Exceeding bband cap

bazcaz

what are the charges like for exceeding cap on broadband.
im on esat bt think the cap is 12gb

Anyone know what the charges might be like???

snappieT

Officially, the charge is a cent or two per megabyte. I have yet to meet someone this has been enfoced upon.

zuma

They'll snip your tackle off!!

Honestly will people stop asking this question and use the "Search" function above???

Orion

there's a search function?

I've yet to hear of anyone being charged for this. It's the kind of thing that the "reserve the right" to do but will only really enforce if someone is taking the piss.

psicic

Heh - I remember a time where I'd stop serious downloading after the 10th of each month because I was terrified of going over my limit. I think I'm usually 150-250% of my limit these days - I've stopped checking. You should too. Unless something radical changes, you won't be charged.

boo4842

When I lived in Ireland I was down/uploading 90+ GB a month with Irish Broadband and never heard anything. It was a few months after Eircom announced its massive 4GB cap on usage.

irlrobins

IBB don't have a cap.

zuma

psicic wrote:

Heh - I remember a time where I'd stop serious downloading after the 10th of each month because I was terrified of going over my limit. I think I'm usually 150-250% of my limit these days - I've stopped checking. You should too. Unless something radical changes, you won't be charged.

The logger for downloading/uploading on BT's site hasnt updated for me since the end of September.....but by analysis of Netlimiters database I'm hitting 200% of the 24GB CAP this month.

Do I care...not in the least!!!

mp3guy

Don't break UTV cap, if you do they'll charge you

Syth

zuma wrote:

Honestly will people stop asking this question and use the "Search" function above???

Or, even better, visit the site of your broadband provider.

John R

mp3guy wrote:

Don't break UTV cap, if you do they'll charge you

I go over the UTV cap every month, sometimes by a big amount without getting charged.

There are ways.

Hobbes

mp3guy wrote:

Don't break UTV cap, if you do they'll charge you

If you go into your account settings you can set it to just disconnect you if you go over your cap. The default option though is to charge you a silly cost.

UTV cap refers to download only afair.

J2DaC

Yeah thats what I was thinking? They dont charge on bandwidth do they?:rolleyes:

Paddy@CIRL

This is the best thing I've read all day, just tipped over the 20GB Esat cap today (by a massive 600megs) and was worrying I'd get stung for the 3c a MB !

Oh well, 24, Sopranos & Lost here I come mid-week and if I get stung I'll blame all of ye !!

CuLT

Paddy@CIRL wrote:

This is the best thing I've read all day, just tipped over the 20GB Esat cap today (by a massive 600megs) and was worrying I'd get stung for the 3c a MB !

Oh well, 24, Sopranos & Lost here I come mid-week and if I get stung I'll blame all of ye !!

"But, Judge, the Internet made me do it!"