Bulldog Targets Dialup Users (2GB Monthly Cap)

[DrAwesome]

Bulldog Launches Unique Entry-Level †œTime-of-Dayââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ� Service For Residential Customers

PrimeTime 500 offers a unique †˜time-of-day' feature, providing downstream speeds up to 512 kbps during peak times & 256 kbps during off-peak hours, with up to 256 kbps upstream speed all day, every day.

Bulldog's PrimeTime provides residential customers with the highest speeds when they need them, i.e., evenings (6pm-8am), all weekend & Public Holidays. During weekdays (8am †“ 6pm) customers still enjoy broadband with up to 256 kbps downstream speeds.

With an introductory price of only £17.99 (inc VAT) for a limited time only, Bulldog's PrimeTime addresses the needs of budget conscious dial-up users that want to upgrade to and enjoy the broadband experience but are unwilling to pay a £20+ monthly fee. Customers can get up to 10x faster speeds than standard dial-up, enabling fast access to, & downloading of, information, an always-on Internet connection, & the ability to use the phone line at the same time as surfing the Internet.

As PrimeTime 500 is designed to attract entry-level or light users, there will be a 2 GB limit for the amount each user can download within one month, which should be more than sufficient for their needs, & is twice the amount offered with the BT Basic Broadband service. Where customers are close to the download limit, Bulldog will issue an email advising them, with the recommendation to either moderate their usage (so as to avoid a £5 fee should they exceed the monthly limit), or to upgrade to a higher bandwidth service.

Bulldog is introducing the PrimeTime 500 service to new customers with the option of a FREE modem or one month line rental FREE (13th month). A standard connection fee of £58.75 & an annual contract applies.

The service is available, subject to survey, across London , the South East & major city centres inc Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds & Cambridge , potentially reaching some 6.8 million homes.

Bulldog Link

[Chrysalis]

bulldog made the same mistake as before, this keeping highest usage during peak time.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

bulldog made the same mistake as before, this keeping highest usage during peak time.

Its a problem that all of the big well known ADSL isp's suffer from peak time blue's it is a kill of connection speed, especially when trigger levels are high many 1st time ADSL customers natually think well... if... i pay extra for a lower contention ratio service i wont suffer any problems at peak time (that the guy that signs up for a higher contension will suffer) it doesnt fall that way, it doesnt matter weather you decide to pay the extra ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ to sign up to a lower contention ratio you still suffer but by the time you realise this its too late your locked in a contract.

[Chrysalis]

I didnt actually have the problem on nildram and freeserve, they both have higher prices and as such I assume have a better infrastructure, bulldog is also using datastream which because the way it works it has very bad contention, but if I was an isp and was going to introduce time of day caps, I would have the max speed available after midnight.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

I didnt actually have the problem on nildram and freeserve, they both have higher prices and as such I assume have a better infrastructure, bulldog is also using datastream which because the way it works it has very bad contention, but if I was an isp and was going to introduce time of day caps, I would have the max speed available after midnight.

Unfortunatly Most isp's just think of the money before customers well being, i wonder just how many customers that have made the leap across from cable to ADSL & have been with 1 or more ADSL isp have noticed the speed differences during peak time.

Bulldog have the right idea when they introduced an off peak speed increase service something NTL should have done a few years back, moving the NTL customer(s) who wish to go faster onto a different tariff generating more income to support that kind of service but instead they sneakly introduce download restrictions across all their BB services.

The question would be if NTL had introduced an off peak speed increase service a few years back would the excess money generated each month have gone back into the service keeping the NTL customer happy (not complaining of service problems) or into the NTL powers that be back pockets i guess today that question would have been answered.

[Chrysalis]

bulldog increase it during peak as well, they allow max speeds when the working day ends, so during the evening they have problems.

[Axl01]

Have u heard of that 4MB Service that Bulldog are doing-it's only valid in London Areas....

The package is called "AllTime" it costys £72.99 PM and a one off setup fee of £58.75 for Installation and modem pack...it's intially Limited to London Residents