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gaines_wright
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8 years ago

Data limits

  Why are there data limits?     At first glance, data limits seem to make sense. at least for satellite systems, due to the high cost of putting a satellite in orbit, etc. OTOH I suspect that no o...
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gaines_wright
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8 years ago

   .  And, again, the vast majority of that is due to streaming.  Plus, there is a lot of 4k streaming now, which stresses the system even more. 

 

  I quickly learned that streaming would quicky use up all of my data.  Back in those days, data usage was by the day and they would throttle you down to dial up speeds when exceeded, which made it impossible to stream.

 

  Now the throttling isn't so bad.  Can one still stream after being throttled?  If so, we're back to my theory that data caps are more about money than anything else.

 

 

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago
gaines_wright wrote:

 

 Now the throttling isn't so bad.  Can one still stream after being throttled?  If so, we're back to my theory that data caps are more about money than anything else.

The ability to stream while in FAP depends on what your speed is and how loaded your beam is.  Some people have been able to.   Only in SD or lower, though, as far as I know.  

 

Though you may have one, there's no theory necessary to explain data caps as the reason they're in place has been explained over and over again.  It has nothing to do with money and everything to do with system capacity and throughput.  Data caps were around long before the first bit was ever streamed.    

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    gaines_wright
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    8 years ago
    GabeU wrote:
    gaines_wright wrote:

     

    Though you may have one, there's no theory necessary to explain data caps as the reason they're in place has been explained over and over again.  It has nothing to do with money and everything to do with system capacity and throughput.  Data caps were around long before the first bit was ever streamed.    

      Well, that's the isp companies line.

      OTOH there are other theories::

    https://www.cio.com/article/3075975/internet-service-providers/what-big-isps-dont-want-you-to-know-about-data-caps.html

     

     

     

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      GabeU
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago

      gaines_wright

       

      So, your "OTOH refutation" is an article about data caps on ground based services that have hundreds, if not thousands of times more throughput and total capacity than satellite internet?  SMH.  

       

      Perhaps it's this "ISP companies (sic) line" because it's based in fact.  

       

      There's no point in continuing this discussion, at least from my end.  Facts, and the reasons based on those facts, don't seem to matter to you.  Conjecture, OTOH, does.   

       

      Have a great day.