"unlimited"

Really? 'Cos that is a very very brave move by them if it is. Plusnet found that out the hard way when they introduced "unlimited" internet. I know the wholesale cost of bandwidth is a lot cheaper now, but similarly it's easier now to use up a *lot* of bandwith quickly if you've got high speeds - torrenting, iplayer so on and such like.

Are you sure there's not a "fair usage policy"? That's how, eventually, plusnet and most others did it - implement a fair usage policy that didn't stop you using as much bandwidth as you like, but throttle your speeds right back once you reach a certain threshold.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on April 29th 2009 at 16:29:46

Message Thread

Hooray! I have moved to Sky Broadband and now have an 8 meg connection instead of 5.5 (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 29, 16:24:35
- you must ive near the exchange (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Apr 29, 18:43:12
- I have 28mb + unlimited. And I rinse it BIGTIME! (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Apr 29, 17:13:52
  - Who you with ? (General Chat) - Arganth, Apr 29, 17:58:09
  - RINSED! (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:16:28
- faster porn then (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Apr 29, 16:29:07
  - Jealous? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 29, 16:29:37
- i'd be right on that (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 29, 16:26:07
- murdoch lover (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 16:25:08
  - Fuck it - saving 8.90 a month, AND it's truly unlimited. Vive la capitalisme! (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 29, 16:26:49
    - "unlimited" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 16:29:46
      - No FUP - made a big thing of it. Only provider to do so apparently (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 29, 16:33:02
        
        Yeah, they would be the only ones doing it. Brave. I await developments. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 16:39:38
        
        "... gamers and heavy usage torrenters and usenetters ..." (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 16:53:35
        
        Oh, yes, of course (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 29, 17:32:56
        
        Freaks and pirates, yeah. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 16:55:38
        
        Is 10gb a month a lot or a little? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 29, 16:44:35
        
        Depends. If you're just using internet and email it is a LOT. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 16:53:59
        
        OK (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 29, 17:00:47
        
        massive if it's just for that. 5gb will be enough to surf the net for a month (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:06:10
        
        Thank feck (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 29, 17:19:14
        
        I don't get this downloading shows stuff. Why not watch it when it's on or (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:09:02
        
        "tape it" (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 29, 17:34:05
        
        Ya knew what I mean - record it on whatever medium is currently in vogue. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:40:29
        
        I hardly download TV programmes anymore now I've got Sky+, however one reason ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 17:18:52
        
        or buy or rent a box set. I got full Blackadder for 30 squids. (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:25:29
        
        But that's the only one I've bought in 4 years of owning a DVD player (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:37:53
        
        Yeah. There's lots of people that don't quibble about paying exactly ?30 less than that f (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 17:30:06
        
        download site I use is fiver a month (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:31:25
        
        Yeah but then you have to watch it on a shitty little poota monitor (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:33:51
        
        Nope. Stream it over the house wifi to a receiver on the big telly. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 17:39:54
        
        *shakes head in utter bemusement* (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:42:38
        
        Ripper alert!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:43:51
        
        2017 (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:42:16
        
        in that sense, I'm still well in the past (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:38:49
        
        I love technology, but I only love it when it's reasonable (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:40:54
        
        *hangs head in shame at finding himself on same technological level as CB41* (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 29, 17:17:13
        
        often, the monitor you have, will be better quality than your tv (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:29:33
        
        You should be pleased OG - (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:26:55
        
        You should be pleased OG - (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 29, 17:26:45
        
        true, I'm naff at that (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:11:56
        
        one film is abit drastic (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 17:06:51
        
        Plenty then. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 17:05:27
        
        little (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 16:46:58
        
        and even if it is shit, at only an Ayrton a month, I can afford the cancellation pelanties (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 29, 16:34:31
    - haha (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 16:27:58
      - nah - minimum is as low as 0.25 - but they predicted i'd have between 8 and 16. (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 29, 16:29:13
        
        Good luck (General Chat) - pants, Apr 29, 16:31:28

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