BT is going after customers that regularly exceed their monthly bandwidth allowance, according to the BBC.
Dig into the terms and conditions of any broadband supplier – even the ones that supposedly offer unlimited downloads – and you'll invariably find something about fair usage policy (read: unfair usage policy).
Anecdotal evidence suggests that anything below 30GB per month and you're fine – go above that consistently and they'll either limit your connection or turf you off.
The BBC story states some users were dragging down 100-200GB a month – that's more than a terabyte per year. Where do you even store that amount of data?
Has anyone run into problems with their ISP for excessive use? What amount were you at when you hit the limit?
Comments
Mary said: I am with bt and downloaded 121gb 130gb in november and december and got a letter in feburary saying that my connection would be terminated in 60 days if i did not contact them within 30 days I did call them that day and told them i wanted to pay the 70 that they were imposing on the telephone bill I pay through direct debit the telephone came with no broadband charge and this morning i recieved a goodbye letter saying that my account is going to terminate on 25th April and they would leave me with a dial up accountBut I am going to AOL in the next 2 weeks Thats customer loyalty for you
Chris Meaden said: Surely Where do you even store that amount of data is not the point With www being used more and more for streaming sound and video what use is a 1gBmonth limit to anybody Anybody know what the limits are for the really hi speed countries
KiteGold said: THis is Very good for the bloggs Becaus many poeple on this sigte is buying the computers adn the notbooks and the LCD TVs and the Plazma centers No juST the old peeple Many peeple hear by the things poeeple wants to sell wen they surifnng the webb
IamamoleandIliveinahole said: There seem to be no problems with my ISPIm on Telewest BB no limits and they seem to be keeping to their word But Ive no idea how much Ive downloaded each month - how would I find this outthanks
Good luck with the O levels! said: Hello Will it might be an idea to post your query in one of the forums on the PC Advisor website Theres lots of this kind of thing in there and people helping each other lots of the time about tecnical things and also about problmes with ISPs and the people who make computers Im sure there would be someone who could help you Also just wanted to point out a typo above under comments It says Upto 1000 characters - instead of up to
Will Head said: Thanks for the input so far - although its not strictly relevant to the questionHas anyone run into problems with their ISP for excessive useThat was what I was interested in specifically
Digitalgranny said: Well personally I cant see the point of these youngsters summarising stories everyone has already read on the BBC Podcasting comes along so everyone feels they have to do podcasting Blogs come along so everyone feels they have to do blogs But I suppose its not doing anyone any harmOn separate note Im little concerned that this young man might have chucked the custard one too many times as we used to say during the war I mean talk about looking spent - Im surprised this chap can actually walk at all
Spitfire said: But he looks like such a dick My grandson likes computers but he likes girls as well Well the last time he brought young Julie around he gave the impression he liked girls Ive always liked PC Advisor but I had no idea that their journalists were still doing their A levels like this fellow
thekidsarealright! said: For heavens sake just because this chap hasnt been to university yet doesnt mean he doesnt know a good PC from a bad PC I mean thats what this magazine is about isnt it I think they should all be commended for experimenting with blogs So what if this one cant write - give him a proper education and he will At least theyre reading the BBC website stories instead of all this reality TV stuff
Anyonecanpoststufftoyourblogsw said: This bloke looks as though hes about five years old Are graduates too expensive to hire
Good luck with the O levels! said: Fascinating stuff have you considered getting the beeb to link back to this helpful insight You never know - might help them move the story on