Totally unlimited broadband

whatalegend123 · 24 Jul 2007 at 18:58

As im still searching for a new isp with i stumbled across this little wonder advertising 100% unlimited broadband?
I thought this sounded to good to be true what you think>?Worth a try>?

ISP promises totally unlimited broadband guaranteed
Tuesday 24 July 2007 15:38:54 by John Hunt

ISPreview reports that All Fast Access (www.allfastaccess.com) has started advertising an almost unbelievable offer. They claim to offer 'totally unlimited broadband, guaranteed'. Their Platinum Extreme package offers a standard up to 8Mbps ADSL speed with 'true unlimited usage' and no fair use policy. The service comes with a guarantee protecting users against restrictions due to heavy usage within the first 3 months:

"If we have to restrict your broadband activity, by either slowing down your speed, charging additional fees, closing your account or any other nasty way to get you to use less bandwidth we will offer you a complete refund of your first 3 months fee plus your £1 migration fee."
All Fast Access Guarantee

The monthly fee is £26.99 with migration from another ISP costing only £1. Sound too good to be true? There are a couple of restrictions that we can see. Firstly, the guarantee only applies to a decrease in speed within the first 3 months of service caused by usage restrictions. Secondly, all Platinum Extreme users are placed onto the same Central pipe, so once this is full, contention may occur there. Whether this could be deemed as a method of limiting or restricting users speeds is left open to interpretation, but All Fast Access could levy this as a "customer satisfaction" issue rather than an imposed restriction, thus not being covered by the guarantee.

We recommend our visitors to be generally wary of offers that sound too good to be true and to pay close attention to the terms & conditions to ensure you understand under what circumstances you can leave the service or get a refund. That said, the demand for 'unlimited' broadband is sure to draw more customers to such deals.

http://www.allfastaccess.com/

Jimbeam3678 · 24 Jul 2007 at 19:09

with a website like that I would run a mile

dovey · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:18

Probably great until they get a few users maxing out their connection causing slowdowns, for that price its not sustainable!!

grez · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:24

allfastaccess.com said:
All users will be placed on the same central pipe and customers agree not to hold All fast access responsible for any congestion this may cause.

Says it all really.

LoadsaMoney · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:45

I like the bit where it says 'If we have to restrict your broadband activity', meaning they will, so will definately get your first 3 months back.

There is no totally Unlimited, best of going for one of the Enta resellers, they have very generous caps, and no traffic shaping etc....

Im on UKFSN's max 60 package, gets 60gb peak usage, 330 gb off peak, peak hrs are 8am till 10pm weekdays, and off peak is 10pm till 8am and all weekend, ive never hit 60gb yet (thast peak and off peak), and i download non stop just about all times.

phi1 · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:51

http://www.adsl24.co.uk/broadband_home.php

They do an unlimited service, £67 p/m ENTA reseller.. Very good service!

LoadsaMoney · 24 Jul 2007 at 21:53

Oh yeah some do still, i know UKFSN do an unlimited service, but its only a fixed one, like 2mb.

marc2003 · 24 Jul 2007 at 22:03

phil14 said:
http://www.adsl24.co.uk/broadband_home.php

They do an unlimited service, £67 p/m ENTA reseller.. Very good service!

hehe. no one really needs an unlimited service.,.... do they? well not for legitimate purposes anyway...

is the 330gb a month package for 20 sheets not enough for most people?

fumbles · 24 Jul 2007 at 22:21

If its too good to be true in generally is.
And that my friend is indeed too good to be true. Plus the name of the ISP is dodgy the website is dodgy, the deal and the terms sound dodgy. So to sum up in a word: RUN!

Indy500 · 25 Jul 2007 at 13:56

marc2003 said:
is the 330gb a month package for 20 sheets not enough for most people?

/me pats £10\m Telewest connection

Reality|Bites · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:51

Last year I upgraded from 4MB to 10MB and it totally sucked, I never really got over 600K/sec(sometimes I got 1MB/sec)

So the month after I went back to 4MB and never looked back(or is it forwards)

Indy500 · 25 Jul 2007 at 15:11

Reality|Bites said:
Last year I upgraded from 4MB to 10MB and it totally sucked, I never really got over 600K/sec(sometimes I got 1MB/sec)

So the month after I went back to 4MB and never looked back(or is it forwards)

The 4MB connection seems best value of the three at the moment.

Deluxe1 · 25 Jul 2007 at 15:38

if it sounds to good to be true it usually is.

phi1 · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:47

with adsl24, they give you a 8mb connection totaly unlimited, Im guessing if you hammered it 24/7 it they would contact you ect..

Jimbeam3678 · 25 Jul 2007 at 23:30

phil14 said:
with adsl24, they give you a 8mb connection totaly unlimited, Im guessing if you hammered it 24/7 it they would contact you ect..

nope if you took out there 24/7 unlimited package you could and some do , hammer it 24/7. they don't cap or throttle at 10pm till 11 half 11ish speeds drop to 2mb level but then soon speed back up

LoadsaMoney · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:56

Its only their home unlimited fixed service which is totally unlimited (up to 2mb), their 8mb MAX service isn't, you have to take out a package thats got peak/off peak usage limits, and if you go over them you have to pay for the next package up for that month, but the caps are that generous i can't see many going over, i thought id better take out the MAX 60 package as i download a shedload, but i dont even do 60gb in total (peak/off peak) a month.

#Chri5# · 26 Jul 2007 at 13:46

My copy of the Enta reseller price list includes two unlimited ADSL Max products.

marc2003 · 26 Jul 2007 at 14:38

LoadsaMoney said:
i thought id better take out the MAX 60 package as i download a shedload, but i dont even do 60gb in total (peak/off peak) a month.

see i asked this in another thread. why are you paying 30 sheets when you don't even download 60gb total yet for 20quid you can get 30gb peak/300 off peak? :confused:

you're just throwing your money away. still i suppose you've got plenty?

#Chri5# said:
My copy of the Enta reseller price list includes two unlimited ADSL Max products.

i know loadsamoney is signed up with ukfsn and they do umlimited 8mb as well. he obviously missed it on their page.... 79.99 though. and i really can't think of a legitimate use for it tbh.... :eek:

#Chri5# · 26 Jul 2007 at 14:42

marc2003 said:
i know loadsamoney is signed up with ukfsn and they do umlimited 8mb as well. he obviously missed it on their page.... 79.99 though. and i really can't think of a legitimate use for it tbh....

It is a lot of data. Mind you, that is cheaper than the "RRP" prices for 315GB Peak/480GB off and 360GB Peak / 510GB off.

LoadsaMoney · 26 Jul 2007 at 15:17

marc2003 said:
see i asked this in another thread. why are you paying 30 sheets when you don't even download 60gb total yet for 20quid you can get 30gb peak/300 off peak? you're just throwing your money away. still i suppose you've got plenty?

i know loadsamoney is signed up with ukfsn and they do umlimited 8mb as well. he obviously missed it on their page.... 79.99 though. and i really can't think of a legitimate use for it tbh....

Well seen as i download a shedload, and download every day at all times, i thought id be using more than the 30gb at peak, which ive only done once, i done 34gb peak usage one month, and the rest have been around 25gb

, but my highest monthly total (peak and off peak combined) has only been 54gb, and ive got 390gb to play with, so fair enough i could have gone on the MAX 30 and used the off peak times to download more instead, but with being on the MAX 60 i can download without fear of going over the peak time limit and get me full speeds, where as weekends when its off peak only getting around 2-3mb as the pipes are getting hammered with everyone downloading, plus i don't mind paying £30 a month for having no restrictions like traffic shaping.

Yeah they do have an 8mb MAX Unlimited now, i wonder when they added that though, as when i signed up (beginning of Feb) it was only up to a 2mb fixed service they did that was Unlimited.