Saturday, November 15, 2008
AT&T thinking about limiting data use...
Nooooooo! D;
Well, AT&T, the country's largest Internet service provider, is thinking about limiting the amount of data that their suscribers can use per month. The main point of this idea is to take care of people who use a lot of the network capacity or "bandwith hogs". A few internet providers have actually already started placing these limits, but the specifics are tentative and depend on what the providers choose to do. For AT&T, the amount of data you can use depends on your plan-- the higher-speed you get, the more data usage available for you.
Now that I read more, the whole thing doesn't seem like too bad of idea...
"To exceed the limits, subscribers would need to download constantly at maximum speeds for more than 42 hours, depending on the tier. In practice, use of e-mail and the Web wouldn't take a subscriber anywhere near the limit, but streaming video services like the one Netflix Inc. offers could. For example, subscribers who get downloads of 3 megabits per second have a monthly cap of 60 gigabytes, which allows for the download of about 30 DVD-quality movies."
Since I don't download/watch long movies online, I think I'll be okay if AT&T decides to take up this plan.
At the moment, AT&T is planning to (or already) testing the idea in Reno, Nevada. :)
The Associated Press, (2008, November, 4). AT&T may limit Web subscribers'
data use. CNN, Retrieved November 15, 2008, from
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/11/04/internet.limits.ap/index.html
Well, AT&T, the country's largest Internet service provider, is thinking about limiting the amount of data that their suscribers can use per month. The main point of this idea is to take care of people who use a lot of the network capacity or "bandwith hogs". A few internet providers have actually already started placing these limits, but the specifics are tentative and depend on what the providers choose to do. For AT&T, the amount of data you can use depends on your plan-- the higher-speed you get, the more data usage available for you.
Now that I read more, the whole thing doesn't seem like too bad of idea...
"To exceed the limits, subscribers would need to download constantly at maximum speeds for more than 42 hours, depending on the tier. In practice, use of e-mail and the Web wouldn't take a subscriber anywhere near the limit, but streaming video services like the one Netflix Inc. offers could. For example, subscribers who get downloads of 3 megabits per second have a monthly cap of 60 gigabytes, which allows for the download of about 30 DVD-quality movies."
Since I don't download/watch long movies online, I think I'll be okay if AT&T decides to take up this plan.
At the moment, AT&T is planning to (or already) testing the idea in Reno, Nevada. :)
The Associated Press, (2008, November, 4). AT&T may limit Web subscribers'
data use. CNN, Retrieved November 15, 2008, from
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/11/04/internet.limits.ap/index.html
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