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March of 2011 marked the month that ATT Uverse would be imposing caps on both its 250GB fiber and 150GB DSL services. The charges would cost in the amount of $10 for every 50GB exceeded. While some users with DSL connections are being charged for overages, it appears that many customers still aren’t. Of course, this hasn’t resulted in many complaints. Others are of the opinion that AT&T’s meters used for monitoring overage are nowhere near accurate when compared with usage recorded on home routers. But this company isn’t the only one who is still working its the back end billing system bugs; a major Canadian ISP has also experienced monitoring issues, with some users reporting an up to 700mb discrepancy between the company’s official monitor and their router logs.

If you’re a customer with the former Qwest DSL, prepare yourself for limits on your internet service. The CenturyLink web site  now contains a new addition to its EUP (Excessive Use Policy) that states there will be a 150 GB cap on 1.5 Mbps connections or slower, and a 250GB cap on 1.5Mbps connections or faster. But as yet, there don’t seem to be any plans for those who consistently go over the caps. Although repeat offenders may be disconnected from service. According to the site, subscribers who violate the cap will be contacted via e-mail or web message via their browser and then it will be suggested they upgrade to a faster package. But the company only plans to take into consideration the total bytes being transferred over the offending subscriber’s connection.