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Originally Posted by TraxData2

Now all we need is UKO to swap over to annex a (which is happening sometime in the future, i believe) and then sky...Make VM look crap (like it is), let the good times roll

I guess you mean annex M

yeah I agree ukonline will have it in a matter of time, possibly followed by sky.

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

The response is predictably laughable.

Actually the entire article is laughable.

heh I wonder whos payroll this guy is on.

A leading expert in UK broadband has told Techradar that he feels Sky's claim of being the first major 'unlimited' package provider is rhetoric.

"Obviously we welcome any removal of small print, but there is still one 'get out of jail card' among all the public relations rhetoric," said Michael Phillips of BroadbandChoices.co.uk.

"Sky still says that any excessive behaviour – and they give the example of someone using his account to send spam mail – could lead to them being suspended from the network.

"So there is still something in place to protect the network. I think all the ISPs are playing semantics here with the 'unlimited' claims.

"I don't feel that Sky are offering anything more than the likes of Be or O2 have been offering for a while now."

Suspended for sending spam is nothing to do with bandwidth limits thats just internet abuse. He picked out the names of BE and O2 who havent enforced FUP's but he fails to mention BT,VM and a a few other isps do enforce FUP's and so sky is different, of course sky is the only isp to not have a FUP alongside its unlimited so this expert is not such an expert at all.

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Originally Posted by foreverwar

How can it be unlimited, if it has an upper limit on the speed?

it can when the speed is defined.

unlimited up to 8meg for example means unlimited except for the speed.

unlimited subject to FUP technically is the same but many isps have the FUP hidden and in small print, alongside undisclosed traffic shaping. Far more worse.

The difference between them is on the former, you can have the line worked 24/7 with no consequence, the latter the isp on its end throttles you back and may send you a heavy use letter breaching a hidden FUP limit.