BT is introducting Bandwidth Limits

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Grand Master

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erm, nildram use bt lines. if bt enforce this then so will nildram as they will need to pay overheads on the excess in gb you download.

You sure about this, I was under the impression they wont have caps as Nildram have their own brought lines so they can carry on without enforcing limits. Damn, I wish cable was availiable here :(

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Mando

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erm, nildram use bt lines. if bt enforce this then so will nildram as they will need to pay overheads on the excess in gb you download.

spido, u dont half talk nonsense.

It is BTopenworld enforcing the caps which is a totally seperate company from BT Telecommunications.

BT only supply the facility of ADSL within the telephone exchange and within the PSTN nationally, so how you come to the conclusion that other ISPs will have to comply is total b***ocks.

BTW i know this cos im a qualified BT network engineer.

its conjectures like yours that start off inaccurate and incorrect rants.

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dewy

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If there not enforcing a policy, its not a restriction.

There was nothing in their General Terms of Service on Bandwidth Limits when I signed up to BT broadband and I for one will be cancelling my Broadband, Phone, everything with BT and moving to another provider.

I will make it known to BT that, this is my reason for changing and hope that many others do too.

You signed the contract with a 'no restrictions' plan you should be able to keep that since that is what you signed up for and continue to use it unstill your contract period it up

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ozric

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perhaps complaining to oftel is a good idea, because bt has never cared what its customers think: they only listen to oftel

Nah it looks like that's the way most ISP's are going that way but there's still Bulldog Broadband, looks like a lot better deal and they have been highly rated.

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Nah it looks like that's the way most ISP's are going but there's still Bulldog Broadband, looks like a lot better deal and they have been highly rated.

Yes and there's also Eclipse who also offer a fixed IP address for free and even 8 IPs if you request it.

The reason ISPs are doing it is because they get charged by the terrabyte that goes through the big exchange thing in london. If their costs are becoming too high they have to do something about it, or it could just be because they want more money.

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Realy funny thing about this is ive just seen the BT "No download limit" comercial on ITV in the news break

just so you know they arent limiting the download limit the way aol etc do, they will merrily let u carry on over the limit, but charge you through the roof for it.

glad i go back uni in september, no limits there and a hellva lot faster than any residential line :D

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From what I've been reading at dslreports.com the brits and aussies are really getting screwed. If Time Warner could get license to offer Roadrunner in Great Britain they would probably get sued as a monopoly. RR would put BT out of business in a month. I consistantly get 2800/350 with no cap for $45USD. The brits would probably be happy to pay twice that.

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From BT's New Broadband terms and conditions:

Why is BT introducing usage allowances?

BT is introducing usage allowances on its Broadband products in order to offer a better and fairer deal to the majority of customers. The benefit of introducing usage limits is that it enables us to charge most users substantially less.

Usage allowances give you the ability to transfer up to 15Gb of data per month with the BT Broadband and BT Yahoo! Broadband 512kbps services or 30Gb of data per month with the BT Broadband 1Mb or BT Yahoo! Broadband 1MB services. The amount of data transferred is the total data received by the end user (downloaded) AND sent by the end user (uploaded) over their broadband service and is measured in Kilobytes (KB), Megabytes (Mb) or Gigabytes (GB). 1Mb = 1024KB; and 1GB = 1024Mb.

Check out the table below to give you an idea of what 15GB a month usage allowance may mean to you. All of these things - not just one of them - are possible within 15GB a month;

Surfing the Internet - 15 hours each day

Sending 250 JPEG pictures via e-mail every week

Receiving 250 JPEG pictures via e-mail every week

Downloading 250 music tracks every week

Downloading three hours of video clips every week

Listening to online radio for fifteen hours every week

Sending 3000 emails every week without (no attachments)

Receiving 3000 emails every week (no attachments)

Will BT start charging me if I use more than 15 / 30Gb per month?

These allowances have been set at levels that will not affect the vast majority of our customers.

BT will not start charging for usage above the allowances until early 2005. After this time, if you go over your monthly allowance you can decide if you want to buy more capacity, so you are in control of your bill. We will confirm prices for additional usage nearer this time but indicative prices for additional usage allowance top ups are currently ?2 per additional GB, although we plan to develop a range of options that could make this even less.

What will I be charged if I use more than 15 / 30Gb? >

Remember most customers will not be affected by these limits. In the event that you use up your monthly allowance, you decide if you want to buy more capacity, so you have control of your bill. BT will only begin to apply these charges in early 2005 and will confirm prices for additional usage nearer this time. Indicative prices for additional usage allowance top ups are ?2 per additional GB, although BT plans to develop a range of options that could make this even less.

Leebobs:angry:y:

so should that mean for 1gb of bandwidth a day would be changed at ?27 a month like it is at the moment or are they out to make money

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