Just to be clear. Comcast which is a major ISP for the United States has data caps?
I will never understand why the United States insists on living about 30 years behind the rest of the planet.
It’s not just the bandwidth that’s the issue it’s the amount of data as many people have datacaps.
The article says:
official Microsoft bandwidth recommendation for that game was 50 Mb/s.
which comes out to 23GB/hr. That can add up quick. 10 hours in a month equates to 20% of my cap with Comcast.
This also neglects people who live in rural areas that might not even have 50Mbps available and can’t play because MS streams half the game to you rather than include it in the install files.
Also *Mb/s not MB/s
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Depends on where you live, most places Comcast just has soft caps.
The US is actually moving further back. Data caps are a newer thing.
xonigo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I have a gigabit internet plan with Comcast , cost me $80 a month. And yes there is a 1.2tb data cap each month. Every 50gb that you go over, you are automatically charged an additional $10. Oh I’ll just choose another ISP…nope Comcast is the only option in my town. Not unless I want 5G cell Internet or satellite which is not super reliable or fast.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Insane isnt it, my cousin got a roaming charge driving across his own country.
lud@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Wait what, that’s insane! I can roam over the entire EU (probably EEA too) without roaming charges.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah they get reamed on roaming, speeds and data caps on top of it. Its crazy.
They be like “we earn more” and then also have to pay 12000 for medical insurance, 1000 for terrible internet and then a host of localised taxes.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Capitalism, an oligarchy that controls major players, and legislation to keep public players out of the game in a lot of places. Even aside from the fact that private companies are able to prevent municipalities from making their own networks, Congress passed taxes to build out a fiber network and let the ISPs do fuck all, to the point that we had been taxed to the tune of $400 BILLION dollars A FUCKING DECADE AGO.
It constantly amazes me the shit our government lets corporations get away with.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 months ago
Sure, you can turn off data streaming too. It also allows you to cache the data, just like fs2020. My point is that the article makes it about the speed and makes some arbitrary data points. Your data examples are more accurate than theirs. They only presented a worst case scenario, not what will actually happen
yamanii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can force a download of it, just be prepared for the massive install size, which also won’t help the people with data caps.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can pause large game downloads and pick them up again later.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
official Microsoft bandwidth recommendation for that game was 50 Mb/s.which comes out to 23GB/hr.
I mean, assuming you’re using the maximum recommended bandwidth 100% of the time…? Doesn’t seem very realistic.
exu@feditown.com 2 months ago
Many countries don’t have data caps on broadband.
NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wasn’t even aware it was still a thing, apart from on mobile (where it somewhat makes sense-ish)
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Even on mobile my data cap only counts some of the time. Streaming services are not included.
So I can watch all of the YouTube or Netflix or Disney plus that I want and my data limit never goes anywhere. Basically it’s just for general browsing. Given that the bulk of my usage is streaming my data cap essentially doesn’t exist for me.
lauha@lemmy.one 2 months ago
My friend says they don’t have data caps on mobile in Finland.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Almost every plan is uncapped, but a few (at least one) does from Moi. But that’s the rare exception and it’s a plan specifically known and tailored to be cheapest of the cheap.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 2 months ago
*Most
Artyom@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Sounds civilized and competitive.