actually not as bad as you think.

I have the 50/5 (which is actually 60/11 Mbits/s) for about $79 a month. that 
and 7 email addresses, business support available 24/7, etc. It's a few bucks 
more, but not substantially so. :)

-eric
from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Get it now while it's hot 
Dept.

On Nov 30, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Matthew Crews wrote:

> 
>> 
>>> Yes, my wonderful 30Mbs max is actually only a 385KB link, if I want to use 
>>> it all the time.
>>> 
>>> Ironically, a 30Mbps connection is 3.75MBps (megabits vs megabytes), so its 
>>> not AS bad as you expect. Cox is pretty "generous" in that regard compared 
>>> to other ISPs such as Comcast (thankfully Comcast doesn't operate in the 
>>> Phoenix area). And Cox won't outright stop your internet usage at that 
>>> point, they will just charge you more (unlike, again, Comcast, at least 
>>> historically). Where they really rip you off is the higher speed plans of 
>>> 100MBPs and 300MBPs, where they do not increase your download caps.
>>> 
>>> Mobile ISPs on the other hand allow you to burn your entire allotment in 
>>> only a few minutes if you let them. Assuming that 4G speeds are ~30Mbps 
>>> (~3.75MBps), and you have a download cap of 4GB, you can burn thru that in 
>>> about 18 minutes under ideal conditions. Depending on your mobile ISP, they 
>>> might outright throttle you to dialup speeds, or charge you more.
>>> 
> 
> As an aside, Cox Business Internet plans do not have download caps, though 
> they are substantially more expensive than residential plans.
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