Shamans
join:2007-09-22
 ·Cogeco Cable
1 edit | Bandwidth usage: share your experience under new rules.
I thought it'd be interesting to find out what happens if you go over your bandwidth cap for these first few months under the new bandwidth usage rules.
Please share your experiences. Note that this thread should be exclusively about what warnings / suspensions you get. There's another thread available if you want to comment on the new rules. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
2 edits | Date: April 7th 2009
Package: Standard
Percent: 110%
Warnings: 0
Suspensions: 0
I'll post next update at 150% and/or first warning/suspension. |
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Shamans
join:2007-09-22
4 edits | reply to Shamans
Month: April 2009
Package: Business Starter
Percent: > 120%
Warnings: 0
Suspensions: 0 |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
2 edits | Date: April 12th 2009
Package: Standard
Percent: 190%
Warnings: 0
Suspensions: 0 |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | reply to Shamans
Just got this in the mail, don't think it really counts as a warning considering it's late about a week. |
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HoboJ
join:2008-03-27
Trenton, ON
1 edit | That's sad and disturbing that it takes a whole week from the day of the warning to receive the email. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | reply to Shamans
Date: April 13th 2009
Package: Standard
Percent: 205%
Warnings: 2
Termination Warnings: 0
Suspensions: 0
Here's my second warning.
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Jack Sparrow 5
@cgocable.net | reply to Fireblade
Re: Bandwidth usage: share your experience under new rules.
wow. is this just under the home soho package?
how have you not been cut off yet? |
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dad_of_3
join:2004-05-31
SE Ontario
·Cogeco Cable
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| said by Jack Sparrow 5 :
how have you not been cut off yet?
because april and may, there are no overage charges...You'll only get cut off if you cause problems on the network..(ie..someone on your node calls in and complains of congestion, cogeco investigates, see's your over your limit...then they take action)
first post of this thread..point #4
»Usage Billing |
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Jack Sparrow 5
@cgocable.net
| reply to dad_of_3
Re: Bandwidth usage: share your experience under new rules.
so your telling me that if i were to do all my downloading at lets say 1am - 6am i could go over as much as i want without any repercussions?
i'm not saying your a liar but you've gotta understand my skepticism. under the old system soho would have a hard cap of about 97gb. then you would be cut off.
its just weird why they would allow such overages especially since they've not started charging for it yet. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
·Cogeco Cable
 ·Vonage
1 edit | said by Jack Sparrow 5 :
so your telling me that if i were to do all my downloading at lets say 1am - 6am i could go over as much as i want without any repercussions?
i'm not saying your a liar but you've gotta understand my skepticism. under the old system soho would have a hard cap of about 97gb. then you would be cut off.
its just weird why they would allow such overages especially since they've not started charging for it yet.
I've already gone over the previous hardcap for Standard by 35GB and I'm still around. The $30 we're going to be paying will make Cogeco a lot of money. While we pay $1.50-2.00 per GB, Cogeco is making at least 500% profit off of that alone - I'm thinking the new hardcap will be around 350GB in areas with low congestion, probably a lot lower in high density areas. |
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Jaser
@rogers.com | I content that the markup is in the neighbourhood of 10000%, if not greater (assuming the real cost is 1.5-2 cents/GB, and that's not even really true depending on time of day). |
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Jack Sparrow 5
@cgocable.net
| reply to Fireblade
wow!
i still can't believe you've downloaded that much. anyway to provide a screenshot of your selfcare page just to see the actual numbers ourselves. i guess im worried that if i go over my limit ill have my internet shut off.
if i can see your numbers for myself it would make me less hesitant to download without fear of being punished.
if you dont mind that is. |
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dad_of_3
join:2004-05-31
SE Ontario
·Cogeco Cable
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to Jack Sparrow 5
said by Jack Sparrow 5 :
so your telling me that if i were to do all my downloading at lets say 1am - 6am i could go over as much as i want without any repercussions?
i'm not saying your a liar but you've gotta understand my skepticism. under the old system soho would have a hard cap of about 97gb. then you would be cut off. No worries, I didn't make this up, just quoting Krispy...
said by Jack Sparrow 5 :
its just weird why they would allow such overages especially since they've not started charging for it yet.
agreed...very weird, yet this is what's happening...It's stated very clearly on the new usage page..."Additional usage charges will be credited for the month of April and May."
I'm up to 128% usage, and just recieved my 85% warning :-/ |
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Shamans
join:2007-09-22
·Cogeco Cable
4 edits | reply to Shamans
Date: April 2009
Package: Business Starter
Percent: > 300%
Notifications/Warnings: Got the 85% and 100% in quick succession but they came in late. Didn't get any other warning. I anticipate that if this continues, people might have maxed out their bandwidth charges already by the time they get their notifications.
Suspensions: 0
Accuracy of meter: Accurate thus far for every day. Tested against what my router reports.
I'm testing up to 1000% to find my ceiling if Cogeco will allow it. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | reply to Shamans
Date: April 16th 2009
Package: Standard
Percent: 310%
Warnings: 2 (85/100% Usage)
Termination Warnings: 0
Suspensions: 0 |
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Hamilton1
join:2007-10-28
Hamilton, ON | reply to Shamans
Date:April 16th 2009
Package: Standard
Percentage: 94%
Warnings: 1 (85%)
Terminations: 0
Suspensions: 0 |
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Jack Sparrow 5
@cgocable.net | reply to Shamans
Date:April 16th 2009
Package: Standard
Percentage: 100.78 %
Warnings: 1 (85%/100%)
Terminations: 0
Suspensions: 0 |
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