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I was looking to get a good cheap 8 meg connection, can somebody hook me up with something?

What people have to realise is that there is actually no such thing as "unlimited"

Freeola claims to provide free unlimited webspace for their customers. So does that mean that I can setup a wabbit on my space, without ever having to worry about it ever using up all of the hard disk space on any of your servers? Of course not! You'd have my ass on a pedestal if I did that!

Similarly, with internet packages offering no download limit, I would be able to download The Internet, legal or not, simply because there isn't enough HDD space on my computer. But even if there was, they wouldn't let me for some unjustified reason. I mean, it's my unlimited bandwidth I'm paying for, right? So why not let me download the entire Internet?

Indeed, unless your constantly downloading legal films... :-/ at around 700MB-4GB and music files, then nothing else really uses that much data, streaming video uses quite a bit, but still not loads.

Most companies now are starting to cancel their unlimited packages or if they do have them still, they either heavily penalise you with shared bandwidth usage, or, cost an absolute mammoth fortune to cover their costs and actually allow you the full 'unlimited download' service. We may as well call our VIP 800GB package unlimited at £94 a month, as I realy cannot see that ever being possible to download that much, but for legal reasons (it not actually being unlimited as there is a maximum usage) its a capped package...but massive! We had some guy come over to our packages after being cut off from a company and charged a fortune for using their 'unlimited' service.

Vexxxed wrote:
> By limited do you mean the data usage caps? If so we have some
> pretty hefty packages, and of course we don't actually cut you
> off or limit you should you go above the allowed amount! Also
> most people don't actually use as much as they think they will
> on unlimited packages!

Agreed. Our cap with BT is only 20GB per day I think, or it might be per month. Despite the fact that my brother never ever disconnects from WoW, and I'm always online using things like t'Internet, BitTorment and Freeola Bingo, we have never exceeded it.

Needless to say Freeola are the best, but just in case you have a case of temporary insanity and feel the need to pick another ISP...

Take a look at table 4. I've been looking for a new ISP for my parents, my impression is that table seems to be a fair reflection of the better ISPs from the research I've done.

I'd also forget the word cheap. :) Given you'll likely get tied into a contract on many of the cheaper packages, getting stuck with an ISP that doesnt perform up to your expectation isnt much fun.

By limited do you mean the data usage caps? If so we have some pretty hefty packages, and of course we don't actually cut you off or limit you should you go above the allowed amount! Also most people don't actually use as much as they think they will on unlimited packages!

Although the prospect of talking to you is tempting, I don't like limited broadband.

I'm sorry, but you can't expect me not to comment, and I would probably be sacked if I didn't try and sell you a Freeola broadband connection, especially as you are on our chat forums :P

Great first month price of £9.99! Free migrations from other providers! Free unlimited access to any web space that you may have with us! Free Webmail for any e-mails that you have with us for full access when on holiday or away from your main computer! Cmon man! You also get to speak to me and or my lovely colleagues should you have any queries and fancy giving us a call! :D What more could someone want! :p

I was looking to get a good cheap 8 meg connection, can somebody hook me up with something?