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Please bear with me as I'm not even quite sure how to word this post. And it's going to read messy.
Got the new internet bill. In addition to the $39.95 there was another $37.50 attached for over usage. Yes, it was always unlimited.
Took it in in person. Explained to me that this started last month ( and already over again this month by alot ) and the owner ( HTN ) was being charged ( I think, extremely long conversation and not clear on alot of it ) for air usage and was going to have to pass it on to his customers. She said everyone was now limited to 10 gig a month and that that was alot. (NO, it's not.) Now for every gig over the 10 it is $7.95 for each.
Interject here. Example, I was thinking about going back to selling books on Ebay. I could kill 10 gig in pix alone, uploading etc easy. 10 gigs is large in sounding only. It's not all that big. But no, thankfully I hadn't started yet.
She said they were all going to go to it before long. Alot of it due to like Netflix and Blockbuster doing the watching the movies for "free" online. People watching a movie a night etc cause it is a download. Only free as far as Netflix and Blockbuster charges were concerned. She said when providers start charging for overage the customer would be charged for the overage by the provider. Two of their customers had racked up towards $600 a month on their $39.95 a month bill and yes, they were told.
Anyway, I've asked a few people who their provider was and I've received answers of Time Warner, Strato Net and a couple others. No one so far is being charged extra however only two are doing anything that could be "considered excessive". One does a Blockbuster online once a week and the other is doing Ebay with a ton of pix ( large MB!! ) and playing Farmville on Face Book. Both. The one doing Farmville and Ebay called her provider ( Time Warner ) and they were familar somewhat with her questions of overage but said they had no intentions at this time of doing this.
I called a couple other providers and they said they didn't do this. One asked if my computer could be taken anywhere and I said yes. They said that was the difference. Theirs couldn't. Don't know what that meant. HTN is all over the US, but I think Time Warner is also. so ????
So, I guess my question is has anyone else had this happen to them? Does anyone understand what is going on or if this is going to end up being all of them? This provider is good. Will help with a problem at the drop of a hat, open on Sat., open till 5:30 every day. Works with you on a problem such as billing. Going to drop the charges on last bill, probably this next one, not sure. I'd hate to cancel them if all of them are going to this in a matter of time.
Who out there uses alot of MB/Gigs and who is your provider if you don't mind my asking? Anyone else having a problem yet? I would think Gamers would be using a ton and there are alot out there. I'd like to start Ebay back up but scared to and can't call them everyday asking how much I've used.
Got the new internet bill. In addition to the $39.95 there was another $37.50 attached for over usage. Yes, it was always unlimited.
Took it in in person. Explained to me that this started last month ( and already over again this month by alot ) and the owner ( HTN ) was being charged ( I think, extremely long conversation and not clear on alot of it ) for air usage and was going to have to pass it on to his customers. She said everyone was now limited to 10 gig a month and that that was alot. (NO, it's not.) Now for every gig over the 10 it is $7.95 for each.
Interject here. Example, I was thinking about going back to selling books on Ebay. I could kill 10 gig in pix alone, uploading etc easy. 10 gigs is large in sounding only. It's not all that big. But no, thankfully I hadn't started yet.
She said they were all going to go to it before long. Alot of it due to like Netflix and Blockbuster doing the watching the movies for "free" online. People watching a movie a night etc cause it is a download. Only free as far as Netflix and Blockbuster charges were concerned. She said when providers start charging for overage the customer would be charged for the overage by the provider. Two of their customers had racked up towards $600 a month on their $39.95 a month bill and yes, they were told.
Anyway, I've asked a few people who their provider was and I've received answers of Time Warner, Strato Net and a couple others. No one so far is being charged extra however only two are doing anything that could be "considered excessive". One does a Blockbuster online once a week and the other is doing Ebay with a ton of pix ( large MB!! ) and playing Farmville on Face Book. Both. The one doing Farmville and Ebay called her provider ( Time Warner ) and they were familar somewhat with her questions of overage but said they had no intentions at this time of doing this.
I called a couple other providers and they said they didn't do this. One asked if my computer could be taken anywhere and I said yes. They said that was the difference. Theirs couldn't. Don't know what that meant. HTN is all over the US, but I think Time Warner is also. so ????
So, I guess my question is has anyone else had this happen to them? Does anyone understand what is going on or if this is going to end up being all of them? This provider is good. Will help with a problem at the drop of a hat, open on Sat., open till 5:30 every day. Works with you on a problem such as billing. Going to drop the charges on last bill, probably this next one, not sure. I'd hate to cancel them if all of them are going to this in a matter of time.
Who out there uses alot of MB/Gigs and who is your provider if you don't mind my asking? Anyone else having a problem yet? I would think Gamers would be using a ton and there are alot out there. I'd like to start Ebay back up but scared to and can't call them everyday asking how much I've used.
