UTV Broadband Cap

makeorbrake · 24-09-2011 6:58pm #1

Just wondering if anyone has ever broken the utv bb d/l cap. With 6 days remaining in the month, I have 19500mb clocked up. First time this has happened even though I've been with them for 2 years now....just a case of usage patterns changing and a lot of streaming going on now.

I tried to change the option on the account to pay the additional - but their system says this won't kick in until the next calendar month. Does that mean that I'm going to be without internet before the weekend is out? i.e. Is this very much a rigid limit of 20Gb?

lmimmfn · 25-09-2011 8:24pm

its very rigid and expensive, im on unlimited now but used to be on limited, i think it was something stupid like 1euro per gig above the limit, it was probably even more expensive than that.

makeorbrake · 26-09-2011 9:16am

lmimmfn wrote: »

its very rigid and expensive, im on unlimited now but used to be on limited, i think it was something stupid like 1euro per gig above the limit, it was probably even more expensive than that.

Got another mail from them saying a/c suspended. I guess that won't kick in until tomorrow morning. Will be 4 days without service - and can't even pay a bloody penalty and continue with service....:rolleyes:

MarkR · 26-09-2011 9:43am

Usually I don't think you get disconnected until you restart the modem. Don't turn it off and see what happens.

makeorbrake · 26-09-2011 11:39am

MarkR wrote: »

Usually I don't think you get disconnected until you restart the modem. Don't turn it off and see what happens.

Ok, thanks. Will hope for the best!

mark17j · 26-09-2011 11:51am

makeorbrake wrote: »

Got another mail from them saying a/c suspended. I guess that won't kick in until tomorrow morning. Will be 4 days without service - and can't even pay a bloody penalty and continue with service....:rolleyes:

when I was with UTV i payed 5euro extra a month for the unlimited, u really should go for it if u can't stay within the usage limit for peace of mind. u'll pay way more than that if u go over.

makeorbrake · 26-09-2011 2:26pm

mark17j wrote: »

when I was with UTV i payed 5euro extra a month for the unlimited, u really should go for it if u can't stay within the usage limit for peace of mind. u'll pay way more than that if u go over.

Yes, I guess your right.

makeorbrake · 27-09-2011 2:59pm

Well, I didn't reboot the modem/router - but sure enough, they have killed my i-net access...

MarkR · 28-09-2011 6:33am

Booooo. Hard luck. At least you haven't long left.

makeorbrake · 28-09-2011 6:46pm

MarkR wrote: »

Booooo. Hard luck. At least you haven't long left.

Yes, I mailed them and asked them if I could pay a penalty to get it back straight away. It was either pay x cents per additional mb or move to the unlimited package. I think I will sit and wait it out. This is the first time exceeding the limit - so I just need to manage it a bit better.

smedly · 18-10-2011 8:45pm

i have found recently they are htrottling back at night, i'm on the 6m package and at night it's below 1m

makeorbrake · 19-10-2011 8:26am

smedly wrote: »

i have found recently they are htrottling back at night, i'm on the 6m package and at night it's below 1m

That's interesting. When I got home late last night - had no internet access at all - was back when I woke up this morning.

makeorbrake · 24-10-2011 11:04pm

My connection seems to be throttled back to hell this month. I can't recall exactly but I think it wasn't so bad at the beginning of the month. I've only got through 12 Gb - so won't be coming anywhere close to the cap. However, anything like streaming video is seriously laboured ...to the point of it being impossible.

UTV Broadband Cap

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