YouTube TV streaming in Phx today ...

[Saul]

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 at acalinas.com 
> <mailto:saul at acalinas.com>> wrote:
>
>     I prefer Playstation Vue.
>
>     On 7/20/2017 5:00 PM, joe at actionline.com
>     <mailto:joe at 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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