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In reply to the discussion: Comcast gets closer to nationwide data caps with expansion in 18 states [View all]Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)31. Yup. Our family just might be able to top a TB/month, or come fairly close based on our firewall log
Too many Aspie / geek genes.
Funny thing is, without caps the Internet is an amazing agent of change. My oldest child no longer backs up to our home server, instead she takes her entire profile or home folder and puts an encrypted copy in two different clouds so she can access it anywhere. Somehow she also keeps them sync'd. Meanwhile, her old parents think that's too transitory & need to be able to see and touch the backup hardware with all our precious data.
The amazingness of this newly connected modern world isn't just the hardware or the always-on high speed connection; it's also being able to move whatever data needs to be moved without unduly worrying about cost, especially when encryption adds so much overhead.
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Comcast gets closer to nationwide data caps with expansion in 18 states [View all]
NWCorona
Oct 2016
OP
"Comcast says more than 99 percent of its customers use less than a terabyte of data"
Cal Carpenter
Oct 2016
#1
Personally I think this is just the first step and that ceiling will slowly creep down.
NWCorona
Oct 2016
#3
It's a lot right now. What happens when the next super-duper HD format comes out?
Crash2Parties
Oct 2016
#29
It probably is true to an extent however they want to prevent more customers from
cstanleytech
Oct 2016
#6
I wish I had an 800 to 900 cap, ATT uverse caps us at 600gb and they are the only option
cstanleytech
Oct 2016
#7
My neighbors (SF, CA) just got Sonic fiber optic internet for $40 per month
displacedtexan
Oct 2016
#5
Yup. Our family just might be able to top a TB/month, or come fairly close based on our firewall log
Crash2Parties
Oct 2016
#31
Add in end-to-end encryption (think VPN, etc.) and usage goes up even more.
Crash2Parties
Oct 2016
#32