Poll Bandwidth caps: Are they really that common? (392 votes)
I feel like bandwidth caps are a topic which I've not come into contact with before last year. As consoles have started to increasingly embrace the digital age, the internet's been full of people complaining about the sizes of downloadable games, patches and so on. Apparently around the world, especially in Australia and the USA, broadband providers put caps on the amount of traffic each customer is allowed per month.
As someone lucky enough to be living in Finland, with 100Mb unlimited broadband readily available for less than 20 euros a month, the concept of caps like these sounded ridiculous to me at first. But after a full year of following the conversation around this it seems like bandwidth caps are becoming an increasing problem for many gamers. Even if people buy games physically they are often mandated to download a sizable patch which takes a chunk out of their monthly allowance.
I guess I just want to hear all your experiences regarding this matter, especially regional differences. Had you heard of data caps before last year? Does your provider impose data caps on you?
PS: I'm aware that polls are currently broken, but decided to try my luck anyhow.
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