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About LinkBacksJust saw the ad (again) for AOL Broadband harping on about 'Download limits'
I'm not familiar with limits on broadband - I know that some ISPs will give you a slap on the wrist if you download 24/7 for a loooong time
so what are they talking about ?
Just saw the ad (again) for AOL Broadband harping on about 'Download limits'
I'm not familiar with limits on broadband - I know that some ISPs will give you a slap on the wrist if you download 24/7 for a loooong time
so what are they talking about ?
Isnt it they just allow a certain amount of data through each month? And you have to pay for the extra?
Don't or didn't some providers cap the amount of data you can download in a period of time?
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Yes, some ISP's said you could only download, for example 2Gb a month and they either wouldn't let you download any more until next month or they make you pay high prices for the extra download.
Hope that helps Skii mate
I think that's going to become more & more common - BT are going that way.
I personally would never go to a isp with a bandwidth cap. I do the 2gb download cap in a day :S
My ISP limits you to 1GB a day. Well, I say limits, they don't actually stop you downloading, or charge you more if you go over once in a while. However, regular abusers are dealt with... apparantly.
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My ISP, Nildram have just got rid of their caps, although 150gb a month was more than enough anyway.
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And what isp might that be?
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NTL supposely has a 1 Gb cap ( i reckon Kez is on NTL too? edit: maybe not kingston communications?) & they have never bothered me although I'm sure that I've gone over it. I think it depends how often & how badly you go over whether they "have a word".
Yeh i dont think i would ever even look at a capped service. especially as speeds get quicker. glad ive chose Bulldog 2mb. although if they introduced a cap i spose theres not much i could do about it.
are NTL increasing their cap to go with the speed increases?
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yeah ntl are the main culprits in the uk of this, and i hear rumours about others doing the same.
I know blueyonder dont do this and arent planning on it - hell, they upgraded me from 2mb to 3mb for free
Differnet comapnies can work different ways tho - some will stop you downloading after you hit your cap, others will charge you per meg for everything after the cap. My advise - if your capped - then change ISP's. if you cant change isps, get yourself a download monitor and keep an eye on how much you have downloaded.
Also most will operate an Acceptable use policy - whilst they may not have caps set, they may geta nnoyed and reduce your speed or something, if you are seen to be abusing the bandwidth - this happened once to me when i was on bt and had maxed out my download for 32 days solid...i received a snotty letter!
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Bt will be capping at 15gb for the 512kb service and 30gb for the 1mb service has of jan next year
i know cos i got a nice letter telling me this and saying am getting close to my limit....o well come october am moving away from bt to some one else
All of you people bordering on the limits: I wanna know just where you store all this downloaded stuff? You must have huge hard drives, lol.
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