Comcast to begin enforcing 1TB data cap in OR/WA on November 1st

[Natebishop3]

Frontier fast enough for streaming Netflix (me) and playing Xbox Live (my son) at the same time?

I've got 50 down and 50 up, so absolutely.

Usually my wife is streaming something, I'm gaming on my PC AND streaming.

 

[H.C.]

I'm already doing that. I have Frontier. I'm encouraging others to do the same. The only way you nullify this practice is by dropping Comcast. If their profits go down, they will drop this stupid strategy.

Has Frontier aka old Verizon got better?
I had them about five years ago ~
It got to the point where tv/internet/phone would drop at the sametime everyday for 6+ months, they'd come back up 20-30 minutes later.
I'd call tech support, they'd tell me they were running a tap on my line.
After about 6 months of this I became super efficient at fixing their problems.
I called in one day after not being able to fix their shit, and was told.
"Sir I don't ever see a tap being ran on your line."
Was the last straw, I cancelled service right then and there.
Had one of the higher quality packages as well. ~

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I've got 50 down and 50 up, so absolutely.

Usually my wife is streaming something, I'm gaming on my PC AND streaming.

Cool. Thanks for the info!
Is Frontier giving you something for trying to get people to switch from Comcast? (wink wink - jab at you for your other thread)

 

[PtldPlatypus]

^^ I really hope you're joking.

True satire requires no green font.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Has Frontier aka old Verizon got better?
I had them about five years ago ~
It got to the point where tv/internet/phone would drop at the sametime everyday for 6+ months, they'd come back up 20-30 minutes later.
I'd call tech support, they'd tell me they were running a tap on my line.
After about 6 months of this I became super efficient at fixing their problems.
I called in one day after not being able to fix their shit, and was told.
"Sir I don't ever see a tap being ran on your line."
Was the last straw, I cancelled service right then and there.
Had one of the higher quality packages as well. ~

My buddy signed up with frontier a few months ago and they tried charging him a close to $500 installation charge. And he constantly has his internet drop at random times in the day.

 

[speeds]

4K is about 7GB/hour, IIRC

Not sure everyone has access to 4K streaming yet

Two or more people can eat up 5hrs of 4K per day

 

[Natebishop3]

My buddy signed up with frontier a few months ago and they tried charging him a close to $500 installation charge. And he constantly has his internet drop at random times in the day.

I've had it for over a year... no problems. I'm pretty sure every company in the history of major corporations has stories of shitty customer service.

But you know what Frontier isn't doing? Implementing data caps.

 

[Denny Crane]

Frontier fast enough for streaming Netflix (me) and playing Xbox Live (my son) at the same time?

A 25mbit connection should handle most peoples' needs. If you have several TVs streaming netflix and a few people playing games, then maybe you need more.

If you're a professional and waiting on file downloads is costly, then more (than 25mbit) bandwidth is a good idea.

 

[Natebishop3]

I understand that they're doing this for cord cutters, but if it's an extra $50 for unlimited, and if you want TV on top of that, you're looking at maybe 150+ a month between tv and internet.

 

[H.C.]

My buddy signed up with frontier a few months ago and they tried charging him a close to $500 installation charge. And he constantly has his internet drop at random times in the day.

I see so after 5ish years nothing has changed. Thanks for the heads up.
I'll stay away from frontier aka verizon. They'll never get my business.
Sad that last time I was with that company I was in a major city not a smaller one like I am now.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

But you know what Frontier isn't doing? Implementing data caps.

So tell them to lower the cost of internet service in my neighborhod from $70 to something more reasonable. Im paying $79.99/month for internet and cable tv with comcast right now. Hard to change, data caps and all when frontiers prices arent even competitive where i live.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Hey, I'm a member of the Trail Blazers' official online forum! Why don't the Blazers do something about these Comcast data caps on our behalf? What's the good of being the official forum of a team whose TV rights are owned by Comcast if we have to pay Comcast extra for access to that forum?!

@SlyPokerDog, you need to get on this right now!!

The next time I'm at the Blazers office I will try to pour some of their internet into an envelop and mail it to you.

 

[Denny Crane]

I've got frontier FIOS. 150mbit up and down.

The TV picture quality seems a tad worse than Time Warner. The Internet has been rock solid and fast.

 

[santeesioux]

Comcast has better DVR/Cable box stuff than Charter from what I saw when I was in Portland recently, but at least Charter hasn't pulled this shit yet.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Check and see if you can get Stephouse; local Portland ISP, that has been rock solid for the year I've had it (not available everywhere -- uses microwave transmitter/reciever).
http://www.stephouse.net/residential-high-speed-internet/

I use the 100/20 mbit service and speeds are as advertised with no data caps.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

I figured out how to look at the data I've used.
https://dataplan.xfinity.com/estimator/

July - 333 GB
Aug - 536 GB
Sept - 286 GB

Looks like I dont need to worry about the 1 TB limit.

Untill they lower it to 500gb

 

[Denny Crane]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...fiber-is-no-longer-rolling-out-to-new-cities/

Why Google Fiber is no longer rolling out to new cities

Just like Google Glass — the company's ill-fated attempt to build an augmented-reality visor — Google Fiber may be just a little ahead of its time. The thing about Fiber and businesses like it is that most consumers simply can't find a use for that much bandwidth yet. Google Fiber provides gigabit connectivity, which is orders of magnitude faster than what many Americans get in their homes today.

Unless you're a corporation that operates a data center or runs a cloud computing business, you probably don't need a gigabit connection. As Vox points out, even the most data-hungry applications — ahem, Netflix — require only a 25 megabits-per-second connection at the most. That's 1/40th the amount of bandwidth a Google Fiber connection provides.

 

[Chris Craig]

Fuck comcast

 

[e_blazer]

Fuck comcast

You know, I've read that same thing many places, but I've studied my Xfinity box carefully and I just can't figure out how you'd go about it.

 

[Natebishop3]

You know, I've read that same thing many places, but I've studied my Xfinity box carefully and I just can't figure out how you'd go about it.

Look at Mr. Big Dick over here.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Just curious, how many of you actually use 1 tb of data a month?

 

[e_blazer]

Just curious, how many of you actually use 1 tb of data a month?

I just checked my usage and we're typically around 120 to 130 gigs per month. I think we have plenty of slush with a terabyte limit. But there are just two of us in the house these days. I could see where it could be a problem with a house full of kids streaming all kinds of games, music, shows, etc.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I just checked my usage and we're typically around 120 to 130 gigs per month. I think we have plenty of slush with a terabyte limit. But there are just two of us in the house these days. I could see where it could be a problem with a house full of kids streaming all kinds of games, music, shows, etc.

I average anywhere between 100-150.

 

[Natebishop3]

Just curious, how many of you actually use 1 tb of data a month?

That's not the point.

Data usage is not something that should be regulated.