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Tuesday, July 06 2004

BT Bandwidth limits.  by Craig D at 14:56

BT There's a new post on neowin about BT beginning to introduce and enforce bandwidth limits, this will be of interest to those of you on BT ADSL connections.
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 (£2/Gig). BT claims, correctly, that introducing measures like this will improve their offerings for most customers.
Time to curb those downloads or pay BT loads more cash, your choice.

Although I have to give BT credit, NTL actually threaten heavy users with service termination, charging them more money seems like a much more sensible idea.
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KendoMonkey
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06 July 2004 15:09
Wonder if this will eventually affect those with other ISPs that use BTs backbone.
morkith
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06 July 2004 15:22
Well according to at least 1 other source, BT are considering pay as you go broadband. eg No montly charge, and just the setup cost, after that the user would only pay for what bandwidth has been used. This would hopefully be an alternative for those that do not use the net enough to pay a monthly fee, rather than a new standard for broadband.
The_Resetter
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06 July 2004 18:10
Hmmm lukely i have a FUP, i would die if i needed to pay for my traffic.

Or mayb its because i download around 220 gig's a month
malis
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06 July 2004 20:13
what the hell?
just when i thought BT were offering a decent package.. boom bandwidth limits.
i signed a contract saying i'd get unlimited internet access for £30 a month..can they legally do this? fs
morkith
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06 July 2004 21:58
Its probably mentioned somewhere that 'terms and conditions' may change.

I personally use Eclipse at the moment, have done since I got ADSL, I use there 2mbit Business 20:1 Line, it aint cheap at £82 a month excluding VAT, but im happy with it. I will at some point change to a home 2mbit, but at the time I got ADSL there was only the Business route to take if I wanted 2mbit. Having said that, I am on a monthly contract so I can up and leave without penalty when I need to.
Jammin
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07 July 2004 01:00
Bloody hell mate thats a bit excessive?!
BT are the biggest pile of crap ever. They Offer a semi decent service and then put a cap on d/l? Why are all the companies doing this atm? I dont understand... its the new ISP fad! Oh well i want it to stop, i wont stand for it!


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