Re: [LUG] Some good news for devon

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/05/11 08:23, Dava wrote:
> Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 May 2011, Ray Smith wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Gordon Henderson
> > > Sent: 27 May 2011 19:23
> > > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Some good news for devon
> > >
> > >
> > > I was a bit skeptical of peoples ability to download more than a few 
> > > 10s of
> > > GB a month, but I have a couple of business customers who hit their 
> > > 90GB
> > > limit and one residential customer who goes over 100GB a month, and 
> > > read
> > > about people whinging that they can't get more than 300GB a month - 
> > > what are
> > > they doing with it???
> > >
> > > Ah well...
> > >
> > > Gordon
> > >
> > > Well, I have quite a few friends who play Second Life and Wow for at 
> > > least a
> > > couple of hours a day and everything displayed on screen is sent in 
> > > real
> > > time (with SL anyway). So listening to music from 'in world' means 
> > > it's easy
> > > to use 1 gig an hour.
> >
> > SL - is that still going???
> >
> > > So 60 gigs a month just on a game, not counting any downloads or video
> > > streaming.
> > > I also regularly use skyplayer as well as iplayer and download 
> > > movies to
> > > watch later.
> > > Sky keep telling me I don't have to worry about caps because I'm on 
> > > their
> > > unlimited package and not had any emails or letters about exceeding
> > > bandwidth in over 2 years of using them.
> >
> > It can ony be unlimited if it's on an LLU line - ie. not going 
> > through the BT wholesale network. Basically BT charge per byte, so 
> > anyone offering unlimited is just asking to go out of business (and a 
> > few have)
> >
> > Even offing unlimited on LLU isn't sustainable - however, it all 
> > depends on what they mean - I suspect it's unlimited number of bytes, 
> > but we're going to limit the rate you get them at... Which would 
> > ultimately put a fixed limit per month anyway.
> >
> > And even on LLU, it's still contended...
> >
> > My residential customer who breaks the 100GB limit uses it to watch 
> > TV mostly - they don't have a TV. they're on a 30GB a month peak-time 
> > package, but ulimited overnight so they download & store stuff 
> > overnight when they can and watch through the day
> >
> > Gordon
> I use Eclipse on the BT exchange in Bickington, non LLU and have 
> downloaded over 1.3 tB in a month with no complaints, i regularly go 
> over the tB. Even with Plusnet it is possible to hit the 700 gig mark 
> with downloading from 12am-8am + the monthly usage of 80 gig (now 60)
>
> Dave
Cmon fess up what do you actually do with all that data?
Tom te tom te tom

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