bad news for all of us.

I wonder who would this affect most and, how many more isp's are going to follow the lead.

http://news.cnet.com/ISP-download-caps-to-slow-swapping/2100-1023_3-975320.html

this really sucks for us online gamers.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

some isp are putting a cap on the amount of downloads and up loads as low as 5 gigs. when you play online you exchange lots of info.

*sigh*... 'business morale' is looking more and more like the biggest oxymoron

some isp are putting a cap on the amount of downloads and up loads as low as 5 gigs. when you play online you exchange lots of info.

carsales

in the article, Bell Canada has limits as low as 2Gigs!!! ridiculous...

I wonder who would this affect most and, how many more isp's are going to follow the lead.

http://news.cnet.com/ISP-download-caps-to-slow-swapping/2100-1023_3-975320.html

this really sucks for us online gamers.

carsales

Did i accidentally fall into a worm hole that transported me back 6 years, or did you really just post an article from 2002?

Ugh, there is no way they could workaround it in a way that it would still cap the stuff like Kazaa, Rapidshare, etc. and not affect online gaming? Would that be possible? Personally I don't care about the p2p file sharing crap, but if it affected online gaming it would be absolutely ridiculous.

That would be friggin' crazy if it somehow limited the amount one could game online (or crippled performance online, etc.)

[QUOTE="carsales"]

I wonder who would this affect most and, how many more isp's are going to follow the lead.

http://news.cnet.com/ISP-download-caps-to-slow-swapping/2100-1023_3-975320.html

this really sucks for us online gamers.

kevbo77

Did i accidentally fall into a worm hole that transported me back 6 years, or did you really just post an article from 2002?

Wait a jimmy?!... I just teleported into the future.

[QUOTE="carsales"]

I wonder who would this affect most and, how many more isp's are going to follow the lead.

http://news.cnet.com/ISP-download-caps-to-slow-swapping/2100-1023_3-975320.html

this really sucks for us online gamers.

kevbo77

Did i accidentally fall into a worm hole that transported me back 6 years, or did you really just post an article from 2002?

Lol, well, that's good news.

[QUOTE="carsales"]

I wonder who would this affect most and, how many more isp's are going to follow the lead.

http://news.cnet.com/ISP-download-caps-to-slow-swapping/2100-1023_3-975320.html

this really sucks for us online gamers.

kevbo77

Did i accidentally fall into a worm hole that transported me back 6 years, or did you really just post an article from 2002?

then how about this one from May of 2008....

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52585

says the same thing, but this one is more geared towards gamers

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

Lawsuits am confirmed for the first company that tries this...oh wait.. Timewarner already has and was slapped with however many suits, and that was just a trial type of thing governed to a small county here in Texas. Mass fallout to whichever company adopts this permanantly.

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

carsales

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

[QUOTE="carsales"]

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

RuprechtMonkey

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

[QUOTE="carsales"]

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

RuprechtMonkey

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

Hi, this is me from the year 2014. I was just going back through the GS forum archives when I came upon this thread. No need to worry fellas, because there is still no cap on usage. And no, we do not have flying cars.

[QUOTE="RuprechtMonkey"][QUOTE="carsales"]

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

kevbo77

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

Hi, this is me from the year 2014. I was just going back through the GS forum archives when I came upon this thread. No need to worry fellas, because there is still no cap on usage. And no, we do not have flying cars.

[QUOTE="carsales"]

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

RuprechtMonkey

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

maybe you have been missing the news about Comcast pushing anti-net neutrality AND caps on bandwidth

[QUOTE="RuprechtMonkey"][QUOTE="carsales"]

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

kevbo77

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

Hi, this is me from the year 2014. I was just going back through the GS forum archives when I came upon this thread. No need to worry fellas, because there is still no cap on usage.

Damn it. I was finally hoping for the crisis that would finally give me an excuse to use my jetpack.

[QUOTE="RuprechtMonkey"][QUOTE="carsales"]

sorry heres' a more recent one.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Frontier_ISP_toys_with_5_GB_usage_cap/1219682330

ogvampire

Well, if it goes all the way to 2002 and it still isn't affecting any of us I don't think we have anything to worry about.

We'll make this thread again in 2014, when it still isn't affecting us.

maybe you have been missing the news about Comcast pushing anti-net neutrality AND caps on bandwidth

I think most of us who pay attention to the news are aware of the net neutrality debate. And you should know that if there really was a cap on how much you could download there would be rioting in the street. Net neutrality will remain, you can quote me.

it seems more isp may be joining.

i can see comcast doing that....frigging greedy bastardsDante2710

I'm with Comcast:cry:.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]i can see comcast doing that....frigging greedy bastardsistreakforfood

I'm with Comcast:cry:.

Same here sadly. Hopefully they won't go through with it.

I hate how ISP's think that piracy is an issue they can solve.foxhound_fox

They just use the piracy card to masquerade their lack of investment in infrastructure.

Besides, they sell more bandwidth then they have avaliable and more and more download/streaming services pop in, more users are served and they just can't handle it.

Isn't there currently a law against that?
I heard aroudn the grape vine that comcast is in hot water becuase tehy have been capping peoples internet.
macabalony

The problem wasn't that the action is illegal per se - it's not. The problem comcast was in was because they advertised unlimited internet. 250GB, while a large amount, is not unlimited.