Is O2 really unlimited like BeThere?

Inazuma · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:11

Hey, planning on getting broadband for new flat. We use BeThere at home and have never run into any limits. I heard O2 is the same, is this true?
I'll be on the Standard (up to 8mb) service.

R.O.S.S.I · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:13

I believe so as Be and O2 are one and the same.

AbsenceJam · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:35

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18054327

Nymins · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:37

Both the same company. I use O2 and have downloaded a ton and have never been contacted or billed more than i should each month.

marc2003 · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:39

AbsenceJam said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18054327

not relevant because that is the o2 access service, not LLU.

milkinc13 · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:44

think both companies operate a FUP but the limit is extreamly high, not had any1 on here say that they've been contacted for d'loadin to much.

Sky max as far as i no is the only truly unlimited package out there, i could be wrong thou.

Azuse05 · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:40

milkinc13 said:
Sky max as far as i no is the only truly unlimited package out there, i could be wrong thou.

Every network has a physical capacity therefore there is no such thing as an unlimited network, it's just deceptive marketing. No ones ever taken that to court though because isps simply arnt worth the effort

Be built a massively ott netowrk in this country, which be alone could never use so o2 bought them and used the be network for its own customers. Sadly for the, 50-60k?, small number of be users it started off with around 260k o2 customers but o2 has literally doubled to 480k in a year and they're talking about traffic management :S

Still, there's people on be* who shift a terabyte a month and haven't had any letters so you should be fine. Quite how you use a terabyte just backing up to your office i do not know.