Charter becomes latest ISP to impose download caps (with one exception)

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Charter becomes latest ISP to impose download caps (with one exception)

Posted Feb 6th 2009 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Hardware

It looks like yet another major cable ISP is going to be putting in some bandwidth download caps on their Internet services, at least for some of their customers. DSLReports.com has word direct from Charter Communications that, "later this month we will be updating our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to establish monthly residential bandwidth consumption thresholds."

Customers who have an Internet connection with speeds below 15 Mbps will have a 100 GB cap while folks who have between 15-25 Mpbs will have a 250 GB cap. The one exception is the just announced 60 Mbps service which will have no download caps. Charter insists that, "More than 99% of our customers will not be affected by our updated policy, as they consume far less bandwidth than the threshold allows." Comcast has already imposed similar download caps on their customers. For more info on how these caps could affect the PC game industry in the future, check out our recent feature on the subject.

Tags: charter, charter-communications

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

LAME. 100 GB's seems small...Posted at 1:27PM on Feb 6th 2009 by Lennoko

Agreed, lame! I will hit that threshold in a couple days...Posted at 1:44PM on Feb 6th 2009 by bluick

Hooray for FiOS!Posted at 1:48PM on Feb 6th 2009 by Sonic

100gb does seem a little small though if they were my provider, I would have already have an upgraded plan so I wouldn't have to deal with a 100gb cap. I can deal with a 250gb limit which would essentially cut out hardcore pirates and really, no one else. My current provider, Time Warner, is toying with 25gb caps though that would have me running for the competition without hesitation. GTA4 off of Steam is like 15gb alone!

...bysmittyPosted at 1:51PM on Feb 6th 2009 by bysmitty

Lets say i host a dedicated server from my computer, any idea how much bandwidth that would take per hour?Posted at 1:55PM on Feb 6th 2009 by Lennoko

@Lennoko

It depends on what your planning on doing with it. Gaming, depending on the game, could go for a bit before being shutoff. File upload/download, depends on what your doing there also.Posted at 2:10PM on Feb 6th 2009 by sicsided

LOL, this guarantees I wont ever be getting Charter, Time Warner or Comcast. FIOS FTW!!
One more thing, if this only affects Posted at 3:20PM on Feb 6th 2009 by Game_playa

Holy shit, 60mbps? No cap? I'm not sure if internet sarcasm strikes again but seriously, HOLY SHIT.Posted at 3:52PM on Feb 6th 2009 by phez

holy crap, Charter sucks.

Verizon fios is teh winPosted at 12:14PM on Feb 7th 2009 by bryanxface

okayPosted at 1:18PM on Feb 7th 2009 by joey

What are the high internet speeds out there who has the fastest speedPosted at 6:58AM on Mar 11th 2009 by Listento