Interesting info. Cox in Mesa is limiting me to 1tb.
On 7/22/2017 9:18 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
> This is why Cox has now imposed a 1.5tb bandwidth cap on users. They
> know everyone is cutting off their overpriced video, and now they're
> going to charge you for the massive bandwidth that things like netflix
> use to recoup some of that. Nothing is "free", so caveat emptor.
>
> Case in point, my aunt pinged me when Cox sent her the threat of
> overage charges, where she really only does tv streaming. She was at
> least a 1tb over their "normal" limit now, and would be charged
> accordingly. Only things she really does is use Netflix and Vue for
> tv, but apparently enough bandwith to exceed their cap, and she
> doesn't even do 4k content or have kids soaking it up, where many do.
> I can only imagine the bandwidth needs with a house full of kids doing
> the same, plus gaming and everything else...
>
> Still cheaper than paying for cable tv, but I presume their charging
> will only rapidly escalate to offset their dying video/telephony
> services and lack of anything else they can really charge for. Since
> every other carrier is dogpiling in to slaughter and feast on the
> corpse of net neutrality, Cox decided in their own interests to hop on
> he bandwagon too. Thanks for all the fish, Trump.
>
> -mb
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Saul <saul@acalinas.com
> <mailto:saul@acalinas.com>> wrote:
>
> I prefer Playstation Vue.
>
> On 7/20/2017 5:00 PM, joe@actionline.com
> <mailto:joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>
> Just signed up for YouTube TV streaming today
> and cancelled DirecTV Now. YouTube is far,
> far superior in every way plus unlimited DVR.
>
>
>
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