Comcast's 1 TB cap has caused me to stop buying games on steam

[mephisto925]

As the title states. Comcast's bandwidth caps have directly affected my purchases on steam. Because of the 1 terabyte cap now being enforced and the fact that when they started implimenting this cap suspiciously we went from an average of 600 to 700 GB's a month to 900 to 1000 GB's a month. We have gotten our 2 courtesy warnings about going over the limit. So this month my bill will be higher because we have gone over the limit and we still have a week left before the end of the month. So for every additional 50 GB we go over they will charge us an extra $10 up to $200. I would have bought a few games with the winter sale. Atleast $100 worth but instead I bought none because I can't see buying a game that I can't play unless I want to pay extra to download it. I know I can buy it and then wait until next month, but then next month there will be new games I want to buy so I have to be careful about what I get because I can only download so much before hitting my cap. Comcast has totally affected how I buy games now. I would love to find physical copies of games on Blue-ray. then atleast I would only have to download the patches. I may have to start buying physical copies on Amazon. It would be cheaper for me. Im looking for options here and thanks to Comcast and they're bandwidth cap steam and all the other online gaming stores may become obsolete.

[Plaid]

I don't think anyone "needs to look at their lives" if they hit a data cap.
I think what needs looking at is the cap.

[Washell]

Abisha の投稿を引用：

if you buy digital videogames 1TB a month ain't so much

I buy digital videogames, I only download the ones I play, and if I hit 500GB in a year, it's a lot. Lets not generalize on specific behaviours.

Plaid の投稿を引用：

I don't think anyone "needs to look at their lives" if they hit a data cap.
I think what needs looking at is the cap.

In a perfect world, sure.

[Vince ✟]

OP. Seriously.. I want to tell you to shut the ♥♥♥♥ up and stop whining but that is against the rules, so I will just say this;

Many people are limited to 10gb, 20gb, or if they are lucky, 50gb plans. They pay somewhere around $125 /mo for these plans and are subject to monopolies held by only a handful of companies depending if you want cell, sat, or cable. Please, for the love of God, learn to live with your completely lavish 1tb data capacity.

[Convenient Spider]

If your router has an open guest network, your problem might reside there.

I personally live with a 350GB/month limit, but used to see uses of up to 800GB/month just because people were using the guest network without my knowledge.

Ever since I shut it down, I don't think the usage ever squeaked past 250GB/month, and my family likes to waych netflix on the regular.

Just food for thought.

[psychotron666]

In Canada the best internet cap you can find is 500gb. You got double that. Not sure how you're using that much

[Heavy Looksmaxxing]

WTF. Data caps? Here where i live theres no such thing as this(only on cellphones)
Internet in the USA seems to suck, alot :|

[Profile Name™]

You are lucky. I would kill for a 1 TB bandwidth data cap. For a great many years, my crappy internet company gave me a 250 GB cap. And that is set to go up to 400 GB in a few months, but they will also be jacking up my price another $15-20 the same time. I think that 1 TB is very generous. I believe that AT&T has 1 TB or maybe it is unlimited. Anyway, I would not be complaining about 1 TB because if you go over that you are being too irresponsible and greedy with your data.

[Naedmi]

My internet may be slow at times. But my local providers have told me that they will never cap any customers data. So I will be sticking with them through thick and thin.

I'd also suggest anyone check out local providers. Smaller companies but often less underhanded than those big companies driving everyone else out of business.

[-V-]

I think we are all missing the obvious answer here:
Comcast LIES.

If you were to measure your own bandwidth through the router, you'll find that comcast is overbilling your data by about 30-60%.

They do this a lot.
Get a monitoring tool, and then give them an angry call where you threaten to discontinue service. Once you say, "This is unacceptable, you are frauds and cheats, and I'm taking my money elsewhere" (assuming there IS another ISP in your area, which there might NOT be), they'll be more willing to work with you.

I made several angry calls to Cox to get them to replace the fried copper lines (there was extensive damage leading to service interruption) without paying their gouge fees.

I made several angry calls to AT&T insisting that "NO, I am not doing child pornography in my home. DO turn my internet back on. NO, I am not downloading torrents or commiting piracy. DO turn my internet back on AGAIN."

You can't let these guys push you around. Fight back.

[Profile Name™]

Zefar の投稿を引用：

There are not a lot of games that takes up to like 50 GB and you'd need to buy 20 of those games to get up to 1000 GB limit. It's like 20 triple A games.

Are you sure you're downloading THAT much? Surely this limit isn't something you'll hit every month too right?

He is absolutely right. No gamer downloads that many AAA games in a month. I download around 250 anime episodes in 720p, 16 TV episodes in 720p, several movies, plenty of games, and spend a lot of time watching and streaming webcams each month. And I always stay below my 250 GB cap. Usually, I am around the 200 GB range.

If you are going over 500 or 750 GB a month, there is something seriously wrong with your internet habits. And I do not feel at all sorry for you. The problem here is how you are managing your data, not the lavish amount of data your internet company bestows on you. 500 GB is more than any one person needs, no matter how active they are on the internet.

[Spawn of Totoro]

-V- の投稿を引用：

I think we are all missing the obvious answer here:
Comcast LIES.

If you were to measure your own bandwidth through the router, you'll find that comcast is overbilling your data by about 30-60%.

They do this a lot.
Get a monitoring tool, and then give them an angry call where you threaten to discontinue service. Once you say, "This is unacceptable, you are frauds and cheats, and I'm taking my money elsewhere" (assuming there IS another ISP in your area, which there might NOT be), they'll be more willing to work with you.

I made several angry calls to Cox to get them to replace the fried copper lines (there was extensive damage leading to service interruption) without paying their gouge fees.

I made several angry calls to AT&T insisting that "NO, I am not doing child pornography in my home. DO turn my internet back on. NO, I am not downloading torrents or commiting piracy. DO turn my internet back on AGAIN."

You can't let these guys push you around. Fight back.

I have a monitoring tool built into the router and go by that, not by what Comcast has said.

So far their measurements have been accurate in reguards to my date usage.

[Profile Name™]

I used to have a monitoring tool too. I think that it was called Glasswire. It was more trouble than it was worth. It was helpful in learning how much data Second Life and similar programs used per month. But once I figured it out, I didn't need the program anymore. Now, I just go to my internet control panel and keep an eye on it. I am allowed 250 GB per month. So that is on average 8 GB a day. If 10 days have passed and I have already used 100 GB, I know that I am not managing my data well since 10 days times 8 GB would be 80 GB not 100 GB. I think that the problem here isn't that Comcast is lying. I think that there are too many people in his household that use a lot of data and are very irresponsible with their use. I mean if I was super reckless I could see myself using 300 GB a month. And if there were two other people in my household who used a lot of internet and were reckless too, then the three of us would sometimes reach that 1 TB limit. But it would be unfair to blame Comcast for that. It's not their fault that he has a large family of gamers. Large families should simply buy larger internet data plans.

[Mitz]

First world problems. Just be glad you have decent internet. I just moved states this summer and can't get more then 500kb/s. But I can relate that not being able to play games you buy is frustrating. I've picked up different hobbies because of it.

[Velstrum]

HAHAHA
i did'nt read the full thing but i scimmed it
just do what your heart feels lad can't let
them just fully control you

[-V-]

I did a bit of research, and after

$2.3 million in fines and
$50 million in class action lawsuit settlements

Comcast has supposedly straightened out the overbilling issue.

But you should still monitor your bandwidth just to be sure.