Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

On the money - this is playing out in the wireless world right now. As
Sprint is the the only truly unlimited provider they are attracting the hogs
which will eventually burden their network so I suspect they'll start caping
eventually. Caps make sense and are good for everybody as long as they are
reasonable.

-Dane

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:17 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:

> Hi Charles.
>
> Possibly, but probably not. If an ISP supplies unlimited bandwidth it
> costs
> them more. So they have to charge more.
>
> As a customer, are you willing to pay twice the rate because of the top 10%
> who double the ISP's bandwidth if there is no cap? Unless you are in that
> top 10%, the answer is generally no - hell no! :)
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
> [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Charles Paul
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:07 pm
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet
>
> Are there *any* service providers for unmetered, un-capped Internet access
> in New Orleans?
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > Some guy came to the door trying to sel Uverse, but the only way to
> > get it cheaper than the Cox bundle was for a lower Internet speed and
> > no HD TV channels.
> >
> > On 09/06/2011 11:27 PM, Brad Bendily wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure uverse has similar restrictions for data usage limits.
> >>
> >> http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045#fbid=q79OcqQzjtN
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:techmaster@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Wow, uverse is looking better and better each day... Half the price
> >>> I'm paying now for the same speed, and now this?
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ben Bullard
> >>> <<mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>benbullard7@aol.com
> >>> <mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 09/06/2011 03:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Data metering. Yay!!!!!
> >>>
> >>> It's a feature! It's for your own good...
> >
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