Screw tube sites, what if internet companies start charging to download only so much

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  • wtfent
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2003
    • 3790
    #1

    Screw tube sites, what if internet companies start charging to download only so much

    Think it about, that would kill this industry faster than anything. Tons of people make money off of video content online, if you could only browse so much people would get charged overage fees and they will be scared to browse.

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    • budz
      Disruptive Innovator
      • Sep 2003
      • 4230
      #2
      Time Warner was talking about this awhile ago

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012903205.html


      I remember even getting something via snail mail from TW about I have a certain limit of transfer I can't exceed in 30 days.. Never heard anything else about that and I'm sure I exceed it.. I was nervous for a minute tho ;p
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        • CuriousToyBoy
          Crazy Aussie Bastard
          • Aug 2005
          • 16787
          #3
          Australian ISP's have been raping people with overage charges and having horrific download caps since Al Gore let us have access to his intraweb.

          Speed is like an LA Freeway at 5pm on a Friday at the best of times also.

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            • Zorgman
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 6103
              #4
              I hear ya Curious.

              I had Telstra Cable installed when it came out. It was 100MB month limit. Excess downloads were $0.25 per MB. That's $250 per GB (this was 1997).

              Now days it's a little better, I have 40GB per month for $89.
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                • kesha1
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                  • Feb 2008
                  • 499
                  #5
                  Wtfetn, but we don't have caps in cali, do we? I don't.
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                    • Antonio
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Oct 2001
                      • 14136
                      #6
                      Originally posted by CuriousToyBoy
                      Australian ISP's have been raping people with overage charges and having horrific download caps since Al Gore let us have access to his intraweb.

                      Speed is like an LA Freeway at 5pm on a Friday at the best of times also.

                      2c
                      I feel for you, as funny as it sounds, capped ADSL was one of the main reasosns I left South Africa, being in this business and having crippled and capped Internet access is like being a handyman with one arm

                      South Africa was even worse than Australia, I remember paying around $300-$500 per month just to do 30-60 Gigs, fucking insane

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                        • k0nr4d
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 9231
                          #7
                          europe is nice...the union has some regulations about bandwidth caps..
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                            • Klen
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 32234
                              #8
                              I have flat rate i and i can spend as much i want.

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