680mb!!!!

sunflower27

Over what I am entitled to with my 3e account. I pay direct debit every month of 20e but today I tried to long on and couldn't and was told that I had to pay 40e before I could get back online.

I don't download or anything, although I think my flatmate has been downloading films. Anyone have any idea the amount of downloads he would have made to accrue that much of an extra bill?

Sorry, am clueless and am going to have to speak to him when I next see him.

4zn76tysfajdxp

One film.

missingtime

Its not that much. 700mb would be 1 movie.

Unless you typo'd and meant to say 680gb....

Wolflikeme

Your average movie is about 700mb so....
TV show about 350mb.
A half hour tv show 175mb generally.

.....

sunflower27

So it cost 40e to download a film??? That is not right, surely.

Spunge

680mb, that's a good quality porn session.

Or a single movie, could be that.

missingtime

sunflower27 wrote: »

So it cost 40e to download a film??? That is not right, surely.

If you go over your monthly allowance its probably a charge they put on your bill.

El Weirdo

Lol @ data caps.

Berns

You say over your limit.... what was the limit??

PeakOutput

sunflower27 wrote: »

So it cost 40e to download a film??? That is not right, surely.

im guessing 3e is a 3g modem which means you are using the mobile networks and therefore are on very strict bandwidth limits.

it is a rip off but you are told up front in your contract that those are firm bandwidht limits and if you go over them you will be penalised per mb

you should not be using that type of connection for anything other then browsing the web and checking emails. even using youtube will quickly send you over the limit

Nodin

sunflower27 wrote: »

So it cost 40e to download a film??? That is not right, surely.

It depends what kind of plan you signed up for. There may be a minimum fee for anything over the allowance. Ye'd have to go through the small print.

Scuid Mhór

You need to get a better deal, OP.

sunflower27

I think it is 18Gb from memory. I've never had to pay an excess before and I am online a lot. 40e all of a sudden seems very strange to me.

Spunge

Yeah you're getting raped for that much.
We get charged maybe 5 euro per 1000MB or something, and even that is a fúcking disgrace.

sunflower27

I have had this account since December and never went over my limit. I couldn't believe it when I tried to log on and couldn't... perhaps I got the details wrong, but there is no way downloading one film could cost 40e.

Flatmate lying low. I have been away a few days and only realised the internet was down this afternoon when I got home. it may have been down a few days.

He's moving out in 2 weeks... I need to sort this out.

PeakOutput

sunflower27 wrote: »

I have had this account since December and never went over my limit. I couldn't believe it when I tried to log on and couldn't... perhaps I got the details wrong, but there is no way downloading one film could cost 40e.

it is not about downloading a film or not its about the amount of mbs over you went

18gb is plenty for regular internet surfing, its very little if you start watching you tube and downloading anything

the chances are there is a t+c that either says that the flat rate penalty for going over your limit is 40euro or you will get charged per mb so you should probably read your terms and conditions

Logical Fallacy

sunflower27 wrote: »

perhaps I got the details wrong, but there is no way downloading one film could cost 40e.

Yes it could, check that tarrif you are on and check the prices.

fleet

sunflower27 wrote: »

but there is no way downloading one film could cost 40e.

Your Internet provider DOESN'T CARE if it's a film, an album, the recipe for Coca-Cola - whatever. It's just all 1s and 0s to them, the more 1s and 0s over your allowance the more you pay.

Most providers cut you off at a certain point and ask that you ring them to expressly burst the limit. Not all though.

Senna

O2 tried to charge me €90 for 4gb over allowance. Not a chance i was paying that, they gave up on it very quickly when i told them i,d been a customer of them for over 10 years (digiphone first).

minidazzler

sunflower27 wrote: »

I think it is 18Gb from memory. I've never had to pay an excess before and I am online a lot. 40e all of a sudden seems very strange to me.

You have probably gone over alot too and they just let it slide.

In any case, ask here...http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1367

mickdw

I would have thought it is pretty damn foolish to allow your flat mate to be downloading anything through your account.

gamgsam

FILLUM!

sunflower27

mickdw wrote: »

I would have thought it is pretty damn foolish to allow your flat mate to be downloading anything through your account.

Thanks.

Internet coverage is included in the rent. Never been over before in the 5-6 months he has lived here.

bonerm

El Weirdo wrote: »

Lol @ data caps.

Agreed. I didn't even realise they did it post-dialup era.

Celly Smunt

i did 80 gig one month,true story

bonerm

pmcmahon wrote: »

i did 80 gig one month,true story

your eyesight must be in bits.

PeakOutput

I have downloaded 500gb since christmas you gotta love unlimited data pity our speeds are so ****e

Krusader

UPC still has data caps for their 20Mbs/30Mps packages, they advertise them as unlimited but the small print says 250GB/month, always check the fair usage policies

minidazzler

Crosáidí wrote: »

UPC still has data caps for their 20Mbs/30Mps packages, they advertise them as unlimited but the small print says 250GB/month, always check the fair usage policies

Their 100mb Package Fair Usage policy goes up to 500GB.

I actually can't comprehend how people use that much. I might download 80-90 gig a month, there is always someone on the internet with TV Shows, Movies and Youtube being streamed, with 4 devices capable of high amounts of traffic, I still don't get over 100 as far as I know.

bonerm

minidazzler wrote: »

Their 100mb Package Fair Usage policy goes up to 500GB.

I actually can't comprehend how people use that much. I might download 80-90 gig a month, there is always someone on the internet with TV Shows, Movies and Youtube being streamed, with 4 devices capable of high amounts of traffic, I still don't get over 100 as far as I know.

Probably downloading BD rips around the clock? Still even at that you'd have download more movies than you'd even have time to watch. I feel there's a certain sickness involved with downloading tonnes of stuff just because it's available (much of which you're in all liklihood never even going to avail of).

ED E

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If its anything like meteor, your control panel will have a data counter(if they used it on their own laptop this is no good).


As the others have said, these are designed for one person doing some light browsing. If your room-mate wants the download stuff they should fork out for a proper line.

PeakOutput

bonerm wrote: »

Probably downloading BD rips around the clock? Still even at that you'd have download more movies than you'd even have time to watch. I feel there's a certain sickness involved with downloading tonnes of stuff just because it's available (much of which you're in all liklihood never even going to avail of).

ye 720 and 1080p movies add up but 300/400/500 a month is as good as unlimited imo

I think they might be combined up and down limits though? if you are using a private torrent site and are keeping your ratios up then combined, with effort, you could get to 500gb in a month

Thrill

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

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It's turned off for images in AH.

ED E

Thrill wrote: »

It's turned off for images in AH.

7K posts and I never realised:rolleyes:

phasers

I think I've a 250gb download limit, Never gone over it but come pretty close most months.

upandcumming

bonerm wrote: »

your eyesight must be in bits.

I'd say his cock is in fairly bad shape too.

LighterGuy

eircom broadband is a complete rip-off! take this for example: 7mb line

€40 per month. Speeds of 7mb. Download Allowance: 50gb, Line rental not included.

Rip off!
lets be honest, if someone is getting a fast 7mb its because they want to tackle big files. So that 50gb isnt going to last pi*sing time.

double GG

LighterGuy wrote: »

Rip off!
lets be honest, if someone is getting a fast 7mb its because they want to tackle big files. So that 50gb isnt going to last pi*sing time.

At 7mb broadband you could download at a rate of around 800kb per second. That is around 5 or 6 seconds for a decent sized mp3 music file.

At this rate and with your download limit you could download constantly for an hour and you would have downloaded 2.75GB. So realistically you could go over the 50GB limit in a shake over 18 hours* of the possible 720 available to you in the month.

18 hours pi*sing?

Eircom's usage policy is horrible.

However this 18 hours of constant downloading is not realistic as you will never get a constant 7mb line, because of latency issues etc.

Have a look at the Broadband threads for all info on usage policies, going over limits, different providers etc....

Aoifey!

We went 1 GB over our limit with 3 and they charged us 50 euro extra.

LighterGuy

double GG wrote: »

At 7mb broadband you could download at a rate of around 800kb per second. That is around 5 or 6 seconds for a decent sized mp3 music file.

At this rate and with your download limit you could download constantly for an hour and you would have downloaded 2.75GB. So realistically you could go over the 50GB limit in a shake over 18 hours* of the possible 720 available to you in the month.

18 hours pi*sing?

Eircom's usage policy is horrible.

However this 18 hours of constant downloading is not realistic as you will never get a constant 7mb line, because of latency issues etc.

Have a look at the Broadband threads for all info on usage policies, going over limits, different providers etc....

of course that sounds big when you compare it to music downloads. What about movies or games tho? .. thats when its crap. I mean the average person downloads the big two (music & movies)

ED E

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Birra joke....

double GG

LighterGuy wrote: »

of course that sounds big when you compare it to music downloads. What about movies or games tho? .. thats when its crap. I mean the average person downloads the big two (music & movies)

Another thing people forget about is that opening google counts towards the 'downloads'

LighterGuy

double GG wrote: »

Another thing people forget about is that opening google counts towards the 'downloads'

Yeah its stupid that people dont realise that any internet activity uses bandwidth.

youtube would probably be the biggest thing people dont realise. Because they are only streaming it, its different than downloading, lol.

Thrill

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

7K posts and I never realised:rolleyes:

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or you genuinely didn't know.

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

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I took this to mean that you were trying to embed the image and it wasn't working.

ED E

Thrill wrote: »

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or you genuinely didn't know.

Genuinely didnt know, and kinda amazed by my in-observance.

Callipo

You know you're downloading too much when half the films you have yet to watch start appearing on RTE and TV3

Cú Giobach

LighterGuy wrote: »

eircom broadband is a complete rip-off! take this for example: 7mb line

€40 per month. Speeds of 7mb. Download Allowance: 50gb, Line rental not included.

Rip off!
lets be honest, if someone is getting a fast 7mb its because they want to tackle big files. So that 50gb isnt going to last pi*sing time.

In fairness (and I'm only being fair on this one point), they don't charge for going over the limit. I'm over by 10's of gigs every month and have never been charged, an Eircom employee even said that to me when I was sighning up.
They will only start charging for excess with their "Next Generation" packages.

ED E

Cú Giobach wrote: »

In fairness (and I'm only being fair on this one point), they don't charge for going over the limit. I'm over by 10's of gigs every month and have never been charged, an Eircom employee even said that to me when I was sighning up.
They will only start charging for excess with their "Next Generation" packages.

We get charged every month and were forced onto an NGB Package(Promised 8Mb, got 4.5).

Thrill

LighterGuy wrote: »

Yeah its stupid that people dont realise that any internet activity uses bandwidth.

youtube would probably be the biggest thing people dont realise. Because they are only streaming it, its different than downloading, lol.

YouTube clips are downloaded into cache as far as I'm aware.

charlierunkle

i've stated to be charged extra by eircom when i go over the limit, 30gb is far from enough nowadays. Wasn't even going completly mad either. reached 90gb one month. I tried to curtail my downloading and was still just going over the limit and that was from just youtube browsing and using 4od. got charged an extra 16euro a month i think for goin over which was back-dated three months