23-06-2003, 16:48
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just a question.....
2mbit yet? 
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23-06-2003, 16:52
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Quote:
Originally posted by ZoGSyS
2mbit yet?
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Is it available - where, when, how, why
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23-06-2003, 17:00
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I think that the standard party line is that they have no plans to offer it yet, but I am sure that someone here will be able to quote something 'official' at you.
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23-06-2003, 17:25
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Trollsplatter
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What (legally) would you do with all that bandwidth?
And how quickly would you hit the cap?
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23-06-2003, 17:30
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Quote:
Originally posted by towny
What (legally) would you do with all that bandwidth?
And how quickly would you hit the cap?
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Extra Speed is always nice for hosting games.. Even though a higher upload would be more benificial..
Downloading's obviously also better.. You can now download full games , play them for 1 hour, then buy em online.. thats not illegal.
Oh, And the cap comes into it again.. (as usual), NTL are very very lax with it.. I myself have gone over it quite a few times.. Guess What, You'l never believe me!.. They havnt contacted me!!!.. 
Telewest have released 2mbit anyway.
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25-06-2003, 15:44
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why is it ppl always assume that because you want a faster line, you are using it illegally??
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25-06-2003, 15:57
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Trollsplatter
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Quote:
Originally posted by ZoGSyS
why is it ppl always assume that because you want a faster line, you are using it illegally??
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I was asking, not assuming. Personally I just use 600k and couldn't wish for more, so naturally I have no understanding of what a 2mb line might be used for. As I'm a law-abiding citizen (usually ) I was only interested in what you could legally do with 2mb.
Just feeding my curiosity, that's all.
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25-06-2003, 16:06
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Quote:
Originally posted by towny
I was asking, not assuming. Personally I just use 600k and couldn't wish for more, so naturally I have no understanding of what a 2mb line might be used for. As I'm a law-abiding citizen (usually ) I was only interested in what you could legally do with 2mb.
Just feeding my curiosity, that's all.
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just to let you know you could download ANY of the liniux distros wich are usually 3 cd's big legally free of charge ( hell redhat 8.0 was 5 cd's big ) ..... plus you can download demo games that sometimes can be over a gig big it really is easy to go over the cap...... specially if there is more than one person using the connection ( as your allowed 3 pc's connected to one ip) ... another way of reaching that nice little cap is by streaming media..... you can rent films on line that you can download .... 
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25-06-2003, 16:09
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Trollsplatter
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Quote:
Originally posted by {FU}Fubar
just to let you know <snip>
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...and my curiosity is now well fed. Ta m8.
*burp
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25-06-2003, 16:10
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Not a problem m8
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25-06-2003, 16:11
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online radio stations are pretty high on the list.
Virgin Radio said that "capping and online radio dont mix"
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25-06-2003, 16:31
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Trollsplatter
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Quote:
Originally posted by obvious
online radio stations are pretty high on the list.
Virgin Radio said that "capping and online radio dont mix"
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Now there's a good point ... I'm quite partial to the 80s mix on www.wolffm.com. I access the 128k stream, so how long would I have to leave this open on my machine in order to hit the cap? (I'm rubbish at maths)
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25-06-2003, 17:02
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Personally, i abuse the cap every day for stuff i randomly choose, never heard a word from em and when i do, there answer will come in, in under 10 words.
If 2 mbit was available i doubt i would consider it though, it would be twice the cost of 1mb and also you wouldnt need all the b/w, even for downloading "illegal stuff" 1mb would be / is enough.
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25-06-2003, 17:08
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25-06-2003, 18:13
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Quote:
Originally posted by towny
Now there's a good point ... I'm quite partial to the 80s mix on www.wolffm.com. I access the 128k stream, so how long would I have to leave this open on my machine in order to hit the cap? (I'm rubbish at maths)
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About a day tbh but there are 256K streams and higher. It's fair to say that if you listen to online radio all day it will take a huge chunk out of your download quota.
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