Who fancies an 8Mbps broadband service then?
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glojo
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Now that is fast. Sadly my line only just qualifies for the basic speed broadband. Who knows, one day we might even receive Channel Five? (unavailable unless you have a satellite receiver)
Regards,
John
Regards,
John
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Whoooa. no need to go to blockbuster any more. Imagine your next purchase a plasma TV PC... for each room!
Pity my area is'nt covered yet
Pity my area is'nt covered yet
GregE240
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Only available to townies at the moment 
Still, we have 512K out here in the sticks
Still, we have 512K out here in the sticks
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Available in my area from February. However, I did wonder how these punters can offer an 8Mb service when they are using BT lines and exchanges and BT struggle with their own inferior service. Here is the answer:
How close do I need to be to the exchange to get 8Mb and what happens if I can’t get 8Mb?
We believe that 8Mb will reach out to around 2km from the exchange which means around 50% of homes will be able to get the full speed. If your line won’t support 8Mbps we will install it and set it as fast as possible. If we are not able to guarantee at least 2Mb we will offer you an alternative service.
Ah right, it is only those who live within 2km of an exchange and do not have a noisy line!
Are there any usage restrictions?
We do not have a fixed bandwidth restriction. However we reserve the right to suspend or restrict your use of the Service if we consider it excessive. We would consider regular or recurring data transfer in excess of 4 Gigabytes per day to be an example of excessive use of our Broadband 8000 service.
How much does 4Gigs translates to in movie terms?
How close do I need to be to the exchange to get 8Mb and what happens if I can’t get 8Mb?
We believe that 8Mb will reach out to around 2km from the exchange which means around 50% of homes will be able to get the full speed. If your line won’t support 8Mbps we will install it and set it as fast as possible. If we are not able to guarantee at least 2Mb we will offer you an alternative service.
Ah right, it is only those who live within 2km of an exchange and do not have a noisy line!
Are there any usage restrictions?
We do not have a fixed bandwidth restriction. However we reserve the right to suspend or restrict your use of the Service if we consider it excessive. We would consider regular or recurring data transfer in excess of 4 Gigabytes per day to be an example of excessive use of our Broadband 8000 service.
How much does 4Gigs translates to in movie terms?
smartbrabus
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Satch said:
Around 6 full length, DVD quality DivX encodings... (assuming you own the copyright, of course
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Satch said:
I wouldn't pay much attention to their limits, I have few friends working for ISPs, they say is VERY difficult to track/record/find anyone breaking rules, as there is simply too much data to search through. You may remeber the government had the bright idea of saying to all ISPs that they must keep records of everything for 6years! Well that bright idea was soon realised to be totally impossible to action, considering these companies spend around £20,000 a month on hard drives alone, just to keep their "live" system going.....
> have few friends working for ISPs, they say is VERY difficult to track/record/find anyone breaking rules
Not so sure about that. It's not difficult at all, ports can easily be monitored at local exchange level (from memory the incoming port can generate a trap when it reaches a certain figure or configured threshold). After all you have a fixed connection to a static port at the local exchange.....
The trick would be having an arrangement in place between BT and the ISPs to share the information, but this might be covered at a wholesale level.
In Australia, some of the services throttle back to 56k once you have hit your limit. This is generally enforced on a monthly basis though.
Not so sure about that. It's not difficult at all, ports can easily be monitored at local exchange level (from memory the incoming port can generate a trap when it reaches a certain figure or configured threshold). After all you have a fixed connection to a static port at the local exchange.....
The trick would be having an arrangement in place between BT and the ISPs to share the information, but this might be covered at a wholesale level.
In Australia, some of the services throttle back to 56k once you have hit your limit. This is generally enforced on a monthly basis though.
glojo
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scotth_uk said:
That is happening over here as well. Numerous providers are putting restrictions on their broadband connections and when these are exceeded they 'throttle back' to slower speeds. So yes the amount that is downloaded can definitely be monitored.
Regards,
John
craigyb
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I'm hoping to get the full 8Mbps by december as I'm about 200-300 yards from the main exchange.
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