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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Wayout on March 30, 2011, 11:09:49 AM
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As you know on April 2nd AT&T caps bandwidth at 150gb per month. Each additional 50gb will cost $10. The first 2 months are a 'grace' period. Will will be notified if you go over the 150gb cap but you will not be charged. If you're an AT&T customer you can check your bandwidth usage at the following address. You'll need to provide your user name and password to access your account.
www.MyUsage.att.com (http://www.MyUsage.att.com)
Personally I was surprised at my numbers. I was sure I was a heavy user and would be paying for excessive bandwidth usage. My usage for Feb. was 88gb and for March it's at 76gb.
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As you know on April 2nd AT&T caps bandwidth at 150gb per month. Each additional 50gb will cost $10. The first 2 months are a 'grace' period. Will will be notified if you go over the 150gb cap but you will not be charged. If you're an AT&T customer you can check your bandwidth usage at the following address. You'll need to provide your user name and password to access your account.
www.MyUsage.att.com (http://www.MyUsage.att.com)
Personally I was surprised at my numbers. I was sure I was a heavy user and would be paying for excessive bandwidth usage. My usage for Feb. was 88gb and for March it's at 76gb.
How many hours of Aces High did you log in those months, if you don't mind telling us?
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I actually didn't know about this till now. I guess AT&T doesn't really want me as a customer do they?
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How many hours of Aces High did you log in those months, if you don't mind telling us?
With two of us on the same aircard we averaged about 4gb a month playing AH for an average of two hours per day per person. AH doesn't chew up much data at all. That 4gb is including regular net surfing, but not many video downloads. We've since switched to an unlimited provider as we were always cutting it too close to the cap.
Speaking of which, I live in a rural area without many options for internet... Until now. After waiting for years, Quest is laying down new fiber optic lines in my neighborhood!!!! There's a team of guys just down the road with trenching and boring equipment working as I type this!!! :O :rock
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You will see more and more of these 'caps' implemented, more so now that streaming video (particularly Netflix) is becoming more common.
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I didn't know about that either. :furious
I just checked mine, averaging 50 GB per month.
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pretty much all of the high speed isp's have a "bandwidth cap" policy...it may not be advertised and most people will never exceed it...it's basically one of those back door policies that allows them to change the limitations at will without customers being aware of it.
you guys don't remember the big flap over comcast throttling bandwidth on customers a couple of years ago? charter and time-warner have an "unadvertised" 250GB cap in some markets...not sure about verizon.
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You will see more and more of these 'caps' implemented, more so now that streaming video (particularly Netflix) is becoming more common.
i've been telling this to friends for awhile now........
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As you know on April 2nd AT&T caps bandwidth at 150gb per month. Each additional 50gb will cost $10. The first 2 months are a 'grace' period. Will will be notified if you go over the 150gb cap but you will not be charged. If you're an AT&T customer you can check your bandwidth usage at the following address. You'll need to provide your user name and password to access your account.
www.MyUsage.att.com (http://www.MyUsage.att.com)
Personally I was surprised at my numbers. I was sure I was a heavy user and would be paying for excessive bandwidth usage. My usage for Feb. was 88gb and for March it's at 76gb.
I believe they are doing this because of Next-flix and the movies that you can DL.
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Reading the article on ATT's website made me feel a 'little' better as I've received no notices to date and the tool isn't available in my area BUT considering AH, WTG, roomate doing WOW a lot, and Squid playing Xbox Live, it definitely has my attention.
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Reading the article on ATT's website made me feel a 'little' better as I've received no notices to date and the tool isn't available in my area BUT considering AH, WTG, roomate doing WOW a lot, and Squid playing Xbox Live, it definitely has my attention.
It is my understanding that typical gaming like those mentioned above does not use that much bandwidth. It's streaming and downloading videos/movies.
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Reading the article on ATT's website made me feel a 'little' better as I've received no notices to date and the tool isn't available in my area BUT considering AH, WTG, roomate doing WOW a lot, and Squid playing Xbox Live, it definitely has my attention.
Have you got a link to that article? I can't find anything.
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This is the email they sent to the customers:
Important Updates to your AT&T Internet
Terms of Service
Dear AT&T Internet Service Customer:
We are updating the AT&T High Speed Internet Terms of Service. We are making these changes to provide greater clarity around the terms of your service and to help us deliver a consistent, high-quality service experience for all of our customers.
We’ve reinforced this notice with additional links providing answers to frequently asked questions. Of course, we are ready and available to answer any questions you may have and to discuss individual account needs or concerns.
Here's a summary of the updates:
• Introduction Revision: We have added email as a separate service because
we now offer customers without our high speed Internet service the ability to have
an att.net email.
• Changes to this Agreement: We have changed the acceptance provision so that
you are now deemed to have accepted the changes to the agreement after the
30 day notice has passed, rather than immediately after receipt.
• AT&T High Speed Internet Service: We have moved the speed tiers to a link
within the agreement, www.att.com/speedtiers for easy reference.
• Service Availability: We have added language to clarify that service is not
available in all areas, and may not be available at certain speeds (or at all) at
some locations.
• Service/Site Changes: We have added language stating that AT&T may need to
modify or discontinue your service, either temporarily or permanently.
• Conversion from DSL to U-verse High Speed Internet: We have added
language to this agreement that will allow us to convert customers from our DSL
network to the AT&T U-verse High Speed network, where available.
• Usage: We've added a link at www.att.com/internet-usage where customers can
go to get information about AT&T's data usage policy and managing their data
usage.
• Dial-up Access Options and Toll Charges: We have added language to clarify
specific charges that may be incurred. Such charges are your responsibility to pay.
• Collection Agency Fees: We have added language that you are responsible for
paying collection agency fees AT&T incurs when recovering any money owed to us.
• Email and Termination or Cancellation of Service: We have added language
explaining that you will keep your email address if you choose to terminate service.
• Abusive Treatment: We have added language that allows AT&T to terminate the
service of customers who repeatedly harass or abuse our employees.
• Equipment & Software: We have added language to address U-verse equipment
that is not owned by the customer, and needs to be returned after termination of
service.
• Restrictions on Use & Network Management: We have added language
to make clear that the AT&T Acceptable Use Policy is incorporated into the terms
of service. Also, to protect our network from harm and to help us ensure a high
quality Internet experience for all of our customers, we have added language
about reasonable network management practices that AT&T may adopt. We will
provide you with advance notice and details if we implement new network
management practices that directly impact your service.
• Content: We have added language about mobile data charges for forwarding
content from the att.net web site to a mobile device.
We encourage you to review the revised terms and acceptable use policy. Please visit:
• www.att.com/tos2011
• www.corp.att.com/aup
Please note, that by continuing to use the Service, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth in the Terms of Service document.
Visit our online support site at www.att.com/tos2011-faq for a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Thank you for being an AT&T Internet member. We are happy to have you as part of our online community and look forward to continuing to serve your Internet needs.
Sincerely,
Your AT&T Internet Service Customer Care Team
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It is my understanding that typical gaming like those mentioned above does not use that much bandwidth. It's streaming and downloading videos/movies.
*cough* ya well ummm... you know. ;)
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i just cancelled my att account. they were throttling me big time and I only play ah. I was paying for 3.0 service and was lucky to get 1.2 unless i complained then they would come inspect the line and I would get 2.6 and above. then 1 or 2 months later i was back to really slow speed. I have cable internet now 10 times faster for 1/2 the price.
semp
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My cap is only 5gb per month since I am using a computer tethered to my blackberry as internet connection.
I have never broken the cap because I don't watch or download videos or download music.
Latency is about 290ms (using edge) and nobody has ever accused me of warping either here or at warbirds.
I'm planning on tethering to the laptop logged into the arenas in AH, driving the car with laptop over to a friend's house who's in the arena, and saying "knock Knock" on channel right as I knock on his door in person.
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Folks, just a nit, but it is driving me crazy.
The 'b' stands for "bits", the 'B' stands for "bytes". Please use the proper character if you are going to abbreviate bits (i.e. 5Gb) and bytes (i.e. 5GB).
Thank you.
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Billing (and caps) is always mentioned in bytes though speeds quoted by providers are usually in bits/second.
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The 'b' stands for "bits", the 'B' stands for "bytes". Please use the proper character if you are going to abbreviate bits (i.e. 5Gb) and bytes (i.e. 5GB).
Didn't know that. Learn something new everyday. :)
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Folks, just a nit, but it is driving me crazy.
The 'b' stands for "bits", the 'B' stands for "bytes". Please use the proper character if you are going to abbreviate bits (i.e. 5Gb) and bytes (i.e. 5GB).
Thank you.
thanks skuzzy that was driving me crazy not knowing that. not being sarcastic but I felt stupid when i saw both abbreviations and i couldn't tell the difference.
semp