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Matthew Cooper
Who What When Where Why and How
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Posted - 2008.06.04 13:16:00 -
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Two things:
1) Last I heard this trial only applies to *NEW* customers. You sign up and you choose a plan.
2) Beaumont Texas probably doesn't represent your typical American demographic as far as ISPs go. I doubt the results of this trail would be applicable to most areas of the country.
That said, I'd consider myself in the 99th percentile or so of bandwidth users. I could survive on 40GB if I needed to, but 200GB would be enough that I wouldn't ever have to think about it.
Originally by: Tarminic Stop posting with your alt Kieron.
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Verone
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.06.04 18:03:00 -
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Originally by: pwnedgato
Originally by: Verone Edited by: Verone on 04/06/2008 00:43:26
lollercoaster!
Unlimited download limit 22 meg down, 2.5 meg up broadband for 22 quid a month with a solid, dependable and reliable connection. \o/
and if anyone wants to quote "fair useage policies" try downloading/uploading just under half a terabyte of data in a month and your ISP not even battering an eyelid.
Who is that? Verizon's Fios service is rather similar to that for me. 20 up/20 down and they've never so much as mentioned my massive usage.
Bethere.co.ukl
They were bought by O2 last year, but still run under the same name. I've never seen an ISP that kicks so much arse.
If there's ever going to be maintenance on your line, they e-mail you about a week ahead to tell you about any service interruptions and also send you an SMS.
As well as that their customer service representitives, or at least all the ones i've spoke to while getting plugged into their hardware are actually english (omg!) or some are irish as well, but that's good enough.
They have online faultfinding, and problem reporting, as well as a 24/7 support line, and so far my connection has been solid as a rock.
\o/ EON FICTION WRITER OF THE YEAR! \o/
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2008.06.04 18:09:00 -
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Heh, whats Tiscali's basic package, 5GB monthly cap?
Americas just don't know how good they get it some times ------
Originally by: Dark Shikari The problem with killing Jesus is he always just respawns 3 days later anyways. |
RichThugster
Invicta.
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Posted - 2008.06.04 19:00:00 -
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Edited by: RichThugster on 04/06/2008 19:03:19
Originally by: Patch86 Heh, whats Tiscali's basic package, 5GB monthly cap?
Which throttles your connection to stop you connecting to eve in the UK peak time
Tiscali are fail, but thats how they can do it so cheaply
Quote: i hear lots of noise about things like the BBC player making ISPs angry, im wondering does cable in the UK have any form of On Demand like we do here in the US?
On Demand is basicly Video on Demand via your cable STB and is totally seperate of the internet service.
Yeah we do here, its ok, but i find it often slow and annoying, the content is ok for like the UK home soaps and stuff, but fails for anything decent, the internet based on demand stuff, has already far exceeded the cable box based version
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Martin Mckenna
D00M.
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Posted - 2008.06.04 20:06:00 -
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Lol America
You should see what the rest of the world pays for fuel and energy.
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Ademaro Imre
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Posted - 2008.06.04 23:31:00 -
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Originally by: Buxaroo I live in Atlanta and if Comcast EVER even mentioned to me that they are putting this on trial.....hello Bellsouth.
Comcast is investigating a 250gig limit per month.
No doubt these companies are getting "consultation fees" from movie, television and music producers.
The aim of politics is to keep the populace alarmed and clamorous to be saved by menacing it with imaginary hobgoblins. The urge to save humanity is a false front for the urge to rule it. |
Ryysa
The Illuminati. Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2008.06.05 00:20:00 -
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Edited by: Ryysa on 05/06/2008 00:20:34 16mbit/768kbit
No bandwidth caps, no fair usage policy in contract at all. In a tiny country called Estonia :P
Price: 30 euros/month.
EW Guide - KB Tool - My Music |
Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.06.05 02:24:00 -
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Originally by: Kravick Drasari
Originally by: Viktor Fyretracker Edited by: Viktor Fyretracker on 04/06/2008 05:48:44 guess id be in trouble if i had RR.... http://www.solarflare.tv/gigs.jpg
edit: changed an img to url!
Whats that program called that you're using in that link?
http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/
called netmeter
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.06.05 02:33:00 -
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Originally by: RichThugster Edited by: RichThugster on 04/06/2008 19:03:19
Originally by: Patch86 Heh, whats Tiscali's basic package, 5GB monthly cap?
Which throttles your connection to stop you connecting to eve in the UK peak time
Tiscali are fail, but thats how they can do it so cheaply
Quote: i hear lots of noise about things like the BBC player making ISPs angry, im wondering does cable in the UK have any form of On Demand like we do here in the US?
On Demand is basicly Video on Demand via your cable STB and is totally seperate of the internet service.
Yeah we do here, its ok, but i find it often slow and annoying, the content is ok for like the UK home soaps and stuff, but fails for anything decent, the internet based on demand stuff, has already far exceeded the cable box based version
im surprised your cable box version sounds so poor, i know here in the US i have HBO, Showtime and Cinemax VOD all free because its part of having the said channels. Comcast might have its evilness but we have a ton of VOD lol.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2008.06.05 02:59:00 -
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I really wonder how much of this is actual technical limitations versus just plain greed on the ISPs part?
If it is a technical limitation how do they expect "The Grid" from CERN to work? At the rates you all are quoting the new supercollider at CERN will cost them more to transmit the data than it did to build the damn thing.
Not to mention The Grid promises WAY more bandwidth than we are used to today:
Quote: The Internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, ôthe gridö will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.
The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
EVE might almost be able to run fleet battles on that.
-------------------------------------------------- "Of course," said my grandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine, "there's no paradox if I shoot you!"
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