Whoo getting 30Meg in March
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how they get away with limiting data transfer.... must be government licensing or restrictions on infrastructure that allow for telecommunication monopolies to flourish.
Going from 45 GB limit to 50 GB and going upto 80 in July
Enjoy the upgrade when it comes.
That 80GB cap's a bit measly though; I download more than that a DAY often as not.
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I think I'll stick with my lowly 24.5Mb connection with no caps. The extra bit of speed is pretty useless if you can't use it because you've gone over your limit.
Enjoy the upgrade when it comes.
how?
and the guy below you... 200gb? how?
unless it's for business, don't you think that's a bit excessive? and, forgive me for saying so, a bit selfish?
Easy. A streamed HD TV show is at least 1.5GB, movies much more. Even just playing with Linux and BSD distros and servers in VMware can crunch through 10GB a day (initial download, updates, package installs)... That's before you even think about naughty stuff. Now times that by how many users are on the home network. In my case, between 5 and 10 at a time.
I can't see how it's selfish to use the connection you were sold lol I pay a premium to use 50Mbps on a DOCSIS 3 cable network. No throttling, no STM, just how it should be. Why is it selfish to use it? Proper ISPs like Be and Easynet (UK Online/Sky) allow truly unlimited downloads too, as they have great networks which are well managed. I can't remember ever pulling less than 500GB a month, up to 1TB a month. For the most part VM's 50 meg network is shaping up to be the same great quality, and as it's faster you can download more stuff, faster. Yay.
Why have it if you don't plan on using it? If I thought downloading stuff on a connection I'd paid for was 'selfish' I'd get dial up or 1Mbps ADSL and just browse FB all day.
Well, all I can say is I wouldn't want to be on the same pipes as you Because however much bandwidth they provide, you're going to expand your downloading to use up as much of it as you can 
As for Linux... haha. Who downloads a distro a day? And 10gb each? You must be downloading the full DVD sets, which is crazy. Normally downloading the first CD @ approx 500mb then adding whatever extra packages you need would cut that amount at least in half.
I guess it's not selfishj per se, but it's a pretty unsustainable business model, to offer uncapped unlimited downloads for a fixed fee. Still, ISPs are still largely figuring these problems out; given time I imagine unlimited uncapped services will die out.
Because however much bandwidth they provide, you're going to expand your downloading to use up as much of it as you can As for Linux... haha. Who downloads a distro a day? And 10gb each? You must be downloading the full DVD sets, which is crazy. Normally downloading the first CD @ approx 500mb then adding whatever extra packages you need would cut that amount at least in half.
I guess it's not selfishj per se, but it's a pretty unsustainable business model, to offer uncapped unlimited downloads for a fixed fee. Still, ISPs are still largely figuring these problems out; given time I imagine unlimited uncapped services will die out.
Well, all I can say is I wouldn't want to be on the same pipes as you
To be fair, on a decent ISP you wouldn't even notice.
Because however much bandwidth they provide, you're going to expand your downloading to use up as much of it as you can
Well, yeah. If I had limited usage I'd go with an ISP who offered great service with defined caps (eg Zen) and know where I stood. As it is I'm a heavy user so I pay good money for an 'unlimited' service and choose my ISP with that in mind.
I asked one of Easynet's netadmins about it once, as I was pulling up to 1TB a month. He just laughed and said they had plenty enough bandwidth not to care - they wouldn't even notice me pulling a 'mere' TB a month. True to his word I did so for the 2 years I was with them and they never mentioned it or complained to me once. When an ISP has a good backbone and manages its network well (plenty of bandwidth) then they don't need to worry about customers actually using what they say they're selling - an 'unlimited' connection.
Same with VM. I'm pulling about 500GB to 1TB as are many I know on this service, and they don't seem to mind. DOCSIS3 can handle it.
Yeah, CD + updates + packages x (however many distros I play with that day) = a hefty number. *shrug*
Meh. They sell it, I'll use it. As I mentioned previously Easynet seem to have no problems maintaining their network and allowing truly unlimited downloading. Since heavy users are in a minority over the "web/mail/chat" type folks it's not really a problem. If an ISP can't cope with bandwidth demands of its users, they either over-sold or they need to upgrade their network. They can't offer services at a price then moan when customers actually use it lol
well for me it'll be great for streaming movies however my isp is currently the cheapest for movies and tv anyway which doesn't count to my download limit and I don't actually download illegally so rarely even use my 30 gig.
it is nice though to have high speeds when i want to buy stuff like games etc.
it is nice though to have high speeds when i want to buy stuff like games etc.