The end of the Internet as we know it...

[nfpgasmask]

...if this happens on any large scale, holy carp....

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/A...-In-Reno-98856

This will be the end of the Internet as we know it, as far as I'm concerned. On one hand, this is absolutely brutal and devastating. On the other hand, it may just force a shift back in the other direction, that is, TOWARDS REALITY.

Why Reno?

Bart

[Thmstec]

But maybe there is an off-chance this will make internet faster and cheaper?? Maybe???

[circmand]

Lords knows 90% of whta I get is spam that their filters cant block or trace and then you get hit double or more when your own system then sends it out to people in your address book

[kodiak]

Spam not going to even come close to hitting that cap.

Lords knows 90% of whta I get is spam that their filters cant block or trace and then you get hit double or more when your own system then sends it out to people in your address book

[nfpgasmask]

Its just the concept that scares me really. The bottom line is, if AT&T charges by the MB and Charter doesn't, people will go with Charter. So, until all ISPs band together and start doing the same thing, it ain't gonna happen. But, imo, eventually, it WILL happen. And that will suck.

Bart

[tom4bren]

"Its just the concept that scares me really."

Maybe because ... you have 4200 posts to this forum alone???

[kodiak]

As soon as fiber finely makes the main steam market that will be the end of at&t Qwest and Comcast. There’s a fiber service here called Utopia that’s not in my aria yet but as soon as it is I’m getting it. It’s about 10 times faster then cable. It will basically turn the web in to a giant TiVo.

[kodiak]

Comcast has a 250gb cap on the service I have here. I’m pretty carful about watching my usage. I started downloads most of the shows I like to watch from usernet about 5 years ago. I really don’t miss my old satellite bill. The only time I ever see a commercial is when I go to a friend’s house.

[iamironman]

I have an ATT aircard with service billed @$60 per month... for 5 GB's per month usage allowed before metered billing kicks in... I RARELY use more than half to three-quarters of the 5GB's, and that's with my kids there almost every weekend sharing my connection, (I use a wireless router and have it set up for up to 5 computers to be on the same aircard connection). My neighbor even gets on my network several times a week to surf the net. And still my usage is under the 5GB's limit... so I don't think the 20-150GB limit they are "test" imposing in Reno is going to hurt anyone... I play online games(sporadically, now and then, but not with any regularity)... surf all day... I am connected on the aircard 24/7... I even did an average estimation on what I would use if I played an online game 6 hours a day 5 out of 7 days a week and even depending on the game, (some have a bigger bandwidth usage than others), I would not go over the 5GB limit per month... 20 GB is GENEROUS, IMHO. BTW the aircard has a program that is included that show actual realtime usage as you are connected.