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a warning to those on 3G download plans

bealtine · 2013-10-17 10:59:48

A warning to all people using 3G and other limited download plans, todays update from Microsoft is 500Mb, later today the update will stretch to about 3Gbs. This will tip many people into paying territory so watch out... And before the other OS people jump in with the my OS doesn't do that, my Linux mint update was roughly…

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17-10-2013 11:59am

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bealtine

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A warning to all people using 3G and other limited download plans, todays update from Microsoft is 500Mb, later today the update will stretch to about 3Gbs.
This will tip many people into paying territory so watch out...

And before the other OS people jump in with the my OS doesn't do that, my Linux mint update was roughly similar in size

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#2 17-10-2013 2:23pm
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Is that Win 8.1?

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#3 17-10-2013 2:25pm
bealtine

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RangeR wrote: »

Is that Win 8.1?

Yes...it's supposed to be a mandatory update to win8 boxes later today

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#4 17-10-2013 2:27pm
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Prepare for a swathe of threads in a months time giving out about being over charged on bills.

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