Internet went from 8mb to 1mb

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peetee said:
no, the people who regulaly go over the fair usage cap at peak times is about 3%.
People either spit their dummys out over bad pings or download caps, I dont see the problem? If you want more why not pay more? Its not exactly hard downloading during offpeak hours either.
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because you've paid for something that says Unlimited in the title...Why not just say no more than 50 GB per month?

if you say unlimited then just give a vague fair usage, which means basically we've over sold our outdated networks and now can't give the service they promised, then you should be made to give unlimited, or at least a straight definition of what fair use is.
 
Your with Sky broadband - right?

Trust me they dont actively enforce their FUP - might be worth giving them a ring (08442 410 515) and ensuring your line isn't part of their new Dynamic Line Recalibration test.

They'll be able to advise if this is the case or not - if it is though you may be looking at a 8/10 day training period. :(
 
Tefal said:
because you've paid for something that says Unlimited in the title...Why not just say no more than 50 GB per month?
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No. The fair usage policy is the ISP's get out clause and is included in the terms you agree to when you sign up for the service. You go over a certain amount and they have the right to cap you. Can't complain about it either as you agreed to the terms when signing up.

The only get out you have is to switch services but there really aren't many true Unlimited ISPs out there.
 
im too lazy to read through this thread at this time so apologies if its been mentioned, but ISP's(i know sky does) has a fair play agreement or some crap, which means stupid amounts of downloads will get you capped and so on even if you have "unlimited"
 
Tom|Nbk said:
No. The fair usage policy is the ISP's get out clause and is included in the terms you agree to when you sign up for the service. You go over a certain amount and they have the right to cap you. Can't complain about it either as you agreed to the terms when signing up.

The only get out you have is to switch services but there really aren't many true Unlimited ISPs out there.
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thats what I'm saying fair use is not defined, it could be 5KB if they want it to be, why not just say what they actually limit. Seems like massive false advertising by saying unlimited when they actually have a specific limit you can't go past, and hoping not enough people reach it to realise.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
No. The fair usage policy is the ISP's get out clause and is included in the terms you agree to when you sign up for the service. You go over a certain amount and they have the right to cap you. Can't complain about it either as you agreed to the terms when signing up.
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I once downloaded 15GB one month, and nothing for the next 6 weeks (holiday). I come back and I still get capped from 4pm-1am. ISP: BT.
 
Tefal said:
because you've paid for something that says Unlimited in the title...Why not just say no more than 50 GB per month?

if you say unlimited then just give a vague fair usage, which means basically we've over sold our outdated networks and now can't give the service they promised, then you should be made to give unlimited, or at least a straight definition of what fair use is.
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the peak time cap has nothing to do with overall downloading, its just if you hit a certain limit at peak times you will be capped until 1am that day, and then it will reset. Its fair tbh, the service was degrading too much before it was introduced. Too many people have gotten into downloading etc and with prices going down either performance or limits would be affected.

I dont agree with 'Unlimited' having actual limits such as 50gb enforced as fair usage policy though, just like if i go over 3000 texts with my phone I could have texts barred, even though I pay for 'Unlimited'
 
peetee said:
the peak time cap has nothing to do with overall downloading, its just if you hit a certain limit at peak times you will be capped until 1am that day, and then it will reset. Its fair tbh, the service was degrading too much before it was introduced. Too many people have gotten into downloading etc and with prices going down either performance or limits would be affected.

I dont agree with 'Unlimited' having actual limits such as 50gb enforced as fair usage policy though, just like if i go over 3000 texts with my phone I could have texts barred, even though I pay for 'Unlimited'
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nope dl'ed ~60gb in a month (most of it off peak while i slept) still got limited, strangely 4 months after i'd done the downloading and our usage had dropped dramatically. (cause i was away.)

next year going to try and get back on Manchester uni halls internet in our student house, cheap fast and absolutely unlimited :D
 
Tefal said:
thats what I'm saying fair use is not defined, it could be 5KB if they want it to be, why not just say what they actually limit.
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No good for business this is why caps are losely advertised. You have to have a good search on the Sky website to find the cap limits etc.

It is a cheeky way of working and hence why you normally see

Unlimited*

*Acceptable usage policy applies and we will cap your connection to within an inch of its life should you download that porno :D
 
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Tefal said:
nope dl'ed ~60gb in a month (most of it off peak while i slept) still got limited, strangely 4 months after i'd done the downloading and our usage had dropped dramatically. (cause i was away.)

next year going to try and get back on Manchester uni halls internet in our student house, cheap fast and absolutely unlimited :D
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well i only speak of experience with virgin media, which iv never had any problems with :) at uni or home! nite nite xx
 
Nobody's mentioned that the OP's connection speed might simply have been reduced because his router temporarily synced at a lower speed.

If you had some interference on your line, bad weather, etc., then your router may have dropped the DSL connection and reconnected at a lower rate, say, 1500kbps. Even if this was only brief and you quickly reconnected at a higher speed, your 'IP profile' will have been lowered to prevent the exchange from sending you data faster than you can handle it. When this happens, it takes a little while, up to 3 days, for the system to raise your speed again.

Read here for more.
 
A fup kicks in at only 50 gb a month :eek:?
Damn that ISP must suck.

Tele2 which is almost the only one with a FUP here, didn't even kick in after my mate downloaded 200 gb in a week.

Luckily I'm on a ''true'' unlimited ISP, 50 gb is something I use at least on the quiet months, easily 300gb of usage on the more active months, I'd be pretty peed if they started to cap me :(. Change to another isp immediately that has no limit, even if it's a few megabits slower.


Any caps ( fup is just that imo) / download limits suck, badly.
 
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Midnight til morning = Virgin Media Happy time :)

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Can't complain :p
 
zain said:
Virgin cap it everyday for 3% of users (or so they say - bull**** imo) goes from upto 750kb/sec to 100kb/sec maximum.

Lasts from 4pm till 12am.
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No it doesn't?

It goes from 5pm til 9pm, and lasts for 4 hours (so it can actually be from 8:59 to 00:59) whenever you hit your specific cap (it's not 3%, that's just a figure they use to illustrate how terrible mass downloaders are.)
 
Sinque said:
Welcome to the world of ISPs, they're all ****ers. My internet always gets capped, but I don't blame them. I download at least 300gb a month :o
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Why not go with Be then? No-one has ever been put on the FUP and technician told me around 1.6TB for them to care.

Downloaded well over 700gb in 2 months, not a peep :)

Why do people insist on going with crappy ISPs? It makes no sense, you're probably saving £5 a month and getting tonnes of aggro.
 
Sonea Fifer said:
Your with Sky broadband - right?

Trust me they dont actively enforce their FUP - might be worth giving them a ring (08442 410 515) and ensuring your line isn't part of their new Dynamic Line Recalibration test.

They'll be able to advise if this is the case or not - if it is though you may be looking at a 8/10 day training period. :(
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This is only true for Sky LLU connections - IPStream gets capped to 'the max'.
 
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