RE: [OT] ish ISP who don't mind large downloads?

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mal,

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I'm in a somewhat rural area, it's only luck that I have such a good ADSL
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onnection to a relatively local exchange... I don't see me ever being in a
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coverage area for cable :-(=20

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The Speed is adequate? I could always use more though... it's just the
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handed attitude of cutting the service with no warning, apart from introdu=
cing advising the introduction of a Fair Use Policy in November last year.

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Nigel

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mal@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 17 March 2007 10:39
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] ish ISP who don't mind large downloads?

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Can you get cable? Virgin (NTL) have no download limits on their 10Mbps=20
package, and are rumoured to be about to increase the speed to 20Mbps.

Nigel Giddings wrote:

> I wonder if anyone can help me.
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> I have just received a letter from Demon stating that because I
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> downloaded 66GB in the last 30 days my service will be reduced from=20
> 8Mbs to 128Kbps for 30 days...
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> Apparently they have a Fair Usage Policy of 60GB on my type of
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> HomeOffice 8000...
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> The problem is they don't warn you that you are approaching this=20
> limit, they just shut you down if you exceed it... no ifs, no buts...
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> While I accept 66GB is high, I was surprised I could manage this, I
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> not happy that I received no warning and I was not given the option
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> move packages.
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> A quick look on thinkbroadband (formerly ADSLguide) brings up IDNET
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> an option HYPERLINK=20
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> there after.
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> Anyone have any experience, or better suggestions.
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> TIA
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> Nigel
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