Sprint 5GB internet cap - Page 16

JoeBobOneHalf · #**151** (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by blue4shizzle

lol, hey now.. dont be a playa hater.. you over here tryin to blow my cover, lol.. jus for that i guess im gonna have to break it to ya now.. YOUR woman was a major part of my 7000+ texts as well, hehe

All I know is I've received about 500 from everyone in the last month and a half, so i'm going to blaim you

On another note, as for the most I ever used in one month, I deliberately tried to pocket surf as much as possible one month in addition to streaming high quality internet radio 5-9 hours a day 6 days a week and all I used was somewhere around 2.9 gb. Unless I start using pam, I doubt I'll ever reach 5gb.

Hoof · #**152** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by okashira

I'm using a mogul. But you can go ahead and calculate for yourself...
ill setup a PO box so you can send your touch.

[IMG ]http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1628/kbusedmy8.jpg[/IMG]

^^^ whats gotta happen to my usage in july, lol.

wtf are you doing with your phone bro? using it as your main isp?

I stream video + music about 6 hours a day but I doubt I could ever get that high.

**No1ustad** · #**153** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by okashira

I'm using a mogul. But you can go ahead and calculate for yourself...
ill setup a PO box so you can send your touch.

^^^ whats gotta happen to my usage in july, lol.

you're the sole reason they're capping it!

p.s. blue-i think u owe him a touch.

**schettj** · #**154** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by okashira

Wow, guess im the exeption to you guys.

according to my usage, im at 40.2 GB for the cycle, with well over a week left.

I typically get ~210 KB/s sustained dl speeds, that means I can max out the monthly cap in just 7 hours.

i must be one of those abusive users sprint's targetting...

time for a big change, heh.

210KBytes a second? that's over 2mbit down. I don't think EVDO Rev A can do that on a mogul.

Let's say it can for kicks. So, there are 1024 MB in each GB, and 1024 KB in each MB, or 1,048,576 KB in a GB. So Buring 210KB a second you use 12,600 KB/min and 756,000 KB an hour, or about 6.9 hours total to burn 5GB - or looking at it the other way, you're allowed about 14 minutes a day "full out" data usage at that speed to stay under the cap.

Send him your touch

I'm lucky to get 60-100KB/sec on my mogul with Rev A, so I could go at least 2-3 times as long. If it was plugged in, and sitting on top of a block of dry ice to keep it from melting...

pnyce777 · #**155** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 01:25 PM

well guess i cant use my bit torrent at work anymore DAM!

**bedoig** · #**156** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by schettj

210KBytes a second? that's over 2mbit down. I don't think EVDO Rev A can do that on a mogul

It can. You don't see it often, but some lucky people are in areas with plenty of bandwidth and not too many users. The best I've gotten was about 2.4mbps. Too bad I can't get that all over

**schettj** · #**157** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nautica2450

ok so has anybody received a letter yet from them regarding this change? I'm sure someone's billing cycle has ended recently... they said the would mail them out with the next bill correct?

It was not in my April bill - may bill due in 3 days

bkhoste · #**158** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 02:53 PM

Here is a link to a Yahoo Story about the cap. It states it is only for the broadband cards, but who really knows.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterso...bandwidth-cap/

okashira · #**159** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by schettj

210KBytes a second? that's over 2mbit down. I don't think EVDO Rev A can do that on a mogul.

Let's say it can for kicks. So, there are 1024 MB in each GB, and 1024 KB in each MB, or 1,048,576 KB in a GB. So Buring 210KB a second you use 12,600 KB/min and 756,000 KB an hour, or about 6.9 hours total to burn 5GB - or looking at it the other way, you're allowed about 14 minutes a day "full out" data usage at that speed to stay under the cap.

Send him your touch

I'm lucky to get 60-100KB/sec on my mogul with Rev A, so I could go at least 2-3 times as long. If it was plugged in, and sitting on top of a block of dry ice to keep it from melting...

210 KB/s is only 1.68 mbit. Ive seen over 250 KB/s. I belive RevA is theoretically capable of 3-4mbit?

**schettj** · #**160** (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by okashira

210 KB/s is only 1.68 mbit. Ive seen over 250 KB/s. I belive RevA is theoretically capable of 3-4mbit?

Burst speeds, sure. Sustained? Probably not even in a Lab.

And we're talking throughput here, not raw speeds, since the 5GB cap would be for bytes pushed through the pipe sans all the various extra bits wrapped around it.

I would expect no one could average 200+KB/sec for 7 hours straight on an EVDO RevA connection. But it would be fun to try. Just don't leave the phone in your pocket while you try

But at this point we're splitting rabbits. Two things are clear

1) its a cap meant to trip up specific usage patterns and
2) with sprint TV, Sprint actually sells you one of the usage patterns they then turn around and flag as "excessive use"

Should be fun. Let's watch....