goldenfleece Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I chose to go with a 1 yr contract with BT Business Broadband as they offered unlimited bandwidth, and had no fair usage policy at all in their business internet range. Imagine how horrified I was to receive a standard email notice of a T and C update this morning, which states they are now operating a FAIR USAGE policy on the business package I am on, specifically targeting peak hour users and fans of peer to peer software, threatening reduction in download speeds for peer 2 peer users and even account suspension for excessive usage!!!!! How can they just bring this in when I signed up for a truly unlimited service and pay £30 PCM for this service. Can I cancel my contract as they now provide a service different to what I paid for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 From what I read (I'm on the same BT Business Broadband contract) you'd proabably have to have a HELL of a lot of traffic before the fair usage policy kicks in. I've not got too much of a problem with fair usage - if someone is spending their online lives downloading stacks of stuff and impacting on my speeds, why shouldn't they be reigned in a little? Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I chose to go with a 1 yr contract with BT Business Broadband as they offered unlimited bandwidth, and had no fair usage policy at all in their business internet range. Imagine how horrified I was to receive a standard email notice of a T and C update this morning, which states they are now operating a FAIR USAGE policy on the business package I am on, specifically targeting peak hour users and fans of peer to peer software, threatening reduction in download speeds for peer 2 peer users and even account suspension for excessive usage!!!!! How can they just bring this in when I signed up for a truly unlimited service and pay £30 PCM for this service. Can I cancel my contract as they now provide a service different to what I paid for? the exact same thing happened to me on pipex.........apart from it wasnt a change in t and cs they just moaned at me. yet at least 3 guys i know in irc are on pipex and both download more and have 24 hour servers running, and they never recieved an email like i did. i believe peak times between 6 and 11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenfleece Posted September 4, 2006 Author Share Posted September 4, 2006 From what I read (I'm on the same BT Business Broadband contract) you'd proabably have to have a HELL of a lot of traffic before the fair usage policy kicks in. I've not got too much of a problem with fair usage - if someone is spending their online lives downloading stacks of stuff and impacting on my speeds, why shouldn't they be reigned in a little? Joe Yes I agree, but they really needed to spell this out at the beginning and not just add it when they feel iike it, although I am sure they reserve the right to change things at will. I mean I run an FTP and web server which could fall into such 'fair usage' trap, but they still dont say I cant run them, which is somewhat strange, as they just target p2p software users in the main. Does every ISP now have a Fair Usage clause in their so called unlimited packages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I think most ISPs do have such a policy now. This is one reason why I've never considered running a server from home - it's easier to bundle that side of things off to soemone else. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savannah2 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 From a home broadband issue, true unlimited is now deceased. The days of downloading 500GB a month for £30 have long gone....me, I never got much past 120GB a month ~ now just what did I download hehe...cant say!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoniac Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 ~ now just what did I download hehe...cant say!! i can only wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinderBloke Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 ....me, I never got much past 120GB a month ~ now just what did I download hehe...cant say!! I bet you've got the finest collect of Linux / BSD distributions this side of The Pennines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LL200 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 blueyonder still has no fair usage policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 as a bt business user. i only had one query re: the changes, if the accounts are corporate/business.why should peak be 6-11pm. surely as business people the majority would be working 9-5 from home. donwloading peer to peer could be classed as personal and not business usage.or are there millions of businesses who need to download p2p files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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