The following is a table showing how fast a Rogers user could eat through their monthly usage limit. Note: the numbers do not reflect a user’s actual usage and I’m not saying Rogers should let us download 10TB+ a month but I do think that the current plans are unreasonable. If we are not constantly monitoring our usage we could accidentally go over our limit in a matter of hours. I think all plans should start at 500GB a month and the highest plan should be somewhere around the 2TB mark. I also think the plans should increase by a couple hundred GB per year as more streaming services like Netflix become our primary media source.
Package | Download Speed | Usage Allowance | How long will it last? | Max. Potential Download |
Ultra Lite | 0.5 Mbps | 2 GB | 0.37 days | 162 GB |
Lite | 3 Mbps | 15 GB | 0.46 days | 972 GB |
Express | 12 Mbps | 60 GB | 0.46 days | 3,888 GB |
Extreme | 24 Mbps | 100 GB | 0.39 days | 7,776 GB |
Extreme Plus | 32 Mbps | 150 GB | 0.43 days | 10,368 GB |
Ultimate | 50 Mbps | 250 GB | 0.46 days | 16,200 GB |
Point of interest. Running at full speed, no rogers plan will last more than half a day.
Calculations:
Megabytes per second = Download Speed / 8
Assuming 0 upload per month (which is impossible)
Assuming 30 days per month.
Assuming 1TB = 1,000,000 MB.
Assuming 1GB = 1,000 MB.
Number of seconds per month = 60 X 60 X 24 X 30 = 2,592,000
Maximum potential download amount = Megabytes per second * Number of seconds per month
Number of days internet will last = Monthly Usage Limit (MB) / Speed per megabyte / 60 / 60 / 24