Been Capped :/

fail at the internets · 3 Dec 2007 at 16:14

So Bt has capped my download speed to half a meg

They read a list of everything i've downloaded in the last 4 months to my dad. Little did i know that BT has a 50gb a month cap and apparantly i've done 150gb in 4 months.

Can they legally give the details of my downloads to the police or anyone? </paranoia>

Admiral Huddy · 3 Dec 2007 at 16:19

If it's in the small print on the contract you agreed then yes. Can't see that BT would leave any "loopholes" tbh.

Only option 3 total broadband has unlimited downloads although the Fair usage policy still applies to ALL plans.

http://bt.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/bt.c..._cats=346&s_cid=con_FURL_broadbandusagepolicy

PhillyDee · 3 Dec 2007 at 16:20

Well? 50gb a month, and 4 months equals 200gb. so you are still 50 under that . . .

fail at the internets · 3 Dec 2007 at 16:38

So i've been lied to ey? I can't beleive they had a list of all the films i had downloaded though :/ I thought they wasn't aloud to look at your data due to the data protection act.

rah^ · 3 Dec 2007 at 16:52

PhillyDee said:
Well? 50gb a month, and 4 months equals 200gb. so you are still 50 under that . . .

its BT im sure if you read there small print it will say "we have the right to do anything we want"

Deleted member 64478 · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:07

You shouldn't download illigal material then. 50 x 4 is 200.

How can BT do this to you when you have 50GB spare? ....
move away from BT they suck.

fail at the internets · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:27

My dad works for bt and won't let me change our isp. He somehow has it in his head that bt are the best isp around just because bt seem to put on their website awards that i don't even think exist.

Sean_UK · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:29

You have used 37.5gb per month then, so what idiot does the mathes for BT if the limits 50gb per month...

box · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:36

How would BT manage to read off your downloaded content? Or were you downloading via IPTV on the Homehub?

Just read that fair usage policy...I'm sure they didn't traffic shape when I signed my contract a while ago :mad:

tolien · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:38

They read out a list of the content you'd downloaded?
Sounds more like you'd got busted by some of the P2P scanning things that goes around, looking for people uploading content.

Sean_UK · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:49

Ah yes I would imagine tolien is correct, heard a fair bit about P2P scanning going on, they don’t seen too concerned about what's been down-loaded by users at the moment, more so what’s on the upload resulting in capped service or worse.

Slightly off topic but along same lines; I know BT has blocked their clients from accessing Rapidshare, both free and Premium within last week due to immense traffic (harsh on anyone with a paid subscription!), there is a work around but I’m not going to discuss that here, Google it

fail at the internets · 3 Dec 2007 at 18:07

Maybe except i use rapidshare and don't upload. So it can't be a p2p thing. Since rapidshare is http.

Sean_UK · 3 Dec 2007 at 18:09

I was not suggesting rapidshare had anything to do with your case, hence the words 'slightly off topic'

z0mbi3 · 3 Dec 2007 at 18:48

Hornchurch said:
So Bt has capped my download speed to half a meg They read a list of everything i've downloaded in the last 4 months to my dad. Little did i know that BT has a 50gb a month cap and apparantly i've done 150gb in 4 months.

Can they legally give the details of my downloads to the police or anyone? </paranoia>

It's more likely that your dad is capping your down speed and telling you that BT did it.

Hornchurch said:
My dad works for bt and won't let me change our isp.

It's probably more to do with the staff discount than them being the number 1 ISP tbh.

Seeing as he works for BT could it not be that he's asked some one to check what's been downloaded?

fail at the internets · 3 Dec 2007 at 18:53

Could be but i thought they couldn't reveal this due to data protection? They have also told me that if i keep downloading stuff they will cap it to even slower speeds and reduce my download limit. It's ludicrous that my dad won't switch isp's.

Rainmaker · 3 Dec 2007 at 19:28

Sounds like dad now owes someone from a work a pint, tbh. I can't see him paying £x a month (even after staff discount) and not being bothered that your speeds have been slashed to very low levels and may be slashed even further in the near future.

If you ask me, z0mbi3 is right - someone at work is doing your dad a favour by putting it up you, that or he's just blaming them and shaping you himself

Otherwise why would he be happy to allow them to wreck your connection speeds like this and not say anything, all the while paying good money? Don't count on it though - I wouldn't be doing any, erm, "downloading" on that line in the near future if I were you

z0mbi3 · 3 Dec 2007 at 19:42

Hornchurch said:
Could be but i thought they couldn't reveal this due to data protection? They have also told me that if i keep downloading stuff they will cap it to even slower speeds and reduce my download limit.

If it's your dad's broadband contract then who's data protection rights are they violating?

Seriously this just sounds more and more like your dad is indirectly puting the squeeze on you. The standard practise of ISPs is to tell you to sod off if you consistantly violate their FUP not threaten you with further ridiculous capping.

It's ludicrous that my dad won't switch isp's.

Not really. He's got a sweet deal with the staff discount. Why would he want to pay more?

LoadsaMoney · 3 Dec 2007 at 19:43

I bet that BT place was in stitches when whoever it was started reading out all the porn.

marc2003 · 3 Dec 2007 at 19:48

Hornchurch said:
My dad works for bt and won't let me change our isp.

well BT employees get btbroadband for £1 a month (i think) so no wonder he's reluctant to change. if you want a better service, how about you pay for it?

Caged · 3 Dec 2007 at 19:51

Please stop harping on about the data protection act when you have no idea what it is.

Been Capped :/

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