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Anyone with COX internet got an email about 1 TB cap?
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CraigerGamer
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Does it cost Cox any additional money if I choose to use 1TB vs 2 or 3 or 15TBs?
Fall Into The GAF
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After Google fucked off with their fiber service, Cox got, well, cocky again and decided "Hey there's no other competition, let's siphon more moolah out of everybody!"
I seem to recall the Cox Bussiness intrernet was around the same price as our current plan, which would have unlimited internet. I would also suggest people look into ATT UVerse, which also has a 1tb cap but doesn't if you pick the 1000Mbps plan.
I would also say that I think people probably overestimate their data ussage. Netflix for instance is like 3 gb per hour and Spotify is like 1 gb per 24 hour period. You kinda have to work at those levels to over do 1 tb.
I would also say that I think people probably overestimate their data ussage. Netflix for instance is like 3 gb per hour and Spotify is like 1 gb per 24 hour period. You kinda have to work at those levels to over do 1 tb.
Blackage
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Cox Business is the same price same price as Cox Ultimate I think monthly.
Business is 100 Down/20 Up/Unlimited, while Ultimate is 350 Down/25 Up/1TB Data Cap.
They're fortunate ATT Fiber isn't available in my area, I would have cut that shit TODAY.
Doctoglethorpe
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It boggles my mind that normal usage would ever go over 1tb.
My soft cap is like 350 I think and I very rarely exceed it (at which point nothing actually happens anyways).
Apparently ATT are bringing fiber here soon though so... I want.
My soft cap is like 350 I think and I very rarely exceed it (at which point nothing actually happens anyways).
Apparently ATT are bringing fiber here soon though so... I want.
Blackage
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Gigabit/blast has a 2TB cap atm, but rollout has been slowwwwwwwwww, especially since Google Fiber's expansion has died nationwide for the most part, no urgency/competition from the other ISPs anymore.
Yeah and that changed today =/ Sad times.
makingmusic476
Member
They hit us with a... 350GB? cap a couple of years ago. But it was one of those things where you could fly past every month and they wouldn't bother you unless you hit the TBs.
I guess my cap's now 1TB?
This is the New Orleans area.
I guess my cap's now 1TB?
This is the New Orleans area.
Human Resources
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yes, it's 1TB for every plan across the metro
the e-mail I received clearly emphasized the enforcement, I mean when they straight up quote you a price per GB you know they're serious
the e-mail I received clearly emphasized the enforcement, I mean when they straight up quote you a price per GB you know they're serious
BetterThanNothing
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On satellite. Check this shit:
10GB total per month during 'peak hours'
peak hours = 8:00am to 2:00am
50GB total between 2 and 8 in the fucking morning. I've been out of work for a second so I just slipped my sleeping schedule around...lol. I used to have decent internet that was unlimited. Now I look forward to the middle of the month so that I can have 6 hours of freedom in the dead of night.
Also, all problems with dish. I live in the foothills so there are 3 to 7 rainy days a month where I sort of kind of ah fuck it my phone is better than this
So jelly of those TB caps. I'd trade my left nipple for 250GB a month if it was cable and 24hrs.
Hughe's Net, lol. They also have a proprietary currency first bought so you can acquire more bandwidth, $10 a GB. It's like xbox live if xbox live induced murderous rage. Feels more like chuckey cheese's tbh, and there's not even a goddamn ball pit included. jipped
Also I'd do the left nipple because it's not as sensitive due to a terrible pinching accident.
10GB total per month during 'peak hours'
peak hours = 8:00am to 2:00am
50GB total between 2 and 8 in the fucking morning. I've been out of work for a second so I just slipped my sleeping schedule around...lol. I used to have decent internet that was unlimited. Now I look forward to the middle of the month so that I can have 6 hours of freedom in the dead of night.
Also, all problems with dish. I live in the foothills so there are 3 to 7 rainy days a month where I sort of kind of ah fuck it my phone is better than this
So jelly of those TB caps. I'd trade my left nipple for 250GB a month if it was cable and 24hrs.
Hughe's Net, lol. They also have a proprietary currency first bought so you can acquire more bandwidth, $10 a GB. It's like xbox live if xbox live induced murderous rage. Feels more like chuckey cheese's tbh, and there's not even a goddamn ball pit included. jipped
Also I'd do the left nipple because it's not as sensitive due to a terrible pinching accident.
The highest quality (Ultra HD is 7) HD and above is what I quoted. If you're just using the medium setting it's actually 0.7 gb per hour, however I was being generous.
If you're truly worried about hitting a 1 tb cap I would think you'd try to avoid Ultra HD, I figured that would just be unsaid.
Shrike Alvaron
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My apartment is only serviced by U-Verse (no copper running to them so no cable) and I was a bit annoyed when they started the cap shit a while back. Most of the time I really don't use that much bandwidth, but just having to watch out for my usage was annoying especially during months when I was downloading big games with Steam or such.
I then found out about DSL Extreme though, they use U-Verse infrastructure and prices are comparable but they have no usage limits, only downside is they don't offer TV service. Was able to switch to them no problem and the service is the exact same as I had before. Still use a U-Verse gateway and get AT&T technicians, just pay through DSL Extreme's site and talk to their support instead of AT&T. Don't know if Cox has any similar alternatives but could look into it.
I then found out about DSL Extreme though, they use U-Verse infrastructure and prices are comparable but they have no usage limits, only downside is they don't offer TV service. Was able to switch to them no problem and the service is the exact same as I had before. Still use a U-Verse gateway and get AT&T technicians, just pay through DSL Extreme's site and talk to their support instead of AT&T. Don't know if Cox has any similar alternatives but could look into it.
No the 7-8GB is at 4k.
tearsintherain
Member
Cox just wants families to come together to watch TV in the living room like in the 50s, this era of kids watching TV on their own and adults watching TV on their own must stop!
If your area isn't hit with caps and is served by Cox it will, they have been slowly rolling out mandatory caps for the entire year. Before it just was soft caps as people have said, you could go over and nothing happened except an email. But now, after the 2 month grace period, they will start charging you $10 for every 50GB over the cap you go.
I don't have COX anymore because I moved, but when I logged into my COX account and dug into the details for the first time ever when I was attempting to cancel my service I learned I already had a 1 TB cap. This was about a year ago. I guess it was probably specified somewhere, but I missed it in my contract/e-mail. I never hit it thankfully, but still, it's pretty shitty.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Yeah, I got it as well as my employer, who asked me what it meant.
Thankfully my data usage records show that I don't get anywhere near 1TB so I'm not terribly concerned.
Hell, if they want to cut me a discount for using less than half that I'd be cool.
Thankfully my data usage records show that I don't get anywhere near 1TB so I'm not terribly concerned.
Hell, if they want to cut me a discount for using less than half that I'd be cool.
Caffeine
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im in phoenix and I received the email We apparently use over 1TB easily in this house so that sucks. and gigablast isnt even available in my area. so every plan has a 1TB cap.
luckily there will be a 60 days grace period after july 7th so we can adjust to it. if it was already enforced we would have payed ~$200 - 400 in overages each month
most of that is people watching youtube,netflix, steam downloading, gaming online, twitch streams.
the only other internet carrier is centurylink they have softcaps they dont enforce yet, but in my area max speed is 20mbps and 2 up. also we would have to drop our long distance company which is way cheaper than theirs to even get the internet through the phone line.
edit: i recently just downloaded black ops 3 with all dlc+zombie dlc on steam and it was 121GBs lol there goes 10% of my cap
luckily there will be a 60 days grace period after july 7th so we can adjust to it. if it was already enforced we would have payed ~$200 - 400 in overages each month
most of that is people watching youtube,netflix, steam downloading, gaming online, twitch streams.
the only other internet carrier is centurylink they have softcaps they dont enforce yet, but in my area max speed is 20mbps and 2 up. also we would have to drop our long distance company which is way cheaper than theirs to even get the internet through the phone line.
edit: i recently just downloaded black ops 3 with all dlc+zombie dlc on steam and it was 121GBs lol there goes 10% of my cap
PandaShake
Member
Just got the email yesterday. I've been just under about a hundred or two each month it seems.
You can log into almost all Routers (also for settings etc) and they show you the traffic volumes (day week month etc) . Look up in the router manual or your router model online.
PandaPandaPanda
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I got the email yesterday(I used to live in Vegas with my parents and managed stuff like this for them.) Thankfully I don't live in Vegas anymore because if I was, we would very easily go over the cap. With just my parents there, they use a lot(they stream a lot of stuff) but aren't anywhere close to going over the limit.
Still a bunch of crooked shit though.
Still a bunch of crooked shit though.
evilromero
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OKC. I just saw the email. Starts July 7 here.
It sucks, but you get used to things :\
I'd also invest in a external hard drive and install steam on your work computer so you can download games there saving your home bandwidth. Another thing to note is that most of the built in apps on things like Xboxes, PS4s and TVs don't let you select quality. "Smart" streaming my ass, if I can't pick 480p or 360p to stream at I'm not using your app.
mechashiva
Member
Same with Tulsa. Recent months I haven't even gotten to 500gb.
John Rabbit
Banned
More alarming? Try accessing any of your Cox member features with HTTPS Everywhere enabled.
Just try it.
MadMike22089
Member
Can someone go on Cox's garbage site and see if their data usage meter is working, please? I'm in Phoenix, and it hasn't worked for three weeks (stopped the day after they sent an email saying I'd start being charged for overage). I talked to two different people via chat support. One simply refused to help me, and they other kept insisting that it is merely an "outage" and will be fixed "soon".
CrewShadow
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I'm Out in Mesa and mine is working. I would try and contact them again.
RoninChaos
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Maybe the coal miners can start mining bandwidth and we can start winning again.
I'm in Georgia and mine seems to be working fine.
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