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bandwidth limit - RF Cafe Forums
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Post subject: bandwidth limit
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:33 am
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Can ISPs charge you for going over the bandwidth
limit if they give you no tools to watch your own
usage? In Canada, I heard that it is illegal for
internet service providers to charge you extra for
over the gig limit bandwidth usage if they don't
provide you with accurate tools to watch your own
usage. Is that true? If so, can you provide some
reference?
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Post subject: Re: bandwidth limit
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:47 am
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Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003
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Posts: 476
Location: Erie, PA
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Greetings enriquza:
Yes, ISPs are allowed
to charge you for the extra bandwidth without alerting
you to the fact that you have exceeded your limit.
I have been with many different ISPs over the years
and have never seen any that offer a way to put
a cap on your BW usage to pervent an overage. On
the other hand, most ISPs now give you a lot of
bandwidth, more than enough for a high level of
traffic as long as you're not streaming video -
some advertise unlimited BW.
I've been wanting
to set up a webcam to point at Lake Erie, but the
BW requirement would be pretty high even with only
uploading a new image every minute or so. Bytes
add up real quickly when sending images or video.
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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