bt == hte gey

[4play]

I just got a nice letter from british telecom informing me that i have exceded their max usage allowance for the past 2 months. i usually get 50 gigs a month but in sept i used 144GB and in october i used 133GB.

they have given me 2 options

1) pay the excess charge of £1 a gig which comes to £177 which wont include what i have used this month.
2)cease my contract with bt and change isp's and they will not charge me.

I congratulate you bt on your excellent business strategy of forcing your customers to use another service.

just thuought i would warn anyone else here using bt to expect a letter in the post along the same lines as mine.

[Gripper]

Fuck em 4 play,bet you can get a better isp than BT any ways,isn't there a 8mb one in London

[4play]

i was looking in be (http://www.bethere.co.uk/beonline/canBeHome.do) which offers 24mb down. still the website is confusing it say congratulation you can get our 24mb service but the small print underneath says sorry your exchange is not ready :~)

[SeK612]

I'm expeceting a similar thing. The limit is 30 GB a month and I'm already over that for the month. The connection is also split with 4 other users so it'll be way over the limit :(

It looks like bandwidth limits are the way most ISP's are going as well so it's going to be something to factor in when downloading.

[orcutt989]

Come to jolly old america where you dont have that problem.

[GepperRankins]

bulldog looks sweet. 2 gig uncapped for £25 a month. i'm joining them when my contract for supanet expires :happy:

[4play]

I think i might be going with zen for a few months until be has sorted it self out. zen offer 7 days retention of binary newsgroups so im happy with that for a while.

[Aaron_T]

well im on tiscali's 2mb unlimited service, i suggest you dont join, the speeds are terrible, a lot of the time i get a round 1mb if im lucky :dry:

[tree_for]

Come to jolly old america where you dont have that problem.
but hey there is a bigger problem there aint it?

[hondarvf400]

if your in england get telewest, blueyonder i am with them 10mb £30 a month no limit, well fast and never probs.