40gb limit

Pobby

Just thinking about changing my broadband provider.The one I am looking at has a 40 gig per moth limit.I am a heavy user but I guess 40 gig is pretty generous.Any ideas?

crompton

what do you mean by heavy user, you surf the internet alot, watch videos on youtube alot, or download movies and games alot? If you answer just internet then you will be fine more than enough there. Same with youtube etc. If you download movies etc perhaps you could find out how much you use on average per month and go from there.

ollyshaw

40gig does sound very generous, but like crompton says, it depends how much you download. I use virgin media, no limits (though I would never use 40gig) and VERY reliable!

Olly

basill

If you not sure if 40Gb will be enough you could download Netmeter or something similar and measure your usage for a while.

B

Zagu

The only way to be sure is to measure it. Grab something like NetStat Live for a week and see what your usage is. 40Gb is a lot though, I know I wouldnt exceed that.

ollyshaw

albertross wrote:

Virgin has a 40GB limit/Acceptable use policy.

http://www.virgin.net/allyours/faqs/broadband_faqs.html#usagepolicy

So if you download 8 DVD's /per month, you might hit it, if you aren't a bit torrenter, you'll be fine.

Never knew that albertross!

Olly

banger9365

the 40GB limit on virgin media is only for poeple that us a BT line put if your on the cable there is not a limit yet

leehal

Some of the fair use policies that apply are applicable to 'office hours' and downloads out of these times can be free.