Thread: *ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please
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Old 16-02-2005, 18:02   #674
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Re: *ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please
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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
i am idly wondering if all of this is going to be a way of milking money out of ppl that are not tech savvy , i was thinking along the lines of --- you have exceeded your bandwidth allowance for the month and it is going to cost you £ÃÆ ’‚£Ãà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒââ‚ ¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£ for the extra you have used , or am i waffling
Probably go something along the lines...."You have exceeded your bandwidth allowance for this month, but if you'd like to pay us an additional £x then we can turn you on again to your normal speed for another limited number of gigs"
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Originally Posted by Paul M
end of the year I think.
Majority of existing subscribers probably won't be affected, until more people get into streaming movies or whatever. Some will go due to using too much, but I think it will affect new sign-ups more than anything. I have friends who are not too computer savvy. They have signed up for broadband and even though they don't use a huge amount of bandwidth, they were put off going with ADSL suppliers who had any form of cap.
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