[Cialug] Mediacom's pop-up banners

[Scott Yates]

I agree, but there does not seem to be any real choice in the matter.  2TB
is quite a bit of traffic, and while it is not "unlimited" I rarely get
close.

Given the option however I would definitely move to a better provider.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> I feel like '$0' is 'reasonable' for using your home internet that you are
> already paying for, but that's just me...
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:
>
> > That is what I do as well.  With crashplan I just do a full backup of one
> > machine at a time till it is done, then add in the next machine.
> >
> > Even if you do go over 2TB the overage charge is reasonable (not great,
> > but....).
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Jim Cole <jrcole at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I am seeing those as well on opendns and google dns.
> > >
> > > Speaking of mediacom. I became a usage hog recently when I flipped the
> > > switch on backing up 10 machines to crashplan's cloud..I had a 1TB of
> > > usage plan so I added up all of my machines..came up to like 20TBs so
> > > I thought I'd up my limits to 3TBs as advertised on the
> > > site..nope..can only give me 2TBs..they are doing away with the 3TB
> > > plans..cant give it to me even though its clearly advertised.
> > >
> > > Oh well, I hit nearly 2TBs last month even though I have all of the
> > > machines throttled in the crashplan app.
> > >
> > > -Jim
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