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[Mr Skrunts]

Ask them what type of traffic it is?

Sorry TB Not sure what you mean...

Ask the ISP what is using all the bandwidth, they should be able to tell you if its p2p, news, Internet radio etc etc.

Its bloody hard to fit FUP limits by just surfing

Thanks TB, yep, think it is worth contacting them, we have discovered that Master Vamps is well into u tube, music video as well as other stuff, might this be a heavy user, I gess it may be.....

99% certain he is the culprit.

[Vamps]

change to cable an tell bt where to put it.

2 problems with that: 

a) he may not be in a cable area
b) more fundamentally, that would mean he would have to go with Virgin, and that more often than not ends in tears...

nowt wrong with cable (as long as you dont have to ring the third world with a problem)

you are right thou, no cable. must be other options? :-?

No cable, out in the sticks......

[eddie]

No cable, out in the sticks

....

Ive heard somewhere they are trialling fibre optic cable on existing telephone poles etc.,for peeps in Rural areas.

eddie

[Varche]

With, BT. This is the second month in a row that we have received a warning that we are pushing our look under fair usage, something we have never had before in years.
Do things like MSN Facebook, oof and searching the Internet use much?
Miss Vamps plays on an internet game for which we pay a subscription for, but less than an hour a day. Teenager who plays online poker, instead of getting a Job >:(any of these things a worry or should I be looking at what else the teenage boys could be doing??

Any way of checking our main computer what has been downloaded, swmbo says the history button has gone, any ideas???

That would be my worry!!

[Mr Skrunts]

No cable, out in the sticks

....

Ive heard somewhere they are trialling fibre optic cable on existing telephone poles etc.,for peeps in Rural areas.

eddie

Not bothered about cable for the net at this point, but would take it on tomorrow and dump sky with out batting an eyelid.

[KW]

change to cable an tell bt where to put it.

Would that be the same cable that puts a pissy 4GB limit on what you can pull, and if you dare to exceed it then you get the brakes applied by 75% of what you expect to get for your wonga?

Note that you can easily hit 4GB in 25 minutes on a 20Mbit connection.


As for the original question, go to an ISP that doesn't get arsey just because you hit 400GB in a month.

[zirax]

See if Be internet are in your area.
https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/homepage

They have put their prices up, but after the contract term they do reduce them down if you ask. Best ISP I've had in years which isn't cable. Go for the Pro package at £18/month and you don't need to worry about usage limits again Don't go for the 40gb, as you will go through that.

They aren't the cheapest, but their support is top notch and I always get full speed from the line (with no capping/slow downs/other stuff).

[tidla]

change to cable an tell bt where to put it.

Would that be the same cable that puts a pissy 4GB limit on what you can pull, and if you dare to exceed it then you get the brakes applied by 75% of what you expect to get for your wonga?

in brum its virgin cable, as for usage limits ive no idea. what i do know is i have never had a letter about usage ( or a slowdown) even with  x box live 3.30-10.00pm and 2 computers,17 year old,"my face" msn, itunes,youtube and all the rest.



As for the original question, go to an ISP that doesn't get arsey just because you hit 400GB in a month.