Whoops !! BTYahoo capping details leak

It seems that BTYahoo have finally deemed that their unlimited BTYahoo
Broadband service must become capped. Although there is good news as
well, as it appears theres to be a substantial" reduction in service
rental on the cards as well.

http://snipurl.com/2n1k

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Regards
Andy M Jenkins
UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:32:38 +0100, Andy M Jenkins
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>It seems that BTYahoo have finally deemed that their unlimited BTYahoo
>Broadband service must become capped. Although there is good news as
>well, as it appears theres to be a substantial" reduction in service
>rental on the cards as well.
>
>http://snipurl.com/2n1k

The site was still there when I viewed it this morning. I am not a BT
Yahoo customer so it does not concern me over duly. However should my
current ISP adopt such a policy, it makes me wonder what my Internet
'usage' has been in any 30 day period.

Even if software was available that 'meters' an Internet connection,
the issues of several PCs sharing an Internet connection via a router
introduces a level complexity that might make any meaningful results
difficult to determine.

With BT Yahoo I noticed that when you exceed your monthly usage level
your connection becomes throttled down until the start of your next
30 day period. There appeared to be no notification process of the
reduction in service at that point.

It was also observed that this capping would not affect the vast
majority of users; that being the case why not target those extra
heavy users forcing a switch to a higher priced service and not cause
unnecessary worry to the rest?

DAVID BRADLEY

"David Bradley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)
> With BT Yahoo I noticed that when you exceed your monthly usage level
> your connection becomes throttled down until the start of your next
> 30 day period. There appeared to be no notification process of the
> reduction in service at that point.

A couple of months ago, I put up a video demonstrating BT's "flexible
bandwidth" service - of which this is an example.

At the time (if not now), the idea was to restrict your downloads to 64K
once you had exceeded your bandwidth limit - you were notified of this via a
small software program BT would install in your system tray and/or a web
page...

Of course, their plans could have changed since then.

Regards
Sunil

Andy M Jenkins wrote:

> It seems that BTYahoo have finally deemed that their unlimited BTYahoo
> Broadband service must become capped. Although there is good news as
> well, as it appears theres to be a substantial" reduction in service
> rental on the cards as well.
>
> http://snipurl.com/2n1k
>

Small update .. BTYahoo have removed the page in question.

I'm advised that an official announcement is expected tomorrow
(Wednesday 30th).

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Regards
Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed), a.k.a Andy M Jenkins says...

> Andy M Jenkins wrote:

[chomp]


Why doesn't ukbug work under Firefox?

I'm trying to log in, and all i get is a page with "reload" message from
Firefox ... ?

Tx2 wrote:

> Why doesn't ukbug work under Firefox?

Doesnt it ? Does here.

> I'm trying to log in, and all i get is a page with "reload" message from
> Firefox ... ?

Strange. I've used Firefox fine for a number of months now with bug -
in fact Firefox has replaced OE as my default browser.

Cookie issue maybe ?

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Regards
Andy M Jenkins
UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed), a.k.a Andy M Jenkins says...
> Tx2 wrote:
>
> > Why doesn't ukbug work under Firefox?
>
> Doesnt it ? Does here.
>
> > I'm trying to log in, and all i get is a page with "reload" message from
> > Firefox ... ?
>
> Strange. I've used Firefox fine for a number of months now with bug -
> in fact Firefox has replaced OE as my default browser.
>
> Cookie issue maybe ?


Odd ..... it's working now, and all i've done is rush downstairs to put
the wheelie bin out !!

oh well ...

Tx2 wrote:
> Odd ..... it's working now, and all i've done is rush downstairs to put
> the wheelie bin out !!
>
> oh well ...

Oh well indeed

If you can replicate - let me know and I'll investigate (geez .. sounds
like I'm still in work !)

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Regards
Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

As I am going over to Broadband in a few months when it becomes
available I downloaded a usage meter from http://www.bmextreme.com

This has been very useful in seeing how much bandwidth I use.

its free as well







On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:08:03 +0100, David Bradley
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:32:38 +0100, Andy M Jenkins
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>It seems that BTYahoo have finally deemed that their unlimited BTYahoo
>>Broadband service must become capped. Although there is good news as
>>well, as it appears theres to be a substantial" reduction in service
>>rental on the cards as well.
>>
>>http://snipurl.com/2n1k
>
>The site was still there when I viewed it this morning. I am not a BT
>Yahoo customer so it does not concern me over duly. However should my
>current ISP adopt such a policy, it makes me wonder what my Internet
>'usage' has been in any 30 day period.
>
>Even if software was available that 'meters' an Internet connection,
>the issues of several PCs sharing an Internet connection via a router
>introduces a level complexity that might make any meaningful results
>difficult to determine.
>
>With BT Yahoo I noticed that when you exceed your monthly usage level
>your connection becomes throttled down until the start of your next
>30 day period. There appeared to be no notification process of the
>reduction in service at that point.
>
>It was also observed that this capping would not affect the vast
>majority of users; that being the case why not target those extra
>heavy users forcing a switch to a higher priced service and not cause
>unnecessary worry to the rest?
>
>DAVID BRADLEY
>
>

[ groups trimmed to those that my NNTP server carries ]

"Andy M Jenkins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Andy M Jenkins wrote:
>
<snip>
> >
> > http://snipurl.com/2n1k
> >
>
> Small update .. BTYahoo have removed the page in question.
> <snip>

So as the OP only posted a URL, and not a sort summary, those who missed the
page haven't the foggiest what is being talked about !....