Ready to jump... Do I go for Business or Home package?

Started by jm_paulin, Apr 08, 2011, 08:19:40

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jm_paulin

But few question....

Reading about the two, differences are:
- Peak time & no peak time allowance for Home package (seems like there is no such a difference for business). Off-peak is [ midnight - 9am ], but I am not really heavy download. My need  is mostly work (VoIP, email, remote desktop) & iPlayer like stuff (and I do not watch much TV after midnight).
- QoS with Business package. I use VoIP quite a lot, so will this really make a difference? This is probably the same backbone/switches for everyone behind, so where does this leave the Home package?
- And what happen when you go over the allowance ?

Thanks

JM

Rik

Hi JM

AFAIK, there is no peak/off-peak on a business package, but I'd suggest asking to be sure. Can't help you on the QoS issue, unfortunately, but if you go over your limit, it costs you £1/GB for the extra used - you are not throttled or in any other way penalised. IDNet will warn you by email if you're likely to go over and you can subscribe to the RSS feed to get a daily usage and projected usage report.
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jm_paulin

Ok,

So if I go with Home for now, can I then upgrade to a higher Home package, or a Pro package if needed?

Thanks

Rik

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Glenn

With the VAT increase I think it's £1.02/Gb now, unless IDNet have absorbed the increase.
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Rik

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Simon

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Glenn

Download an extra terabyte, then pay that exta 2p.  ;)
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jm_paulin

Ok, pennies aside, I made the order.....

Then not even 2 hours later, BT called me explaining why I should go with them, and why IDNet cannot supply me with FTTC. So:
- Is BTjust plain stupid?
- Or are BT bullying sales technics not a thing of the past yet?

Just wonder how `legal` that even is. Surely BT cannot called any potential customer who decided to use someone else (i.r. not BT Infinity) and propagate lies about my selected suppliers... or can they?

Glenn

It does seem to be mighty coincidence doesn't it. Support maybe interested to learn that BT are tapping up potential customers, once an order has been placed.
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pctech

Quote from: Simon on Apr 08, 2011, 10:33:10
An extra 2p??  Sod that, I'm off!  :out: ;D

Who asked for you to put your 2 pence in  ;D

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Bill

Quote from: Glenn on Apr 08, 2011, 10:10:54
With the VAT increase I think it's £1.02/Gb now

So it is... I hadn't spotted that :eek4:
Bill
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Anton

Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2011, 09:48:12

Can't help you on the QoS issue


I work from home and use a Sipgate VOIP line on a home package. It's flawless, QOS isn't an issue at all, even with all the usual family activity and my VPN connection rolling in the background. I don't think you'll see any problem at all.

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FTTC - Airport Extreme (Dual Band) - Various Macs and Apple TVs!