Even though its from U.S about thier ISP ATT , this study clearly states the oversell by ISP`s
Those who are in favor of cap in return for quality are giving a weapon to ISP to use upon others who believe ISP`s are reaping profit from current scenario , further more support for cap in return of service is going to be disastrous.
Just look at the following example and calculate what you get for your current FUPed up Plan
We're in the era where greedy ISPs are starting to enforce arbitrary bandwidth caps, and unfortunately companies such as Comcast and AT&T are leading the pack. Here's a dive into the current bandwidth caps, and why, in my opinion, they are blatant robbery.
I am a subscriber of the U-verse Max Turbo internet service (rated at 24Mbit down/3Mbit up), for a total of a theoretical max throughput of 27Mbit (the enforced bandwidth caps apply to downloads and uploads, so I will no longer make any differentiation between the two).
27Mbit per sec. = 1,620Mbit per min. = 97,200Mbit per hour = 2,332,800 Mbit per day. Converting that to bytes, you get 291,600 MB per day = 284.77 GB per day.
The allocated MONTHLY bandwidth is 250GB, and at 100% usage, it is theoretically possible to use 114% of your monthly bandwidth allocation in a single 24 hour period. So how bad could the damage get? AT&T's current policy is that for every 50GB over the 250GB limit a customer goes, they will be charged an additional $10.
So, in your typical 30-day month, one could theoretically use ~284.77 GB per day, which over the course of 30 days is a total of 8,542.96 GB; a whopping 8,292.97 GB over the allocated limit. At $10 per 50 GB, that would net a customer a surplus charge of $1,658.59 for using the bandwidth they're paying for by signing up for the highest speed option!
That is completely and utterly ridiculous. What is the benefit of the speed if one cannot use it to it's potential?
This huge imbalance begs the question as to how much bandwidth one is actually allocated from the perspective of the cap. This can be worked through similarly:
250GB/month = 2000Gbit/month = 2,048,000 Mbit/month. Again assuming 30 days in a month, a month consists of 2,592,000 seconds. Thus 2,048,000Mbit / 2,592,000 seconds = 0.79Mbit/sec. Keep in mind this
Those who are in favor of cap in return for quality are giving a weapon to ISP to use upon others who believe ISP`s are reaping profit from current scenario , further more support for cap in return of service is going to be disastrous.
Just look at the following example and calculate what you get for your current FUPed up Plan
We're in the era where greedy ISPs are starting to enforce arbitrary bandwidth caps, and unfortunately companies such as Comcast and AT&T are leading the pack. Here's a dive into the current bandwidth caps, and why, in my opinion, they are blatant robbery.
I am a subscriber of the U-verse Max Turbo internet service (rated at 24Mbit down/3Mbit up), for a total of a theoretical max throughput of 27Mbit (the enforced bandwidth caps apply to downloads and uploads, so I will no longer make any differentiation between the two).
27Mbit per sec. = 1,620Mbit per min. = 97,200Mbit per hour = 2,332,800 Mbit per day. Converting that to bytes, you get 291,600 MB per day = 284.77 GB per day.
The allocated MONTHLY bandwidth is 250GB, and at 100% usage, it is theoretically possible to use 114% of your monthly bandwidth allocation in a single 24 hour period. So how bad could the damage get? AT&T's current policy is that for every 50GB over the 250GB limit a customer goes, they will be charged an additional $10.
So, in your typical 30-day month, one could theoretically use ~284.77 GB per day, which over the course of 30 days is a total of 8,542.96 GB; a whopping 8,292.97 GB over the allocated limit. At $10 per 50 GB, that would net a customer a surplus charge of $1,658.59 for using the bandwidth they're paying for by signing up for the highest speed option!
That is completely and utterly ridiculous. What is the benefit of the speed if one cannot use it to it's potential?
This huge imbalance begs the question as to how much bandwidth one is actually allocated from the perspective of the cap. This can be worked through similarly:
250GB/month = 2000Gbit/month = 2,048,000 Mbit/month. Again assuming 30 days in a month, a month consists of 2,592,000 seconds. Thus 2,048,000Mbit / 2,592,000 seconds = 0.79Mbit/sec. Keep in mind this