[IP] BT CHARGING FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH USAGE

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
Date: March 29, 2006 10:31:52 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] BT CHARGING FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH USAGE
Reply-To: dewayne@warpspeed.com

[Note:  This item comes from reader Mike Cheponis.  DLH]

From: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
Date: March 29, 2006 6:52:20 PM PST
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
Subject: BT's bandwidth hogs

BT CHARGING FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH USAGE
U.K. Internet service provider BT has sent letters to 3,200 subscribers
letting them know that their usage exceeds the 40GB per month download
limit to which they agreed in the terms of their service. The letters
inform customers that they must either pay a surcharge for the extra
usage or their service will be disconnected. The ISP does not have an
automatic shutoff for users who exceed the limit, and officials from BT
said they are willing to tolerate occasional violations. The users
contacted, however, are regularly downloading far more than the limit,
with some routinely downloading 200GB every month. Such a volume of
downloads corresponds to approximately 50,000 songs. A spokesperson
from BT said it would be fair to call these users "broadband hogs" and
noted, "You would have to be downloading pretty much all day, every
day, to manage that level of downloading." BT sent similar letters to
1,800 individuals in October, and while some users did agree to pay for
their usage, most were cut off from BT.
ZDNet, 27 March 2006
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6054223.html>


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BT misunderstands.  They should be -encouraging- use of their pipes.   
Geez.

When can we get rid of the old-line telcos?

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