Thread: Plusnet Implemets 'Idle Timeouts' On Broadband ADSL Products
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Old 30-09-2005, 11:10   #36
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Re: Plusnet Implemets 'Idle Timeouts' On Broadband ADSL Products
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
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They are capping users with no warning to 67kbit/s (not kbyte) this is either just a peak time gap or 24/7 and it lasts for 30 days unless you contact them or upgrade. One user who upgraded and pays a new price of £39,99 got the 67kbit lifted but is still suffering from heavy shaping all day caps on anything but http, plusnet are even categorising SSH as heavy traffic and cap.

All this and customers still cant check their usage during the month.
In their defense SSH is used to leech these days, and the 67kbps is minimum, they munge you onto a strictly 30:1 pipe.

If you need more than 67kbps on SSH you must be having some entertainment.
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