capping query

So what does all this capping stuff mean then?

I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything (since the
cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and access to text only
neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily browsing, updating of windows,
anti-virus files and similar, downloading of trials from time-to-time. No
interest at all in P2P or binaries. What sort of download limit might get in
the way of this?

Cheers

Hi,
examples are given on the BT website of what typical usage covers in
terms of amount of data. You have to be very careful though as if you go
over the limits then you pay penalties which will easily cancel out the
price difference of an un-capped service.

I personally have a 1mb un-capped service. You never know when you may
need it.

CJ

An example is -

For only £19.99 a month, BT Broadband Basic brings you fast Internet
access at a great price.

It's up to 10 times faster than standard dial-up, and makes surfing,
shopping and emailing so much easier. What's more, you pay monthly so
there's no more watching the clock.

You can transfer (download and upload) up to 1GB of data each month,
allowing you to browse the Internet and download standard-sized files.
Data transferred from the Internet to your computer (download) or from
your computer to the Internet (upload) is measured in Kilobytes (KB),
Megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB). 1MB = 1024KB; 1GB = 1024MB.

Check the table below to get an idea of what that may mean to you.


Online activity Estimated usage
(a month)
Surfing the Internet - 2 hours each day 300-350Mb
Sending 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
Receiving 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
Downloading 5 music tracks a week 100-150Mb
Downloading 5 two-minute video clips a week 120-150Mb
Listening to online radio for two hours a week 100-150Mb
Sending 100 emails a week without (no attachments) 20-30Mb
Receiving 100 emails a week (no attachments) 20-30Mb
TOTAL 710Mb-960Mb


"Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> So what does all this capping stuff mean then?
>
> I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything (since
the
> cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and access to text
only
> neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily browsing, updating of windows,
> anti-virus files and similar, downloading of trials from time-to-time.
No
> interest at all in P2P or binaries. What sort of download limit might
get in
> the way of this?
>
> Cheers
>
>

Hi,
examples are given on the BT website of what typical usage covers in
terms of amount of data. You have to be very careful though as if you go
over the limits then you pay penalties which will easily cancel out the
price difference of an un-capped service.

I personally have a 1mb un-capped service. You never know when you may
need it.

CJ

An example is -

For only £19.99 a month, BT Broadband Basic brings you fast Internet
access at a great price.

It's up to 10 times faster than standard dial-up, and makes surfing,
shopping and emailing so much easier. What's more, you pay monthly so
there's no more watching the clock.

You can transfer (download and upload) up to 1GB of data each month,
allowing you to browse the Internet and download standard-sized files.
Data transferred from the Internet to your computer (download) or from
your computer to the Internet (upload) is measured in Kilobytes (KB),
Megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB). 1MB = 1024KB; 1GB = 1024MB.

Check the table below to get an idea of what that may mean to you.


Online activity Estimated usage
(a month)
Surfing the Internet - 2 hours each day 300-350Mb
Sending 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
Receiving 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
Downloading 5 music tracks a week 100-150Mb
Downloading 5 two-minute video clips a week 120-150Mb
Listening to online radio for two hours a week 100-150Mb
Sending 100 emails a week without (no attachments) 20-30Mb
Receiving 100 emails a week (no attachments) 20-30Mb
TOTAL 710Mb-960Mb


"Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> So what does all this capping stuff mean then?
>
> I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything (since
the
> cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and access to text
only
> neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily browsing, updating of windows,
> anti-virus files and similar, downloading of trials from time-to-time.
No
> interest at all in P2P or binaries. What sort of download limit might
get in
> the way of this?
>
> Cheers
>
>


"Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> So what does all this capping stuff mean then?
>
> I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything (since
the
> cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and access to text
only
> neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily browsing, updating of windows,
> anti-virus files and similar, downloading of trials from time-to-time.
No
> interest at all in P2P or binaries. What sort of download limit might
get in
> the way of this?
>
> Cheers
>
>

> Receiving 100 emails a week (no attachments) 20-30Mb

LOL I get in the region of 600 spam mails PER DAY

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One of the "benefits" of having broadband is the multimedia aspect of the
service. I was recently off sick for a few weeks and regularly listened to
BBC radio for the majority of the day. That is to say, I was using it for
one of the purposes for which it was intended. Each day, listening to radio
alone, I would be downloading 200 to 300 MB of data. This would mean that I
would use up my quota in 3 or 4 days! Then, I would be paying extra. Does
this sound like a fair deal to you? Or a complete rip off? I cannot believe
that BT have the audacity to offer this service, when, for only £3.44 extra
per month it is possible to get unlimited transfer from Pipex. BT, complete
rip off, there is no justification for this service, and how they have been
able to get away with with farce I do not know.

Mike



"CJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c5uob3$1hs$(E-Mail Removed)...
| Hi,
| examples are given on the BT website of what typical usage covers in
| terms of amount of data. You have to be very careful though as if you go
| over the limits then you pay penalties which will easily cancel out the
| price difference of an un-capped service.
|
| I personally have a 1mb un-capped service. You never know when you may
| need it.
|
| CJ
|
| An example is -
|
| For only £19.99 a month, BT Broadband Basic brings you fast Internet
| access at a great price.
|
| It's up to 10 times faster than standard dial-up, and makes surfing,
| shopping and emailing so much easier. What's more, you pay monthly so
| there's no more watching the clock.
|
| You can transfer (download and upload) up to 1GB of data each month,
| allowing you to browse the Internet and download standard-sized files.
| Data transferred from the Internet to your computer (download) or from
| your computer to the Internet (upload) is measured in Kilobytes (KB),
| Megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB). 1MB = 1024KB; 1GB = 1024MB.
|
| Check the table below to get an idea of what that may mean to you.
|
|
| Online activity Estimated usage
| (a month)
| Surfing the Internet - 2 hours each day 300-350Mb
| Sending 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
| Receiving 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
| Downloading 5 music tracks a week 100-150Mb
| Downloading 5 two-minute video clips a week 120-150Mb
| Listening to online radio for two hours a week 100-150Mb
| Sending 100 emails a week without (no attachments) 20-30Mb
| Receiving 100 emails a week (no attachments) 20-30Mb
| TOTAL 710Mb-960Mb
|
|
| "Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| > So what does all this capping stuff mean then?
| >
| > I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything (since
| the
| > cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and access to text
| only
| > neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily browsing, updating of windows,
| > anti-virus files and similar, downloading of trials from time-to-time.
| No
| > interest at all in P2P or binaries. What sort of download limit might
| get in
| > the way of this?
| >
| > Cheers
| >
| >
|
|

Me wrote:

> So what does all this capping stuff mean then?
>
> I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything (since the
> cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and access to text only
> neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily browsing, updating of windows,
> anti-virus files and similar, downloading of trials from time-to-time. No
> interest at all in P2P or binaries. What sort of download limit might get in
> the way of this?
>
> Cheers
>
>

PlusNet do an UKP18.99 per month offering, the only limits are no P2P and
no binary news groups. For UKP21.99 you can have their full home offering
with no limits at all.

I've been very happy with them so far.

If you decide to sign up with them, feel free to use my referral id
"worship" which may save me a few pence.

--
Julian Knight, http://www.knightnet.org.uk/
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Security, Directory, Messaging, Network & PC Consultant
Instant Messaging:Jabber=(E-Mail Removed), Yahoo!=knighjm

After careful thought and consideration Mike E typed:
> One of the "benefits" of having broadband is the multimedia aspect of
> the service. I was recently off sick for a few weeks and regularly
> listened to BBC radio for the majority of the day. That is to say, I
> was using it for one of the purposes for which it was intended. Each
> day, listening to radio alone, I would be downloading 200 to 300 MB
> of data. This would mean that I would use up my quota in 3 or 4 days!
> Then, I would be paying extra. Does this sound like a fair deal to
> you? Or a complete rip off? I cannot believe that BT have the
> audacity to offer this service, when, for only £3.44 extra per month
> it is possible to get unlimited transfer from Pipex. BT, complete rip
> off, there is no justification for this service, and how they have
> been able to get away with with farce I do not know.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> "CJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c5uob3$1hs$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>> examples are given on the BT website of what typical usage covers in
>> terms of amount of data. You have to be very careful though as if
>> you go over the limits then you pay penalties which will easily
>> cancel out the price difference of an un-capped service.
>>
>> I personally have a 1mb un-capped service. You never know when you
>> may need it.
>>
>> CJ
>>
>> An example is -
>>
>> For only £19.99 a month, BT Broadband Basic brings you fast Internet
>> access at a great price.
>>
>> It's up to 10 times faster than standard dial-up, and makes surfing,
>> shopping and emailing so much easier. What's more, you pay monthly so
>> there's no more watching the clock.
>>
>> You can transfer (download and upload) up to 1GB of data each month,
>> allowing you to browse the Internet and download standard-sized
>> files. Data transferred from the Internet to your computer
>> (download) or from your computer to the Internet (upload) is
>> measured in Kilobytes (KB), Megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB). 1MB =
>> 1024KB; 1GB = 1024MB.
>>
>> Check the table below to get an idea of what that may mean to you.
>>
>>
>> Online activity Estimated usage
>> (a month)
>> Surfing the Internet - 2 hours each day 300-350Mb
>> Sending 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
>> Receiving 30 JPEG pictures via e-mail(e.g. photographs) 25-50Mb
>> Downloading 5 music tracks a week 100-150Mb
>> Downloading 5 two-minute video clips a week 120-150Mb
>> Listening to online radio for two hours a week 100-150Mb
>> Sending 100 emails a week without (no attachments) 20-30Mb
>> Receiving 100 emails a week (no attachments) 20-30Mb
>> TOTAL 710Mb-960Mb
>>
>>
>> "Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> So what does all this capping stuff mean then?
>>>
>>> I'm looking to move to broadband for speed more than anything
>>> (since the cost difference is now so small). I use daily email and
>>> access to text only neswsgroups, and do all sorts of daily
>>> browsing, updating of windows, anti-virus files and similar,
>>> downloading of trials from time-to-time. No interest at all in P2P
>>> or binaries. What sort of download limit might get in the way of
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Cheers

Regularly in this newsgroup, people slag of BT for providing, essentially an
expensive service. This is of course very true. However it seems silly, to
me, to slag of BT. If there are idiots out there willing to pay this
inflated prices, and willing to sign up to unreasonable T & Cs then why
shouldnt BT offer the service. You should really be having a go at the
idiots who sign up with BT, not BT.

What BT are doing is what most of us would do. If l could get away with
charging over the odds for things that l sell, then l would...plain and
simple..and so would 99.9% of the population.

Thanks for all the replies - Plusnet are looking generally a good option