Do you have monthly bandwidth limits? How close do you get?

Feek · 08-06-2008, 11:59

I never had any limits with Eclipse but their service went rat**** so I moved to UKFSN on a limited contract.

I've never got close to their limits (60Gb peak, 330Gb off peak) but it's a good job I checked earlier this week.

I had a week to go and my peak usage was on 50Gb. By limiting my torrenting I managed to keep it within the 60Gb limit but I seem to have somewhat thrashed the connection this month!

leowyatt · 08-06-2008, 12:00

We don't have limits on Virgin but when I was on Freeserve we had a 40Gb limit and I regularly went over it

I think the best I had was 57.

LeperousDust · 08-06-2008, 13:11

Yeah rape the Virgin connection here in Liverpool and Edinburgh, and although i'm on the slowest package and speed isn't uber fast i regulary download 100-200Gb of crap a month.

petemc · 08-06-2008, 14:02

I had a 50gb limit on Nildram but never went over it. Unlimted on Be now, not that I go crazy with it.

Wossi · 08-06-2008, 14:32

No limits per se with Virgin, except for the silly STM times that they keep changing.

Del Lardo · 08-06-2008, 14:37

Have a 3GB limit on Klara's Three mobile broadband and last month she got up to 2800mb.

Mondo · 08-06-2008, 16:29

Nowhere near, and i thought i raped it this month, new month start on the 17th each month.

Total Peak Usage: 1.87 Gb / 45Gb
Total Offpeak Usage: 25.05 Gb / 300Gb

Justsomebloke · 08-06-2008, 17:08

Virgin here & they recently upgraded me from 4mb to 10mb for nowt so I'm not complaining.
Did read some disturbing stuff on OcUk earlier though about there monitoring & targeting you with advertising.

LeperousDust · 08-06-2008, 19:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justsomebloke

Virgin here & they recently upgraded me from 4mb to 10mb for nowt so I'm not complaining.
Did read some disturbing stuff on OcUk earlier though about there monitoring & targeting you with advertising.

Yeah but its actually a pile of crap the upgrade, cause after that they then changed the STM policies and netured the connection. I'd rather have a slightly slower pipe but not have to hassle around planning when i need to download thing. There overloading the infrastructure they have with these "free" upgrades. Annoys me.

Wossi · 09-06-2008, 08:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justsomebloke

Virgin here & they recently upgraded me from 4mb to 10mb for nowt so I'm not complaining.
Did read some disturbing stuff on OcUk earlier though about there monitoring & targeting you with advertising.

Cableforum have been going on about this for quite a while now - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...s-updated.html

Virgin aren't doing it just yet, but BT have been running secret trials on customers.

08-06-2008, 11:59	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Do you have monthly bandwidth limits? How close do you get? I never had any limits with Eclipse but their service went rat**** so I moved to UKFSN on a limited contract. I've never got close to their limits (60Gb peak, 330Gb off peak) but it's a good job I checked earlier this week. I had a week to go and my peak usage was on 50Gb. By limiting my torrenting I managed to keep it within the 60Gb limit but I seem to have somewhat thrashed the connection this month! __________________

08-06-2008, 12:00	#2
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	We don't have limits on Virgin but when I was on Freeserve we had a 40Gb limit and I regularly went over it I think the best I had was 57. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

08-06-2008, 13:11	#3
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Yeah rape the Virgin connection here in Liverpool and Edinburgh, and although i'm on the slowest package and speed isn't uber fast i regulary download 100-200Gb of crap a month. __________________

08-06-2008, 14:02	#4
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	I had a 50gb limit on Nildram but never went over it. Unlimted on Be now, not that I go crazy with it. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

08-06-2008, 16:29	#7
Mondo Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,174	Nowhere near, and i thought i raped it this month, new month start on the 17th each month. Total Peak Usage: 1.87 Gb / 45Gb Total Offpeak Usage: 25.05 Gb / 300Gb __________________ My Website / MSN / Email / Flickr / Blog

08-06-2008, 14:32	#5
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	No limits per se with Virgin, except for the silly STM times that they keep changing.

08-06-2008, 14:37	#6
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Have a 3GB limit on Klara's Three mobile broadband and last month she got up to 2800mb.

08-06-2008, 17:08	#8
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	Virgin here & they recently upgraded me from 4mb to 10mb for nowt so I'm not complaining. Did read some disturbing stuff on OcUk earlier though about there monitoring & targeting you with advertising. __________________

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