BT introducing bandwidth limits

**TechZ** · July 8th, 2004, 02:58 PM

Bandwidth limits are a growing an inevitability with ISPs; NTL introduced them a while ago, and now BT appears to be doing the same thing. Each month, BT customers will get 15/30 gigabytes (512k/1meg respectively) worth of bandwidth. If they go over that, they will be charged for extra bandwidth by the gigabyte (L2/Gig)

~Have to say that 2 pound per gig is cheap.

**freddy** · July 8th, 2004, 03:16 PM

yes i am with them , i will be annoyed if i have pay for the 300 plus porn emails i recieve each day on there email address ? ,,,this comes into force early next year ,,,by which time i will have moved onto another better/cheaper supplier ,,,they also dropped there price (immediate) by £2 / month

freddy

**Radical Dreamer** · July 8th, 2004, 08:26 PM

I'll go to dialup the day my cable company puts caps on transfer. They need to stop punishing everyone for the couple of **** nuts who transfer 100GB a month

**TechZ** · July 9th, 2004, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Radical Dreamer

I'll go to dialup the day my cable company puts caps on transfer. They need to stop punishing everyone for the couple of **** nuts who transfer 100GB a month

C'mon 2 pounds per gb is peanuts.

**freddy** · July 9th, 2004, 08:09 AM

this has been brought upon themselves.

averts on UK TV blatently telling people to "download music" ,,,prices are dropping "quickly" ,,,but like everyone else , i am tied into a contract.

when i signed the contract , there was no mention of "limits" , and this was a set fee, however , if i sat there d/loading movies/records , then i would now be penolised,
somehow AOL 1meg (as opposed to bt 512) looks promising ,,,,,,just washing my mouth out with soap,

BUT IT IS CHEAPER?

**confus-ed** · July 9th, 2004, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by TechZ

Bandwidth limits are a growing an inevitability with ISPs; NTL introduced them a while ago, and now BT appears to be doing the same thing.

Err I have NTL at home & no download caps over here (if there's meant to be some then they ain't working - but I'd be obliged for a link as to where it says so

), BT also have a range of products, some of which are 'capped' & some which ain't

& wtf do you mean '2 pound per gig is cheap' its a liberty that's what it is ! :butt:

I'm dammed if I'm gonna be connected to any ISP that wants to 'cap me' - you can get through 30gb a month without any trouble at all & no visits to Kazza or similar required .. I bet I do more than that a month on driver downloads - (toddles off to examine his disk & see how big this months downloads are - Hell YES - 12gb so far & its only the nineth as I type {its simpler to keep downloading them than organise them all})

I therefore rest my case that it stinks, & its merely a way to get some more dosh out of us

**freddy** · July 9th, 2004, 09:30 AM

tis a ploy , to move us up to 1 meg , here is the letter from BT ,,,the early next year ,,,has not been discussed yet.

they will write and advise people 1 mth in advance.

seee http://www.bt.com/broadband/prices/faq.html#q11

**freddy** · July 9th, 2004, 09:41 AM

ok , just upgraded (for the next 6 mth) , to the 1 meg package £29.99 ,,,,i was paying £27.99 ,,,,

suck it and see,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

freddy

**confus-ed** · July 9th, 2004, 11:53 AM

2200 x 1688 pixels alan ? Are you trying to use everyones cap up now ?

& btw your surname is legible under your 'crossing out' you may like when taking my 'hint' about size of image to remove that bit also

**freddy** · July 9th, 2004, 12:03 PM

solly ,,,,,borrowed/repairing a lot of fancy
HP /suma copy print gear (sign wrighting ) ,,,this thing will copy a fly at 48000 ,,,and more. will alter the image ,,,whilst printing a "T" shirt , saying "I am not confus-ed"

,,,,give us a sec , i have to upload on dial-up ,,,,,at 56k

**TechZ** · July 9th, 2004, 02:51 PM

Err I have NTL at home & no download caps over here (if there's meant to be some then they ain't working - but I'd be obliged for a link as to where it says so

), BT also have a range of products, some of which are 'capped' & some which ain't

I just copied and pasted it, read the link that it came with, oh! $hit its a useless link, well sorry for that.

Are u telling me that you'd rather download the driver again than sort it, thats not right. I always sort out the stuff for quick access, try going back to 56k then you'll appreciate dsl. Ask Freddy.

**ilovetheusers** · July 9th, 2004, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Radical Dreamer

I'll go to dialup the day my cable company puts caps on transfer. They need to stop punishing everyone for the couple of **** nuts who transfer 100GB a month

I wouldn't worry. I've heard that Verizon is getting ready to rev up to 3mb down and 384 up and to couter comcast may got to 5-6mb down and 1mb up or some such thing. I doubt they will uncap the uploads.

**gazzak** · July 9th, 2004, 04:51 PM

Dejavous from July 1st

thread

**freddy** · July 9th, 2004, 05:51 PM

Quote , from BT facts ,= answers

Q: I already spend too much on my Internet connection A: One of the advantages of broadband is the fact it's a fixed rate service. Because you don't have to dial up to enjoy web access, you have no Internet call charges to pay. And if you aren't making any calls, you won't get any unpleasant surprises when your bill arrives! With a fixed rate monthly fee of just £27, if you pay by Direct Debit, you can stay online for as long as you like, without ever having to worry about the cost.

,,,,,,untill they move the goalposts ,,,,,then u will get you won't get any unpleasant surprises

bollocks

**Escape_Driver** · July 9th, 2004, 05:56 PM

So they can change the contract anytime they want ???

How about you deside that the internet is only worth 25 a month.... Would they let you do that ??? I don't think so