CableOne has introduced a new residential 50Mbps plan for $45/month. They’ve changed up how they do their residential internet. Changes are coming to the business packages, but I don’t have those details yet. Here’s the breakdown in the changes:
Daily caps and bandwidth throttling have been removed. Hurray!
Economy Plan: 1.5Mbps down for $20/month. 1GB/month throughput limit. Go over the limit for $10/GB. This is pretty much unchanged.
Standard Plan: 5Mbps down for $50/month. No commitments. No limits. No caps. No throttling. No tricks.
Preferred Plan: 50Mbps down for $45/month. 1-year commitment required. 50GB/month throughput limit. Go over the limit for $0.50/GB.
There’s an in-browser warning system for users who are approaching their monthly cap. Unlike cell-phone companies who love to bill people thousands of dollars for going over their minutes, CableOne gives any user fair warning of what their status is so that nobody accidently goes over their limit. It works with any browser on any OS. Although, 50GB/month is quite a bit. Even if a person has two Xbox’s, five PC’s, watches Netflix, and plays World of Warcraft online, the 50GB allotment is enough.
As usual, getting a bundle of services will get one a better deal. For example, (according to CableOne’s website) $75/month and a two-year committment will provide the 50Mbps Internet, Cable TV, and phone service. If you’ve got questions please call us, we know the top people at CableOne and how to get things done.
how is 50 gb enough when an HD netflix movie is 1.5 to 2 GB and less for lower resolution. I can use 100 -200 GB a month with various things with an 8 Mb connection. so you get the speed but have to ration how you use it? that is ridiculous
I wasn’t originally going to say this: I don’t have cable or satellite TV. I exclusively watch my TV using Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Zune. I also have two Xbox 360′s and play games online frequently. My wife also has her technology like the Android phone, etc. I don’t use more than 50GB/month, but it is close.
However, this may not be for everybody. Someone who runs an online backup program like Mozy and is constantly uploading would exceed the limit. Or people who download/upload torrents would go way past the limit. Or a photographer who’s sending and receiving lots of large images would definately go over the limit.
That’s why CableOne is letting people try it and if they go over they can revert back to whatever they had previously. No harm, no foul. People can also check how much bandwidth they use on their CableOne account page.
If you do not like the 50 Mbps plan, you CANNOT go back to your previous plan. If you currently have the CableOne 10Mbps service and decide to go with 50 service, then want to go back to 10, all CableOne will let you do is go back to 5Mbps. The 10M service will no longer be an option. All current 10M customers are grandfathered in.
“Standard Plan: 5Mbps down for $50/month. No commitments. No limits. No caps. No throttling. No tricks.”
Total lie. I use this “standard plan” and I get throttled by the mid/end of the month every month.