Broadband question

thechippy

Hi all,

A bit of a thikky question.

Just changed from unlimited broadband to one with 10gb allowance per month. How is this allowance used? I know you will use it by downloading films / music etc, but does streaming use it up as well, you know, like spotify and youtube etc?

Thanks

rdpro

all data transfer (uploading and downloading) uses up the allowance, so yes, streaming will use it up

tronator

thechippy wrote: »

Hi all,

A bit of a thikky question.

Just changed from unlimited broadband to one with 10gb allowance per month. How is this allowance used? I know you will use it by downloading films / music etc, but does streaming use it up as well, you know, like spotify and youtube etc?

Thanks

Quite a thick question

Every byte which goes in and out counts towards your allowance, web browsing, email, filesharing, streaming, you name it...

thechippy

Ta,

So is 10gb a rubbish allowance then?

......and what happens when you've reached it?

gmang

thechippy wrote: »

Ta,

So is 10gb a rubbish allowance then?

......and what happens when you've reached it?

It depends on what you use it for. In general browsing and quite a bit of iPlayer and C4 on demand I have used 7.15 GB in the last 10 days so 10 GB per month wouldn't suit me.

After you use your limit some people may charge you a flat rate, a cost per GB or force you to move onto a more expensive tariff.

rdpro

10Gb flies by..

Stepson creates gaming forums, and used 10Gb in a few days by uploading files to them.

Depending on the ISP, you either get billed a fee for every Gb over the limit, or lots of warning emails.

Why did you change from unlimited?

thechippy

Thanks guys,

I changed because I was paying 29.99 per month. Trying to cut costs, so changed over. I'm with aol.

tronator

thechippy wrote: »

Thanks guys,

I changed because I was paying 29.99 per month. Trying to cut costs, so changed over. I'm with aol.

Geez, there are still people who pay more than £20 for Internet?

I'm with BE and pay £17.88 for a real unlimited connection up to 24MBit/s. They also have a Value package for £13.79, also unlimited but "only" 8MBit/s. Still fast enough for most things.

rdpro

Mine's 16Mbit/s with O2 (same as BE btw), a tenner a month (discounted a bit because I have an O2 phone)

Stompa

tronator wrote: »

I'm with BE and pay £17.88 for a real unlimited connection up to 24MBit/s. They also have a Value package for £13.79, also unlimited but "only" 8MBit/s.

Mine's £7.50, 8MBit/s, though 40GB per month.

tronator

rdpro wrote: »

Mine's 16Mbit/s with O2 (same as BE btw)...

The fact that O² owns BE doesn't mean that it is the same service...;)