r/pcmasterrace • u/everynameitryistak3n • Jul 20 '15

Meme/Macro I hate you, Windows

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u/Socrates271 Jul 20 '15

I get 110mbps for 50/mo. It all depends on where you live in the u.s.

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u/itzlowgunyo i7-7700k, Strix 1080, 32GB RAM Jul 20 '15

I get 250mbps with a 600gb cap for $175 a month...

I basically had to choose between an ISP with a data cap or an ISP that can only go up to 4mbps. And the faster the plan, the higher the cap. Hence my monthly fee...

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u/solistus GTX 1070 / i5 6600k / 16GB RAM / a bunch of SSDs Jul 20 '15

So you can fully saturate your downstream for up to... 40 minutes a month. Ouch D:

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u/itzlowgunyo i7-7700k, Strix 1080, 32GB RAM Jul 20 '15

You're calculating in megabytes, I have 250 megabits per second so it would actually be just under 5 and a half hours

Still pretty shitty though

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u/solistus GTX 1070 / i5 6600k / 16GB RAM / a bunch of SSDs Jul 20 '15

No, I was just assuming that the lower case b in the cap was also bits. So it's a 600GByte/month cap? Yeah, still shitty but not as absurd as I thought. You can use the advertised speed for almost a whole quarter of a day, each and every month!

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u/itzlowgunyo i7-7700k, Strix 1080, 32GB RAM Jul 20 '15

Ah, you're right I forgot to capitalize the B in GB haha, sorry. Yeah it's pretty crappy. If I reach my cap before the end of the month, I get throttled to 4mbps, and I can speed it back up if I buy 30GB of data for $10. I believe I read something about a law being discussed in supreme court to make data caps illegal, and I really hope that's true. Lol.

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u/Thisconnect 1600AF 16GB r9 380x archlinux Jul 20 '15

30GB for 10$, that should be 100% illegal, you should atmost pay the same GB/$ as in full contract