Need new ISP

[Rik]

Of course not. OTOH, once they have their hands on it, it's their money... 

[Gary]

Of course not. OTOH, once they have their hands on it, it's their money... 

Ahh bit of a technicality that 

[dujas]

Has BT given Idnet an idea of what the final percentage the roll-out of 21CN WBC will cover of the UK's population? I read 50% by March 2010 and 70% by the end of 2011, but what about after that?

[Rik]

No idea, sorry. Check with support, they maybe able to give you a better idea. Though, I have to say, based on my experience of running WBC and Max, Max is far more stable and, on my line, WBC gives little extra speed.

[dujas]

They could always take off the arbitrary 8Mbit/s limit and allow the full 12Mbit/s for ADSL G.DMT, for those who could get it

[Gary]

Has BT given Idnet an idea of what the final percentage the roll-out of 21CN WBC will cover of the UK's population? I read 50% by March 2010 and 70% by the end of 2011, but what about after that?

I think if you are in a place with little demand for internet, you may be waiting a very very long time, as its not worth the upgrade it seems 

[gazzthompson]

Well, seems BT is only real option... was fun whistle it lasted.

[dujas]

If that's with BT retail, then despite what they say, Option 3 isn't unlimited.

[gazzthompson]

If that's with BT retail, then despite what they say, Option 3 isn't unlimited.

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how so?

[Glenn]

Here is the FUP from BT http://bt.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/bt.cfg/php/enduser/cci/bt_adp.php?p_faqid=10495&cat_lvl1=346&p_cv=1.346&p_cats=346&s_cid=con_FURL_broadbandusagepolicy

[dujas]

From what I've read on different forums, it seems to be that when your monthly total for uploads and downloads averages in the 70-100GB+ range, then you tend to get a warning email and subsequent connection throttling for 30 days. But some commented that they've been throttled without warning, so I guess it fluctuates depending upon overall network usage.

[Technical Ben]

It's just another nail in the coffin of honest business. "unlimited" means limited. "Free" means with a monthly fee. "No hidden charges" means terms and conditions explain the charges in tiny small print. Oh, and that's before I get onto watering down meat, and fake ingredients in food. How do companies like BT get away with it? 

[Rik]

Because we let them?

[gazzthompson]

Update:

http://www.idnet.net/solutions/home/broadband/default-adsl.jsp

more allowance !  yes ! thank you !. Amazing thing is i got my mac code and rang BT last week, but due to some fault they couldn't accept me...  lucky me

[Steve]

Yes it good news it even takes some of the pressure off daytime use

[zappaDPJ]

Amazing thing is i got my mac code and rang BT last week, but due to some fault they couldn't accept me...   lucky me

Now that really is amazing, someone actually benefiting from BT's incompetence  

Glad to hear it's all worked out for you in the end