to download.

Let's say one episode is 300 mB average, 20 minutes long. Then in one hour, you watch 900 mB worth of anime. In a day, 21600 mB (21 gB rounded down). In a month (assume 31 days), you have 504 gB bottleneck of anime you can possibly watch. This is if you're awake 24/7 doing nothing but watching anime.

Now, I know that depending on quality and type of anime, the size will vary. Also, I don't know if you're just planning on downloading anime you've already seen into your collection. You can probably download just the amount you're planning to watch for the month.

Some other ways:

-Utilizing a friend's bandwidth (Assuming they're under the same limitations but aren't anywhere near the cap)
-Utilize a school campus with (fast) public internet (Assuming you have a laptop).
-Ordering Anime DVDs (Expensive, but hey)

ecchi255 · 09:10 AM

Hey all, do you know, in some backwater country (like mine)
the data caps is 500Mb a day, so its 15 gigs a month, with a crappy 10Kb/s download speed, Lol
Btw @Darkchao45 Can I copy that megumi pic?

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venomqo Dragon Slayer Join Date: Feb 2010	06-05-2011, 04:32 AM mine is 300 gig, cant use like 60 gig of it as the offpeak times are just ridiculous, 4am to like 9-10am. but this plan runs out in a few months and il hopefully move to an unlimited plan. ty2[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

zanpaktou0101 Narutard Join Date: Aug 2009	06-05-2011, 05:27 AM i have time warner cable and i dont have a bandwidth cap on my service. I have never received anything about ever going over and i DL a lot.

digritz Dragon Slayer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Circling The Drain	06-05-2011, 05:46 AM D....a.....t....a..... C....a.....p.....?????? What you like get hat with your service? You lucky dog. I never got one of those. *"Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness."* Date Masamune [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

ecchi255 Lurker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vatican, ups vacation is so boring	06-05-2011, 08:55 AM Hey all, do you know, in some backwater country (like mine) the data caps is 500Mb a day, so its 15 gigs a month, with a crappy 10Kb/s download speed, Lol Btw @Darkchao45 Can I copy that megumi pic? Download speed : 10Kb/s Last edited by ecchi255; 06-05-2011 at 09:10 AM..