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| Thread ID: 68036 | 2006-04-15 02:01:00 | why do ISP's lower speeds back to dialup or 64kbps. Huge drop isn't it????? | lance4k (4644) | Press F1 |
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| 446369 | 2006-04-15 02:01:00 | If ur on a 3.5MBps connection and u go over ur data cap u get lowered back to dial up speed or 64kbps. This is a huge drop. Why don't ISP's just lower you back to at least 512Kbps? Going from 3.5Mbps to 64Kbps is just too much of a decrease in speed. | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 446370 | 2006-04-15 02:23:00 | Going from 3.5Mbps to 64Kbps is just too much of a decrease in speed. Why is it, and for whom ? :) That's the deal you sign up to :thumbs: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 446371 | 2006-04-15 02:43:00 | It is a big drop, but they are charging you for say 10GB of data and after that they need to cut you back to a speed slow enough that you won't get through much more bandwidth than that. I don't think the concept is unreasonable (in terms of keeping people using P2P etc under control) but with data caps so low in New Zealand it is a bit of a pain. | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 446372 | 2006-04-15 04:27:00 | Simply to punish you for "blowing the cap".... A wee while ago 512 K was still broadband (actually it was 256 K). You could still download a lot of stuff on 512 K, in fact with 64 K you could still download a great deal.... Some ISPs let you just pay some more $$$ and gie you another 10 GB. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 446373 | 2006-04-15 04:38:00 | If ur on a 3.5MBps connection and u go over ur data cap u get lowered back to dial up speed or 64kbps. Why don't ISP's just lower you back to at least 512Kbps? What, so you would just keep downloading? That wouldn't be the point would it... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 446374 | 2006-04-15 05:41:00 | <snip> in fact with 64 K you could still download a great deal....</snip> Yep, but it just takes a LOT longer to do it. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 446375 | 2006-04-15 08:39:00 | Yep, but it just takes a LOT longer to do it. But its free :p If i blow my cap i download as much as i can :D |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 446376 | 2006-04-15 09:13:00 | But its free :p If i blow my cap i download as much as i can :D LOL :D |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 446377 | 2006-04-15 11:51:00 | Imagine if Telstraclear really does their 100Mbps plans, and they slow you down to 64kbps after you reach your cap. | yzhu (9783) | ||
| 446378 | 2006-04-15 12:11:00 | Imagine if Telstraclear really does their 100Mbps plans, and they slow you down to 64kbps after you reach your cap. You can get airbags to fit into monitors :D |
mark c (247) | ||
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