lacrotix Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Hi guys, I'm currently on Telus High Speed Lite, an old internet plan with Telus from about 3 years ago. I recently was told that Telus lowered the bandwidth limit on all internet plans. In my case, I went from 30GB to 15GB. I also heard that Telus charges people if they go over their bandwidth limit. There used to be a download tracker on their website, so that I can check if I went over my limit. Unfortunately, this tracker is now gone. My question: has anybody went over the Telus bandwidth limit and got charged for it? It's a bit scary not being able to track my bandwidth, especially with a limit of 15GB max. Thanks for replying in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 If you go over, just tell them that someone's been using your WIFI or threaten to cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I always go over with a limit of 60GB/month, but I've never been warned by Telus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacrotix Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 I always go over with a limit of 60GB/month, but I've never been warned by Telus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Common Sense, how much over do you mean? I probably push about 25GB out of my supposed limit of 15GB, but I was also of thinking of picking up and trying Netflix. Of course, that would substantially increase my bandwidth use. I just don't want to be bombarded with overage charges if it's probable that Telus is strict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 do you guys ever go outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Netflix in HD can go up to about 5-6Mbps.... Telus Lite only does 1Mbps max... It will saturate your connection and chew up your cap (3GB/hr on HD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 telus blows, go with shaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 do you guys ever go outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 telus blows, go with shaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Our shaw cap is 200G I think and we have 5 people using the net and netflix on TVs, comps, tablets, etc every day. Download 10-20g games from Steam regularly. we prob go way over the limit. Never been charged extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan90 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 wtf only 15 GB....thats peanuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpcurtly Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Our shaw cap is 200G I think and we have 5 people using the net and netflix on TVs, comps, tablets, etc every day. Download 10-20g games from Steam regularly. we prob go way over the limit. Never been charged extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I didn't even know we had a cap at Shaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I've gotten one call in my 10 years with them and that's when I replaced my desktop and downloaded 800gb in 2 weeks. Never been dinged for a single overage charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacrotix Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Netflix in HD can go up to about 5-6Mbps.... Telus Lite only does 1Mbps max... It will saturate your connection and chew up your cap (3GB/hr on HD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 How!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lx Birdie xl Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 No caps for me.. But Sasktel is garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vavoom Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I was told that if you also have Optik tv, they cannot distinguish the data that was used for internet vs. TV and therefore, telus cannot actually tell how much you have used for internet purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I didn't even know we had a cap at Shaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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