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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2947966.stm
The Internet - allowing the world to communicate and bringing us all together in one big virtual village?
Hell no, headline says exactly why 90% of us want broadband.
The Internet - allowing the world to communicate and bringing us all together in one big virtual village?
Hell no, headline says exactly why 90% of us want broadband.
Goatboy wrote:
> Hell no, headline says exactly why 90% of us want broadband.
*nods*
> Hell no, headline says exactly why 90% of us want broadband.
*nods*
phi11ip wrote:
> NTL offer a 1GB limit per day.
>
*****
Thats still a hell of a lot of porno..er music..err web surfin(?!?)
0:)
> NTL offer a 1GB limit per day.
>
*****
Thats still a hell of a lot of porno..er music..err web surfin(?!?)
0:)
I obviously don't use my broadband enough
NTL offer a 1GB limit per day.
If you go over that you'e obviously doing something wrong.
Games don't take up that much and it's impossible to go over that limit 3 times in 14 days (the rule they made up) without doing something illegal.
The people who claim they're affected claim that they watch internet TV all the time, why not ust watch it properly? They also say that games max it out within a few minutes and that they have to update Linux every solitary day.
You can break the 1GB limit twice in 14 days but on the third time, they cap your speed to 150KB (which is still good) for 2 weeks.
150kb is fine though, you get super low pings of about 15+ and it downloads pretty fast. You just can't stream porn, and that's probably gonna upset a lot of people.
If you go over that you'e obviously doing something wrong.
Games don't take up that much and it's impossible to go over that limit 3 times in 14 days (the rule they made up) without doing something illegal.
The people who claim they're affected claim that they watch internet TV all the time, why not ust watch it properly? They also say that games max it out within a few minutes and that they have to update Linux every solitary day.
You can break the 1GB limit twice in 14 days but on the third time, they cap your speed to 150KB (which is still good) for 2 weeks.
150kb is fine though, you get super low pings of about 15+ and it downloads pretty fast. You just can't stream porn, and that's probably gonna upset a lot of people.
"Attempts by UK cable firm NTL to cap the amount of bandwidth users have access to have not gone down well with users and the firm has yet to implement its stricter guidelines."
I'm on NTL. Wonder what ridiculous restrictions they plan to introduce next, then?
Anyway, they missed off pirate software. Porn, music and ISOs (CD images) of the latest apps & games etc. are the only reasons to have broadband, aren't they? Except for game demos, maybe.
Normal web pages load just fine on a 56k modem. The only reason you need a high-speed connection is to download large files... and that invariably means porn videos, MP3 files or album images, and pirate software.
I don't see any need to commission research to tell us that - just ask any honest broadband user!
I'm on NTL. Wonder what ridiculous restrictions they plan to introduce next, then?
Anyway, they missed off pirate software. Porn, music and ISOs (CD images) of the latest apps & games etc. are the only reasons to have broadband, aren't they? Except for game demos, maybe.
Normal web pages load just fine on a 56k modem. The only reason you need a high-speed connection is to download large files... and that invariably means porn videos, MP3 files or album images, and pirate software.
I don't see any need to commission research to tell us that - just ask any honest broadband user!
They were going to get broadband for me at work as a lot of my work is on our Environmental website, however they have changed their minds and are planning to give me non firewalled access instead.
He he he he he ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Ha.
Slurp.
He he he he he ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Ha.
Slurp.
"Despite a huge growth curve..."
The writer was chuckling when he wrote this story, as well as
"the amount of bandwidth users have access to have not gone down well"
The writer was chuckling when he wrote this story, as well as
"the amount of bandwidth users have access to have not gone down well"
Tee hee. Finally the news has caught up with what everybody knew already! What would Richard & Judy make of all this?
> Only Italy has a lower penetration
That was a terrible pun in the text. I'd love to be on Broadband this morning but our network has crashed and I can't be bothered fixing it yet! Bloody computers.
That was a terrible pun in the text. I'd love to be on Broadband this morning but our network has crashed and I can't be bothered fixing it yet! Bloody computers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2947966.stm
The Internet - allowing the world to communicate and bringing us all together in one big virtual village?
Hell no, headline says exactly why 90% of us want broadband.
The Internet - allowing the world to communicate and bringing us all together in one big virtual village?
Hell no, headline says exactly why 90% of us want broadband.