Dear Cox,
I would like you to please consider the following for establishing data caps:
Math Section (skip unless you want to question my numbesr!)
300Mbps = 37.5MBps. 37.5MBps x 60 seconds = 2,250MB per minute or 2.25GB per minute.
2.25GB per minute x 60 minutes = 135GB per hour. 135GB per hour x 8 hours = 1,080GB or 1.08TB
135GB per hour x 24 hours = 3.24TB per day.
3.24TB per day x 30 days = 97.2TB per 30 day month
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I'm not going to argue that our internet connections should be used 24/7/365 at max bandwidth. What I will argue is the discrepancy between data cap and link speed.
Not using the actual tiers, but halving the speed and theoretical maximum data transferred per month:
300Mbps = 97.2TB per month
150Mbps = 48.6TB per month
75Mpbs = 24.3TB per month
37.5Mbps = 12.15TB per month
I think it would be completely fair, at this point in time, to say that 10% utilization of ones internet link speed is a fair number. Assuming the internet was like an on/off switch. When on, it uses full bandwidth, when off, it uses none, 10% utilization looks like this:
300Mbps = 9.72TB per month @ 10% utilization
150Mbps = 4.86TB per month @ 10% utilization
75Mpbs = 2.43TB per month @ 10% utilization
37.5Mbps = 1.215TB per month @ 10% utilization
Obviously the internet isn't an on/off switch and I am purposely avoiding what the traffic is. The fact of the matter, is extrapolate it any way you would like, but I am referring to maxing out my connection 10% of the time or using only 10% of what I could theoretically use.
Why can't data caps be positioned closer to this metric? What I am essentially saying is that 90% of the time, I am not maxing my connection or creating a traffic burden. 10% of the time I am. At 10% utilization, the Ultimate tier would have a 9.72TB cap. Currently it has a 1TB cap that can be surpassed within 8 hours. Why is there such a discrepancy between link speed and data cap?
If my cap will only be 1TB I would argue that I don't need much more than 25Mbps download speed. We are way past the point of making web pages load faster and not having to wait on an e-mail to send. 25Mbps is plenty to stream video, even HD video. I think for someone to value paying more money for a faster link speed, they would be the type of person who downloads large files frequently. With a low data cap, what is the point of faster speed?
Link speed and data cap should be linked and scale together. Even if you drop my proposal of 10% usage to 5% usage, the proposed caps would still look a lot better than today's caps structure. I'm not sure what metric would make the most sense. But there is a hard cap of how much data can be transferred in a 30 day period at a given link speed. To say that I only tap the potential 10% of the time and idle 90% of the time sounds pretty fair to me...
News flash, it isn't 2008 anymore. If we can't have no cap, at least make an attempt at making it fair and logical.
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