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Originally Posted by pippincp
You have quoted the services of another company that leases the line from Be.
As to be misinformed the information is from their own tech services and as I have it in writing...........................
Having said that Be certainly gives better service than VM!
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Sorry i have worked on DSL products for years and that information is incorrect.
We can debate this all night but at the end of the day why would BE be giving each customer a 1 to 1 connection on to a dslam. they dont offer that to a business customer.
found a page that gives the info
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/pa...ited-24mb.html
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Contention Ratio 50:1
Download Speed 24Mb
Upload Speed 1Mb
Download Limit Unlimited
Download Limit Notes This package comes with an unlimited download limit with a fair usage policy which may restrict the amount you can download via your internet connection. This package is suitable for medium usage; here are some helpful representations of downloading:
* 60 hours web surfing = 1.5GB
* 1 Music Album = 0.06GB
* 10 Min Video Clip on Youtube = 0.2GB
* Low definition movie = 0.75GB
* DVD quality movie = 4.5GB
* 10 hours of internet radio = 1.2GB
Download Limit Exceed Notes If you carry out 'excessive' downloading, you will be issued a written warning. In extreme circumstances, should the levels of activity not immediately decrease after the warning, your service will be terminated.
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Just emailed them as i was about to sigh up with them but if there tech support does not even know what there contention ratio is then i certainly have no faith in there support.
Lets hope a differant support agent gives me the correct ratio or i will not be signing up with them.
I have had enough of VM's STM. i have just got home from work turned on my PC and i am STM'd
The PC has been off all day.