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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Freeloaders??? Or just customers who want what was advertised???
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Back in those days, the only people who wanted unlimited were those who wanted music from the old Napster, and Films etc - I would even go as far as those who knew about piracy etc.
Nowadays, there are so many legal uses for downloading tonnes of content, that everybody wants to go unlimited.
Don't get me wrong, people should get unlimited, if that's what is advertised.
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Sky have now confirmed this.
We have removed the Fair Usage Policy (FUP) from our Sky Broadband Max product. Customers have told us that they want "unlimited" broadband to be exactly that, so we’ve acted on their feedback. We believe that we are now the only major broadband provider to offer truly "unlimited" broadband. What this means is that, if you’re a Sky Broadband Max customer, means you're free to download as much as you want, whenever you want.
As well as transparency, we know that customers really care about getting consistent, reliable download speeds. One of the biggest gripes with some broadband providers is the capping of speeds during peak times, otherwise known as traffic shaping. We have a high-capacity network that is designed to carry huge amounts of traffic without congestion. So we’re also making a commitment to customers taking our Base, Mid or Max products that we will not slow down their connection speeds at peak times.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17/sky_fair_use/
And we broke the original story here:
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-n...unlimited.html
And then promptly emailed The Register, TBB, and ISPreview to tell them.