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Re: Unlimited broadband



Watch out for the O2 packages which resell the BT packages. They are
'unlimited' but the traffic shaping they have recently deployed seems to be
killing my link. If you have an O2 enabled exchange, I believe this doesn't
apply....

T.

2009/10/21 Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx>

>
>
> I think we have a BT Business account on our phone line which is
unlimite=
d
> as far as I can tell ...
>
> ...no other details other than it's about =A337 a month + VAT
>
> Phil
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of John Nye
> > Sent: 21 October 2009 22:48
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Unlimited broadband
> >
> > I currently use BTinternet and I'm increasingly getting caught up
with
> > their
> > (unadvertised!) 100GB usage limit per month, at which point they
slug
> > my
> > link to 1Mb/s (and frequently lower) during the evening (which
causes
> > me
> > much earache from the rest of the family) .
> >
> >
> >
> > I do have a 20yr old who I could blame, but its probably me
streaming
> > some
> > remote security cameras, using iplayer and Napster that's
probably the
> > main
> > culprit, plus accessing homeseer that is running in the holiday
home
> > (the HA
> > angle!).
> >
> >
> >
> > So I'm looking for a reliable service (at least the one from BT
has
> > been)
> > but with proper no limits.
> >
> >
> >
> > A bit of googling says that O2 and Plusnet may be candidates, but
I'd
> > like
> > to hear from anyone using them before I take the plunge. Or is
there
> > somewhere else I should be looking? Unfortunately little chance
of any
> > unbundling at our local exchange in the near future so I'm a bit
> > limited on
> > options.
> >
> >
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>=20=20
>



--=20
--
Tim Ramsdale.


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