@home d/l u/l limit

[aces]

i just recieved a letter saying that i have surpass my download and upload limit. what is that all about? i thought @home has no limit to down/up? did they just put this in? paying $40 bucks a month is one thing but adding a limit to to the down/up is going way outta line.

should i get dsl?

[damaged]

The only limit that I have seen with AT&T@home is regarding webspace. There is something like a 300MB/month upload limit on it.

If you don't have webspace, re-read your contracts/agreements to see what it is about. I have heard that other cable companies have implemented a cap on up/down quantities.

Should you get DSL? Depends on what you need.

[funky]

@home always has Caps(Limited up/down). Paying 40 bucks and having a cap is normal. Get DSL if there's more people on @home, because they are taking up more bandwidths, which means there's less for you to use.

[damaged]

Originally posted by ExtraSweetCrispy
@home always has Caps(Limited up/down). Paying 40 bucks and having a cap is normal.

The difference here is that we're not speaking of bandwidth caps. This post regards the amount of transfer taking place.

[funky]

From the sounds of the post, I would say that the email is about Bandwidth Caps, but that's just how I hear it. If it is the transfer cap, it's problably because that @home is broke right now.:)

[wee96]

Wouldnt happen to be from Australia would you? I know Optus (I believe thats the correct spelling) is an @home provider there which limits the amount of bandwidth used per month. If your from the states, thats a bit of a shock, never known any @home sub to limit actual bytes per month..

[rodrod5]

there are some areas of @Home that do have unwritten u/l d/l limits

i believe ATT and Comcast will whip this out every so often

i believe they will bring it up if you consistantly pass 3-5 gigs a month especially if your upstream traffic is high...........usually they will try to study the type of traffic you pass as well to see if they think you are violating any other part of the AUP such as running a server or sharing out 5 million mp3 files ect.

this site gives an ok break down of what bandwidth adds up to as far as streaming or web pages ect.

http://www.august.net/howmuch.html

it would be pretty rare to get hit with this letter

if you are not running a server or sharing your mp3s night and day then you should be able to show them you are just a heavy user

if you leave streaming radio or video running 24/7 you might just cut it off when you are not around and they will probably leave you alone:cool: :eek: :rotfl: :sleep: :2cool: :rolleyes: :p :confused:

[tomsykes]

Originally posted by wee96
Wouldnt happen to be from Australia would you? I know Optus (I believe thats the correct spelling) is an @home provider there which limits the amount of bandwidth used per month. If your from the states, thats a bit of a shock, never known any @home sub to limit actual bytes per month..


Yeah, they limit you to 10x the user average (which is due to the cost of moving bandwidth from the USA).

Eg, the 'average' user consumes about 60MB per day, so you could consume approx 600MB/day, or 18GB/month before being cut off.

If 18GB isn't enough data, well, I think you're using the internet too much ;)

I use 2GB/month!! :D