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  • C Christian Graus

    I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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    Flat rate here, £23/month (about $35) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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      I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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      Anders Molin
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      I have no limits on my ADSL :-D - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

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        Flat rate here, £23/month (about $35) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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        Christian Graus
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        Dammit, does no-one outside Australia have to put up with download limits ? That's about $70, for $100 I get a 10 gig limit, and lucky to have it, most ISP's charge that for 3 gig. That's in both directions, too. Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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        • C Christian Graus

          I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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          Tim Ranker
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          No limts. 1.5M down 256K up. $50US/month

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          • C Christian Graus

            Get stuffed :P Man, I hate living on the other side of the world and being picked clean by the local ISP industry. It's not even their fault, it's a combination of Telstra and, Telstra really.... Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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            Roger Wright
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            Christian Graus wrote: Get stuffed :laugh::laugh: Sorry. I was referring, of course, to those in my area with ADSL. Mine's 802.11b - wireless, 2Mbps both ways, no limits, and $20US / month. ;P ;P This Signature is Temporarily Out of Order

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            • C Christian Graus

              I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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              Daniel Turini
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              No limits here: Telefonica Speedy Monthly rates: 256 Kb: US$ 25 512 Kb: US$ 40 2 Mb: US$ 110 Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

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              • C Christian Graus

                I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                Matt Woods
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                I've got a traffic limit on my ADSL package of 5 gig. But there is no peak/off peak arrangement. Also the speed is knobbled to 128K both ways. For this, I pay $60 NZD per month. Matt

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                • C Christian Graus

                  I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                  Jon Sagara
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                  Well, it seems like everyone else is rubbing the salt in your wounds, so I may as well, too. No limit!!! ;P :-D Jon Sagara Red Swingline Staplers

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                  • C Christian Graus

                    Dammit, does no-one outside Australia have to put up with download limits ? That's about $70, for $100 I get a 10 gig limit, and lucky to have it, most ISP's charge that for 3 gig. That's in both directions, too. Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                    Bruce Duncan
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                    Christian Graus wrote: does no-one outside Australia have to put up with download limits Yep, ADSL has just been introduced here in South Africa (a few select areas only at the moment) 3gig a month limit, 512 down/256 up for ZAR680/m line rental, ZAR200 for ISP. (not sure how much that is in dollars, probably about $80-90 a month total) About that limit, if I put my mind to it, I could pass that with my 56k and only end up paying about $20-30/m. So they can keep their ADSL (for now)

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                      Christian Graus wrote: does no-one outside Australia have to put up with download limits Yep, ADSL has just been introduced here in South Africa (a few select areas only at the moment) 3gig a month limit, 512 down/256 up for ZAR680/m line rental, ZAR200 for ISP. (not sure how much that is in dollars, probably about $80-90 a month total) About that limit, if I put my mind to it, I could pass that with my 56k and only end up paying about $20-30/m. So they can keep their ADSL (for now)

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                      Christian Graus
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                      Exactly - I did 3 gig a month *easy* with my 56k modem. 10 gig on the other hand is very sweeeeet. Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                      • C Christian Graus

                        I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                        John Burton
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                        Until a few weeks ago I had BT Openworld in the UK who have no explicit bandwidth limits for £29.99 per month for 512K/256K ADSL. I've now cancelled that and am moving to A&A who have a Home Lite scheme for about the same price which does have a download limit of 5Mbytes per hour averaged over a month during 9AM-6PM weekdays. Outside of those times there are no specific limits although they do say that you should remember that it is a contended service at 20:1 and if they do have bandwidth problems they will ask people who greatly exceed that to decrease their usage. So why am I moving from an unrestricted service to a restricted one for the same price? Because they appear to be a small company who actually know what they are doing, and also will give me a block of 8 routed IP addresses so I properly run servers and so on using my ADSL line. And have no sillyness like blocked ports, or forcing you to use their servers. When I first had ADSL I downloaded movies and stuff to try it out, but I'm over that now, and find my average usage to be no more than one or two Gbytes per month.

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                        • C Christian Graus

                          I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                          peterchen
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                          Do you have lots of transfer? We currently have an offer, much better conditions, only a 2G limit....


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                          • C Christian Graus

                            I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                            Paul Ingles
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                            I pay about $40 with no limits. Just as well really, I'd be way over any limits they set, and it'd cost even more than it does (which is overpriced compared to other countries!). What kind of speeds do other people have with limits? I'm only at 512kbps, with the limits do you get greater bandwidth? Or is it just expensive? :) -- Paul "I need the secure packaging of Jockeys. My boys need a house!" - Kramer, in "The Chinese Woman" episode of Seinfeld MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446

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                            • C Christian Graus

                              I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                              • C Christian Graus

                                I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                                Vagif Abilov
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                                We have only few months left with flat rate structure in Norway. They're changing it now to a similar system, with the following differences: 1. You have only 1 GB included in price. 2. When you reach 1 GB, instead of charging you for extra bytes, they will drop connection speed from ADSL (about 700 KB) to IDSN quality (64 KB). If you're not happy with it, you can buy extra packages of 5 GB that you use within a year. So they will never charge you extra without you ordering extra package, but the limit (1 GB) is far too low. Vagif Abilov MCP (Visual C++) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

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                                • D David Wulff

                                  Christian Graus wrote: Do other ISP's do the same ? Yep. Two guesses which one I use...


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                                  Well I use the Bleedin' Tossers as well, and I've never seen any download limits on the ADSL. Of course, you poor sods who live in the middle of a farm and can't get more than a poxy dial-up connection need to be limited, so you don't steal bandwidth from those of us with 500K connections! ;P

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                                    Christian Graus wrote: Do other ISP's do the same ? Yep. Two guesses which one I use...


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                                    Phil Speller
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                                    You're kidding??? BT have a download limit on their ADSL! I have a cable modem through NTL for 20 quid/month and there are no limits at all - I use the 512kb service, although it's actually capped at around 600kb, so 70+KB/s is not unusual. However, you are obliged to take their phone and basic digital TV package as well, for an extra tenner - maybe that's why there are no download limits. Of course, if you are already an NTL subscriber it's not much of an issue. Phil Phil

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                                    • C Christian Graus

                                      I have a 10 gig limit on my ADSL account, 3 gig in peak time, 7 outside. Do other people have a similar agreement ? What I mean is, I went to 8 gig in off peak time, and only used 2 in peak time, and I got charged for going over by a gig. Apparently the two limits are independent of one another, whereas I would have expected that the peak time was non-negotiable, and the off peak was whatever was left. Am I wrong ? Do other ISP's do the same ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                                      Josh Knox
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                                      I can download the entire internet for $40USD/month. Josh Knox

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                                      • P Phil Speller

                                        You're kidding??? BT have a download limit on their ADSL! I have a cable modem through NTL for 20 quid/month and there are no limits at all - I use the 512kb service, although it's actually capped at around 600kb, so 70+KB/s is not unusual. However, you are obliged to take their phone and basic digital TV package as well, for an extra tenner - maybe that's why there are no download limits. Of course, if you are already an NTL subscriber it's not much of an issue. Phil Phil

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                                        David Wulff
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                                        Well obviously I can't speak from bitter experience, but I have an aquantance in Exeter who is lucky enough to be in an area served by broadband and I am 99% sure he has talked about annoyances with download limits. I will check this out! :-O


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                                          No limits here... $50US / Month. This Signature is Temporarily Out of Order

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                                          Atlantys
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                                          Roger Wright wrote: $50US / Month damn! :wtf: i only pay $40/month, and that's Canadian dollars!!! ;P ;P (~0.65 american cents to a canadian dollar)

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