Little bit confused ..............

Perhaps someone can help me

Am I right in believeing that the capping policy is not being enforced
when my line is upgraded but will be at a later date sometime after
you are able to check on line what your usage is
Sorry for being a bit dumb on this but the e-mail I recieved informing
me was a bit ambiguous ,it implys that the cap is in place at the
moment

"You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance with your
new 2Mb service. 30GB usage is more than enough for the vast majority
of customers.

My concern is that I like to watch the football on line on a Saturday
afternoon and 6hrs of streaming video may not be enough along with my
sons usage

Can someone either confirm my thoughts or correct me

TIA

Osiris

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:02:44 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

>Perhaps someone can help me
>
>Am I right in believeing that the capping policy is not being enforced
>when my line is upgraded but will be at a later date sometime after
>you are able to check on line what your usage is
>Sorry for being a bit dumb on this but the e-mail I recieved informing
>me was a bit ambiguous ,it implys that the cap is in place at the
>moment
>
>"You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance with your
>new 2Mb service. 30GB usage is more than enough for the vast majority
>of customers.
>
>My concern is that I like to watch the football on line on a Saturday
>afternoon and 6hrs of streaming video may not be enough along with my
>sons usage
>
>Can someone either confirm my thoughts or correct me
>
>TIA
>
>Osiris

Bear in mind that is a monthly cap, so you are talking about 4x6 hours of
streaming football!!

30Gb will be nowhere near enough!
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John [Essex, UK]
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, JC <johncalias-
newsgroupsATyahooD0TcoD0Tuk>, a.k.a says...

> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:02:44 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
> wrote:

[...]

> >My concern is that I like to watch the football on line on a Saturday
> >afternoon and 6hrs of streaming video may not be enough along with my
> >sons usage

> Bear in mind that is a monthly cap, so you are talking about 4x6 hours of
> streaming football!!
>
> 30Gb will be nowhere near enough!


But it is perfectly normal and acceptable usage, IMO

BT. Backwards Thinking.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:27:20 -0000, Tx2 <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, JC <johncalias-
>newsgroupsATyahooD0TcoD0Tuk>, a.k.a says...
>
>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:02:44 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
>> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>> >My concern is that I like to watch the football on line on a Saturday
>> >afternoon and 6hrs of streaming video may not be enough along with my
>> >sons usage
>
>> Bear in mind that is a monthly cap, so you are talking about 4x6 hours of
>> streaming football!!
>>
>> 30Gb will be nowhere near enough!
>
>
>But it is perfectly normal and acceptable usage, IMO
>
>BT. Backwards Thinking.

Even more galling, given some of the statements in the press release at
http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...f-0a59d9f793cc

"These higher speeds will pave the way for new services such as
video-over-broadband and also allow customers to get more from multiple
connections. This will be ideal for families, for example, allowing them to
simultaneously connect a PC, laptop, games console, or other
internet-enabled device. "

All on a 30GB *data transfer* cap!!


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John [Essex, UK]
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(E-Mail Removed) wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Perhaps someone can help me
>
> Am I right in believeing that the capping policy is not being enforced
> when my line is upgraded but will be at a later date sometime after
> you are able to check on line what your usage is
> Sorry for being a bit dumb on this but the e-mail I recieved informing
> me was a bit ambiguous ,it implys that the cap is in place at the
> moment
>
> "You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance with your
> new 2Mb service. 30GB usage is more than enough for the vast majority
> of customers.
>
> My concern is that I like to watch the football on line on a Saturday
> afternoon and 6hrs of streaming video may not be enough along with my
> sons usage
>
> Can someone either confirm my thoughts or correct me
>
> TIA
>
> Osiris

Letter I got from BT stated 1MB/30GB was becoming 2MB/15GB service.
I phoned BT and was told there is only a 15GB option and they would not
hold me to the contract if I wished to swap provider. Either that or pay 2
quid per extra GB.

Mike.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:17:17 +0000, JC
<johncalias-newsgroupsATyahooD0TcoD0Tuk> wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:02:44 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
>wrote:
>
>>Perhaps someone can help me
>>
>>Am I right in believeing that the capping policy is not being enforced
>>when my line is upgraded but will be at a later date sometime after
>>you are able to check on line what your usage is
>>Sorry for being a bit dumb on this but the e-mail I recieved informing
>>me was a bit ambiguous ,it implys that the cap is in place at the
>>moment
>>
>>"You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance with your
>>new 2Mb service. 30GB usage is more than enough for the vast majority
>>of customers.
>>
>>My concern is that I like to watch the football on line on a Saturday
>>afternoon and 6hrs of streaming video may not be enough along with my
>>sons usage
>>
>>Can someone either confirm my thoughts or correct me
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Osiris
>
>Bear in mind that is a monthly cap, so you are talking about 4x6 hours of
>streaming football!!
>
>30Gb will be nowhere near enough!

What rate do you think it will be streaming at?

It does, of course, depend on what else he (and his son) do with the
connection.

But even if you were right about the 4x6 hours, 30GB would cover 24
hours of streaming at the likely rate.

Having said which, a football match is 1.5 hours, so I think by saying
6 hours, he had already taken the 4 Saturdays into account.

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