"no preset limit" = 60GB

Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that (in
their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more than
60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further than
they do already if I didn't reduce this total.

So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in the
UK?

(kim)

"kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that
> (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more
> than 60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
> than they do already if I didn't reduce this total.
>
> So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in
> the UK?
>

Not for under £60 a month.

"steeler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that
>> (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more
>> than 60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
>> than they do already if I didn't reduce this total.
>>
>> So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in
>> the UK?
>>
>
> Not for under £60 a month.
>

Think Sky's un-official limit is around 250gb per month. If you exceed that
you need locking up.

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:02:22 +0100, "diy-newby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"steeler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:bOsgi.410269$(E-Mail Removed) om...
>>
>> "kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that
>>> (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more
>>> than 60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
>>> than they do already if I didn't reduce this total.
>>>
>>> So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in
>>> the UK?
>>>
>>
>> Not for under £60 a month.
>>
>
>Think Sky's un-official limit is around 250gb per month. If you exceed that
>you need locking up.
>
;-)

I think I remember when NTL suggested they were going to limit the
service they sold / advertised as 'unlimited' (even with 'reasonable
use' etc) there was a bit of an uprising and it seemed to fizzle out.

Having said that one mate did have a letter (from NTL) suggesting he
should cut back but another (who can really cane the net some months)
has heard nothing (also NTL)?

All the best ..

T i m

"kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that
> (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more
> than 60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
> than they do already if I didn't reduce this total.
>
> So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in
> the UK?
>
> (kim)
>
Don't know where you are Kim, but can you get "Be Unlimited" they say
unlimited but they allow 500GB per month before they say anything so it's a
workable limit lets put it that way

"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that
>> (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more
>> than 60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
>> than they do already if I didn't reduce this total.
>>
>> So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in
>> the UK?
>>
>> (kim)
>>
> Don't know where you are Kim, but can you get "Be Unlimited" they say
> unlimited but they allow 500GB per month before they say anything so it's
> a workable limit lets put it that way

Thanks for that. It looks very promising.

(kim)

"diy-newby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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[snip]

> Think Sky's un-official limit is around 250gb per month. If you exceed
> that you need locking up.

Why..?

Ivor

"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning
> > telling me that (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their
> > Fair Use Policy by downloading more than 60GB per month
> > and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
> > than they do already if I didn't reduce this total. So, is there any
> > *genuine* unlimited broadband service
> > provider left in the UK?
> >
> > (kim)
> >
> Don't know where you are Kim, but can you get "Be
> Unlimited" they say unlimited but they allow 500GB per
> month before they say anything so it's a workable limit
> lets put it that way

But not unlimited therefore wrongly named.

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "diy-newby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> [snip]
>
>> Think Sky's un-official limit is around 250gb per month. If you exceed
>> that you need locking up.
>
> Why..?
>
> Ivor
>
>

Because it is equivalent to ~7.5Mbits/S continuously, and rather hard to
exceed* on an 8Mbs link.








* You canna change the laws of physics - McCoy.

"kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Got a letter from AOL (Carphone Warehouse) this morning telling me that
> (in their opinion) I'd exceeded their Fair Use Policy by downloading more
> than 60GB per month and threatening to throttle my bandwidth even further
> than they do already if I didn't reduce this total.
>
> So, is there any *genuine* unlimited broadband service provider left in
> the UK?
>
> (kim)
>

Beunlimited give clear info. You can even pay more to do what you like. I
am changing over to them soon. Other ISPs are just waiting to see who makes
the first move before trying to under cut deals.
Virgin made a big mistake strangling connections - lots of people are
leaving an already troubled company.