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Broadband Max Download

KM · 2005-12-17 08:59:02

Has anybody had experience of exceeding their Max Download allowance with BT? Was just wondering whether you do get charged for going over it and how much they did actually charge? The download allowance is 12gb per month and they say they charge 3c per mb after that, nobody I spoke to has had to ever pay anything extra.…

17-12-2005 8:59am

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KM

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Has anybody had experience of exceeding their Max Download allowance with BT?

Was just wondering whether you do get charged for going over it and how much they did actually charge?

The download allowance is 12gb per month and they say they charge 3c per mb after that, nobody I spoke to has had to ever pay anything extra.

Would like to know before I start some serious downloading!!

Thanks

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#2 17-12-2005 9:23am

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try searching, topic covered, many times

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#3 17-12-2005 10:25am

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KM wrote:

Has anybody had experience of exceeding their Max Download allowance with BT?

Was just wondering whether you do get charged for going over it and how much they did actually charge?

The download allowance is 12gb per month and they say they charge 3c per mb after that, nobody I spoke to has had to ever pay anything extra.

Would like to know before I start some serious downloading!!

Thanks

nOOb lol

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#4 17-12-2005 11:11am

Anarchist

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Least he is not a smart arse

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#5 17-12-2005 3:41pm

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the basic BT package?

is it actually 12 down? i thought it was 12gig 'data transfer allowance' which would suggest combined up and down?

so maybe you already exceeded it

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#6 17-12-2005 4:23pm

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Drapper wrote:

nOOb lol

its great the way everybodys an expert...

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#7 17-12-2005 7:18pm

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alastair_doom wrote:

the basic BT package?

is it actually 12 down? i thought it was 12gig 'data transfer allowance' which would suggest combined up and down?

so maybe you already exceeded it

It's 12G up and 12G down. 24G up and 24G down on broadband plus.

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#8 17-12-2005 8:11pm

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thanks jor_el... unfortunately that means i could have downloaded alot more than i actually did in the past 2 months ... oh well, nows the time to make up for it

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#9 17-12-2005 9:01pm

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12gb a month?????

i MUCH prefer my NTL Max 3meg service with uts 40gb cap!!!!!

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#10 17-12-2005 9:03pm

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why are you all so sure they dont charge

see this guy...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054864170

maybe they will bill yous in 6 mths time for it, not worth the risk

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#11 17-12-2005 11:03pm

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ye they could bill you in six months, but looking at that post i would think its there billing department that messed up. he only downloaded 36 gigs in 3 months.

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#12 18-12-2005 3:55pm

zuma

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mukki wrote:

why are you all so sure they dont charge

see this guy...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054864170

maybe they will bill yous in 6 mths time for it, not worth the risk

Nothing whatsoever to do with overdownloading!!

The BT billing department is pure sh!te(so says a proud BT BB customer:D )!!

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