BT Ireland Delux Broadband Cap way too Low!! Lets raise it!!

Cabaal wrote: »

I hope that mention of tv is all legal content....

Anyway, OS updates and Linux distros as well as anti-virus, I'm sorry but just how many times do you format your machine and reinstall your OS that you need to repatch it from scratch on a monthly bases?

If your formating your machine 4 times a year because it "fills up with crap" then your not looking after your system right,

The tv I download is pretty much all documentries that have already aired, Anything I like enough I will and Do buy, I'm actually switching back to vinyl to spend yet more cause cd's just dont last,

I buy games and use cracks to preserve the dvd,

As for my maintenance I'm a qualified Tech, when you constantly installing and unistalling stuff, the registry gets clogged with software values that are no longer valid, it would take forever to go thru the registry manually each time you uninstall something to ensure it is all gone,
The same can be said for the cookie cache, dns cache, browsing history etc..

As for updates, You can of course buy the cd's, but you then risk the cd-damage problem and having to buy it again and again,

But updates are nessacry and even things like browsers antivirus browser plugins like no-script etc, all need updating, its unaviodable unless you want to just allow people into your machine and give them all your financial information,

And regular formatting clears up any history, cookies etc you may have that your software hasnt removed, and lets remember this is the software that constantly needs updating as its basically released as beta, with a send error report so users do the testing.

As for my online activities, I suffer from agoraphobia so do everything online, Hopefully in time that will change, but thats a different story for a different topic,

I have in the past gone down the torrent route but I found since, I spend more on music and games, than before, as i know of things coming out before ther're out.

here.from.day.1 wrote: »

There are small (some free) programs such as tune up utilities that will clean the registry/temp files etc in a matter of minutes. I agree a wipe now and again can help but once a month is unnecessary and impractical.

I never said once a month, i said up to 4 times a year, it depends really on the slow down i notice,

At the moment our highest usage is viop, and online gaming, + streaming radio as well as utube and things like that, am on a free football management game and i'm lucky if the stream loads as the bt dns is flaky at best,

And with constant dsl drops it irritating, its not all BT's fault of course, eircom has their role,

I asked them to come out, dig up my drive and replce my line as its over 20 yrs old, and said i would pay for it and they refused, i ended up screaming down the phone for 30 mins with all manner of obsenities to get 2 yes 2 senior engineers out the next day, and while they said the signal to the house is fine,
they also said the internal wiring was faulty, and it was eircom that installed it. they even had the cheek to offer me eircom broadband which is one of the worst services around.

As for cracking games, I do own the legal games, and the alternatives are usually steam based forced activation and updates which is yet more traffic, some game's i only own a digital key, the games are streamed onto the computer,

30 gigs each way is laughable, it totals 60 gigs but go over either one and your restricted speed wise and/or charged, this is onsite in the faq, hidden way down in the document where most people dont read, and they write it up in a legality way, were not all solicitor's

"Broadband may be restricted to those customers whose telephone lines do not exceed more than 4.5 kilometres from the telephone exchange (or such area from time to time as is advised by BT) which the line is connected. The line must be an analogue direct exchange line, which terminates on as master socket forming part of the PTSP network. All of these factors along with the quality of the copper pair to and within the customer premises will be used to pre-qualify if a customer's line is capable of supporting the selected service and at any later time qualify or disqualify that same line for service. In such circumstances, where a line is disqualified post activation of service BT or the customer may cancel service without penalty."

On a dns query to them on our constant dsl drops they stated as were 6 Km from our exchange its outta their hands, yet i'm restricted, and leaving them as they have breached their own contract by restricting me.

I've actually done nothing downloads wise last 2 days to monitor it, and i've somehow managed to go up another 1 gig in downloads and all i've been doing is looking at you tube streams, uploading graphics etc to my online storage,

I already stated eircom refused to replace my wiring, and the 2 engineers that said the internal wiring was faulty, acknowleged it was installed by eircom, or should i say their contracters,

it has since been replaced, when i set up my account, BT never said, oh btw, you do realise your 6 Km from your exchange, they allowed me to sign up for a delux package,

Now i dont know about most users signing up to an isp, but i do read terms and conditions, but I dont look up my local exchange an calculate my distance from it,

How am i being restricted?? Well on a call, one of many to BT, i asked why I could barely browse and they stated that due to exceeding my cap, They were restricting the speeds, and in any prolonged activity exceeding 20 mins, they would disconnect and re-connect me on their end,

When I signed up it was froth with problems, they stated you'll have your router in 10 working days, it took a mth, I got a wireless router i didn't ask 4, and was charged for it, and part of the fone package i asked for had not been applied, also my broadband was turned on 2 weeks before i recieved my router, you guessed it, i got charged,

If i wish to get it back, i have to customer service and plead my case, cant be arsed sitting on hold for 10 mins just to get the callback service, only to waste 20 mins talking to someone who should see at a glace that i didnt sign for my router till 2 weeks later,

There was also major dns issues due to BT sending out a tonne of modem mis-configured, to the point, its now in their faq, dns, what are the dns ip's,

because the routers keep losing the dns.

Its not a BT problem, Its an irish company problem, they care nothing for the end user, and will promise everything will be fine, yep you can recieve 8 megs etc,

You sign up and the **** hits the fan with delays, technicians who sound like their reading tech advise of a screen,

At the mo i get about 4 Megs of my 8, and strangley, i even said it to tech's, my upload speed should be 384 kbps, but its 507 kbps,

"
7. It’s entertaining

You’ll be able to take advantage of real time online gaming, download your favourite music in an instant or watch hours of movies and TV shows from your
favourite sites, with high quality pictures and speed."


[until you go over your cap and you get restricted]

"8. Make the most of your time online.

8Mb Broadband from BT can help you make 2008 the year you get the most from your time spent online. Enjoy the latest in movies, music, gaming, social networking, and more."

[Or in my case, one of the most frustrating]