RE: Unlimited broadband

["Martin Howell" <martin.howell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use Zen, and a recent newsletter from them assures me that they do
not
and will never apply any traffic shaping, and I believe they have
unlimited download packages as well.  I've used them for the past 5
years or so, and they've been rock solid

Martin

Grizelli Associates Limited
IT Project Consultants
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-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Phil Harris
Sent: 22 October 2009 00:09
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Unlimited broadband

I didn't arrange the account on our line - it was arranged through work
and
we just took it over later.

Our IT guys did claim that it was unmetered though...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of John Nye
> Sent: 21 October 2009 23:27
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Unlimited broadband
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> Unfortunately the only people in our exchange are BT wholesale so I
> guess
> all the offerings will be resale of BT packages?
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> How are O2 killing your link Tim, are they restricting to a certain
> download
> speed? And did they say what triggered the restriction?
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> Had a quick look at the BT business site Phil and they still seem to
be
> talking about a 'fair usage policy'... trouble is the buggers won't
> define
> what 'fair usage' is!
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> John
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> >Of Tim Ramsdale
> >Sent: 21 October 2009 23:03
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] 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
> >unlimited
> >> 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]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >--
> >Tim Ramsdale.
> >
> >
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