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| Thread ID: 74038 | 2006-11-09 04:11:00 | Cost of 700MB overun on Jetstream Home 1000....... | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 497688 | 2006-11-09 04:11:00 | Recapping, after living comfortably within a 1GB cap for 5-6 years, in my last billing period prior to getting a 2GB cap under Go Express I ran 700MB over my limit. I mentioned this overrun in a previous thread, and sombody wanted to know what they had charged when the day of reckoning arrived. Well, the bill came in today, and the cost was $140.00 i.e. 20c per MB. When I mentioned this, No.1 son went green around the gills and muttered something about downloading MP3s "for homework". I was tempted to stick him with it too, but truth must prevail and I guess it was me who was responsible. :( Cheers Billy 8-{) :blush: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 497689 | 2006-11-09 04:21:00 | Recapping, after living comfortably within a 1GB cap for 5-6 years, in my last billing period prior to getting a 2GB cap under Go Express I ran 700MB over my limit. I mentioned this overrun in a previous thread, and sombody wanted to know what they had charged when the day of reckoning arrived. I think that was me Well, the bill came in today, and the cost was $140.00 i.e. 20c per MB. ouch! :horrified :waughh: , at lest it wasn’t $1,000 When I mentioned this, No.1 son went green around the gills and muttered something about downloading MP3s "for homework". If that was me I would also go green around the gills! |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 497690 | 2006-11-09 05:33:00 | I think once I had $160 for dialup, 12.95 for 150hr then the overage 2.50 per hour. think i clocked up the last hours on the last few days of its billing cycle :D I can just laugh it off. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 497691 | 2006-11-09 06:30:00 | Did they send you an email when you were about to go over? | developer (4447) | ||
| 497692 | 2006-11-09 06:49:00 | Did they send you an email when you were about to go over? Nope. I guess the same would hold true for broadband? I downloaded a Adobe demo software. Edit. My last cycle I went over by seven bucks too :D No email either. I think its our responsibility to check online or by telephone if not I guess then we are happy to pay the excess fee. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 497693 | 2006-11-09 09:29:00 | Did they send you an email when you were about to go over? Yes, you are warned at about 80% I think, and I use "Traffic Usage Checker" to monitor progress throughout the month (excellenf program). I have never had any problem staying under the 1GB, as incredible as that may sound, but then I'm not a P2P user and nor do I download demos or video clips, except for the odd humorous item that catches my eye. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 497694 | 2006-11-09 11:56:00 | I've done $700 on dialup before :( That was a bad month. I was working at the time so all of it went to pay that off. The next month I was locked in with $40 in national calls to Samoa. Funny thing is that it was in the dead of night around 2am and I was on holiday. So unless someone came into my house to make a phone call I was caught again. They tried pinning it on spyware on my computer. |
trinsic (6945) | ||
| 497695 | 2006-11-09 14:05:00 | They tried pinning it on spyware on my computer. Sounds to me like they got it spot on there. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 497696 | 2006-11-09 16:25:00 | seems odd they're charging you 20c per mb thats what it WAS previously .....it's been 2c per mb for quite a while...... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 497697 | 2006-11-09 16:26:00 | and from the xtra site : Key Features Downstream/ Upstream Connection Speed: Maximum speed - as fast as your phone line allows. Monthly data allowance: 2GB. Flat rate Once you reach your 2GB monthly data allowance we ease you back to dial-up speed. |
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