ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Hikes

Re:ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Hikes by e40 on Thursday July 28, 2011 @05:21PM (#2818985)

Yes, but it's expensive. I pay $89 + $10 for static IPs per month. The data rates I get: 50+Mbps/6Mbps. I torrent tv shows and I've never noticed any problems seeding. My downloads usually start out at 3-5MB/s, and drop down to 2MB/s. Clearly they are throttling the downstream, but I can live with that rate.

EDIT: I don't know what the advertised rates were, but they were less (20/5?).

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Re:ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Hikes by ComputerGuru on Friday July 29, 2011 @11:04AM (#2822150)

e40, what's the name of your plan? I can't seem to find rates like that on their site, the 50/20 plan is for 280 dollars.

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Re:ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Hikes by e40 on Saturday July 30, 2011 @10:51AM (#2825882)

On my bill it says: 16m Business Class HSI Preferred, for $89.95. The 5 static IPs are $9.95.

I don't remember there being a specific name for it.

I would not be surprised if they don't offer the exact thing anymore.

My advice, get some relatively low speed (16Mbps) and hope it's much higher, like I got.

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Re:ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Hikes by pasbesoin on Thursday July 28, 2011 @07:47PM (#2819517)

There was some discussion around this recently (e.g. my recent history for a link into it). My Comcast residential rate is approaching that level. Installation fee and lengthy commitment aside, it would make sense for me to switch to their low end business plan.

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