So 2mb users, how much are you gonna download tomorrow - Page 2

AbyssUnderground · 31-12-2005, 20:29

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Originally Posted by Ignition

No ISP offers 'totally unlimited' they can all kick you off if they don't like how much you are using

Isnt that false advertising then? Im sure they can be sued for doing that

dilli-theclaw · 31-12-2005, 20:38

I got my bill this morning, and it says on it 'Merry Xmas & Happy New Year! We are improving our Broadband services: 1. No more usage allowance for 1mb & 2mb. Get unlimited Internet access from Jan 06'

My download habits won't change - but It's nice not having to keep an eye on how much I DO download.

31-12-2005, 20:45

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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

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Originally Posted by Ignition

No ISP offers 'totally unlimited' they can all kick you off if they don't like how much you are using

Isnt that false advertising then? Im sure they can be sued for doing that

not at all - it is 'unlimited' - but subject to their terms & conditions, which provide for removal of accounts showing 'unreasonable' use

Ignition · 31-12-2005, 20:47

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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

Isnt that false advertising then? Im sure they can be sued for doing that

Nope you'll find the usual disclaimers about being subject to conditions I'm afraid, so you'll have to hold off from having that upstream saturated on your website all the time

ntl has (or had when I was there) a rather oversized legal team who had next to everything put through them and they aren't that stupid.

AbyssUnderground · 31-12-2005, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Ignition

Nope you'll find the usual disclaimers about being subject to conditions I'm afraid, so you'll have to hold off from having that upstream saturated on your website all the time

ntl has (or had when I was there) a rather oversized legal team who had next to everything put through them and they aren't that stupid.

Its isnt saturated, its limited to 10KB/s maximum. Doesnt matter how many people try and download, the most it will give out is 10KB/s. Plus, my server uses about 2GB/m at present. I doubt it will be go much higher.

AndrewJ · 31-12-2005, 22:17

I am gonna be nagging the gf to let me move to 3mb with the higher cap :d

JonathanLH · 31-12-2005, 22:54

you mean 10mbit? with a 75gb/month cap

AbyssUnderground · 31-12-2005, 23:02

Seeing how I dont even use 30GB, im going to upgrade for the higher upload speed mainly.

Graham M · 01-01-2006, 00:08

How do you know that you dont use 30gb Abyss?

JonathanLH · 01-01-2006, 00:23

any decent webserver has logs which show the bandwidth used
or it could be something as simple as dumeter

AndrewJ · 01-01-2006, 00:42

Yip 10mb with a 75gb cap im moving to asap.

AbyssUnderground · 01-01-2006, 02:18

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Originally Posted by Zeph

How do you know that you dont use 30gb Abyss?

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Originally Posted by JonathanLH

any decent webserver has logs which show the bandwidth used or it could be something as simple as dumeter

Exactly. My global logs show less than 2gb/month on average, and I myself use about 10GB/m just browsing etc.

HD462 · 01-01-2006, 10:50

This sounds a bit confusing compared to what we've been hearing before (I've have no info about unlimited either by the way). My understanding was we're all being moved to 10mbit eventually, but the differences in tariff would be down to how much you could download (75gb on top tier).

So does this now mean we won't automatically be moved to 10mbit, but can stay on 2mbit with unlimited downloads instead?

I also notice the news page said the broadband plus conetent is free now if you're on 2mbit, is this right? Would be good to try it if it was, as I've always avoided it because of the extra fees involved.

bilal · 01-01-2006, 12:50

well as far as i know sometime this year all 1mb and 2mb customers will be given the option to move to 10mb for the same price with a certain limit

AbyssUnderground · 01-01-2006, 13:02

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Originally Posted by bilal

well as far as i know sometime this year all 1mb and 2mb customers will be given the option to move to 10mb for the same price with a certain limit

But whats the point in 10Mbps if you have a crap limit of say 30gb/month? There are ISP's in sweden that offer 24Mbps unlimited, so whats stopping NTL doing this except for congestion? If its congestion then why dont they get their act together and do something about it? If other countries can do it, whats to say we can't!?!?!