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AT&T Monthly Bandwidth Caps Are Here
From: David Farber <dfarber () me com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:26:31 -0500
http://gizmodo.com/5075831/att-monthly-bandwidth-caps-are-hereAT&T's bandwidth caps for its high speed internet customers are here. They're conducting a "market trial" in Reno that started on Nov. 1, where users get between 20GB and 150GB a month, depending on their speed tier. Unlike Time Warner's trial in Beamont, where caps were only applied to new customers, existing customers will also be capped, though they'll get the roomier 150GB cap. If you bust the cap, AT&T will charge an extra dollar per gigabyte.
Surveying the broadband landscape in this country, It's either caps orslowdowns or filters. (Unless you're on Comcast, then it's a two-for- one.) Caps seem like the lesser of the three evils, if only because they're fairly transparent—filtering and slowdowns are more insidious, since you might not be immediately aware it's happening. They're essentially legitimized forms of sabotage. Verizon is the only major ISP leaving traffic totally unfettered, but I wonder how long that will last.
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