New at Rogers.
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Apr 2 14:49:56 UTC 2008
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 07:20:48PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
>> I just received an interesting letter from Rogers. It seems they've
>> started a new policy, where you're allowed to exceed a download limit
>> (my limit is about 20x what I've been doing), but you get charged extra
>> for it. They also send a notice when you approach and reach your limit,
>> so you can take appropriate action. While I'm not keen on limits, it
>> does beat the previous practice where someone could be cut for going over.
>
> Well they also upped the speed on most of the plans, and downed the
> previous limit a bit (100GB went to 95GB).
>
> Apparently I tend to be in the 20 to 30GB range, so I guess my
> bittorrent settings are perfectly reasonable.
>
> They also say they charge per GB over the limit, up to $25, but fail to
> say what happens when you exceed $25 worth of overusage. Do they then
> cut you off and call you bad names, or do they just say "have fun for
> free".
>
I don't have that letter handy, but my understanding is that it's a
maximum of $25. However, if someone has a habit of going well over, I
suspect they might be contacted about getting a better plan.
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