iol over the limit

griffdaddy

this is the first month we've had bb and my brothers gonna wild with it. it's like we'll exceed the cap. do iol give any leeway and do they actually cut you off or what do they do?

RobertFoster

how much have you gone over it by? I don't think they are enforcing the caps yet...

kida

They were enforcing them pre splitting into 2 packages. And that meant being cut off until start of next month.

Supposedly they are less strict with plus and haven't heard of anyone getting cut off on it. they had problems with their system towards the end of last month. MY entire usage(form last October) reset to 0.

Bottom line is if you go over you risk getting cutting off!

griffdaddy

will they ever charge you? cause it says they have the right to do that

OfflerCrocGod

They have never charged me and I'm pretty much breaking it every month:cool:, what they used to do pre-plus package was just kick you off - but last month my downloads just stoped being registered; I went wild and got about 22GB or so. This month it's the same but I have run out of things to download as I have exams and I dont have time to watch everything I get and my HDD is full:D, on the 18th I'll be back to my normal "grab all you can" - I'll see how long I last;). By the way my cap is showing 0.00GB up and down anyone elses like this?, I think it's stopped tracking what I download ww).

griffdaddy

my cap is registering what i download alright:dunno: maybe they just use 16gb as i deterrent to stop us going completely mental

Winters

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
I'm pretty much breaking it every month:cool: .... I went wild and got about 22GB or so.

You would be the reasons that broadband operators have small caps in the first place. There isint even that much you can download from the internet without going into downloading crap.

Also, the way the stats/meters work is that they add what you've downloaded after your session is over. Turn off and turn on your router/modem and it will add what you have downloaded onto your meter. Also, you might want to look at getting a software transfer meter such as DUMeter [Google for it]. It will give you an alert when your coming up to your cap limit.

OfflerCrocGod

Originally posted by Winters
You would be the reasons that broadband operators have small caps in the first place. There isint even that much you can download from the internet without going into downloading crap

HA! - it seems that IBB can handle users who routinely download more in a week then I do in the entire month - the bandwidth is there we are just not being allowed use it. Look at this I wouldn't even come CLOSE to touching that - the most I could get in a month would be 30GB, what with all the game playing going on in the house. Away with that Neville Winters.

Xcellor

Im of the same opinion as Croc.

Other european countries with larger populations than our own using DSL can offer broadband without download limits (or with very high limits that no one here would complain about). These countries don't seem to be complaining about contention problems...

Why does Ireland have to trail behind the rest of the world. 512k broadband is nothing special... in fact it's almost bog standard. And 128k up is just annoying...

But all in all,,, I love broadband. Without broadband I wouldn't be here posting this message coz id be too mean to pay peak call charges to Eircom :P

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HelterSkelter

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
They have never charged me and I'm pretty much breaking it every month:cool:, what they used to do pre-plus package was just kick you off - but last month my downloads just stoped being registered; I went wild and got about 22GB or so. This month it's the same but I have run out of things to download as I have exams and I dont have time to watch everything I get and my HDD is full:D, on the 18th I'll be back to my normal "grab all you can" - I'll see how long I last;). By the way my cap is showing 0.00GB up and down anyone elses like this?, I think it's stopped tracking what I download ww).

What do you download???!!

I download a lot of bootleg concert mp3's and MPEGS but I can't imagine ever getting anywhere near 22GB's!!

BigEejit

Originally posted by HelterSkelter
What do you download???!!

er.... same as everyone no doubt ... ALL the ISO's from ALL the linux distros

meatball

Originally posted by Winters
You would be the reasons that broadband operators have small caps in the first place. There isint even that much you can download from the internet without going into downloading crap.

Please stop posting.