Posted by fred-bloggs on 11/16/15 11:40

"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in
news:e5-dnYTo-Ix1R2TenZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d@giganews.com:

>>
>> I can see where that might be a problem. My ISP keeps pushing up
>> my
>> speed, so it would be counter-productive to cap my volume. We've gone
>> from 4Mbps to 6Mbps. I have no idea what sort of volume I'm
>> downloading, but I don't worry about it. Sometimes I just download
>> stuff to take a look, figure out I don't like it, didn't need it, or
>> whatever, and dump it.
>
> That didn't deter ISP's in the UK. They doubled the line speed at the
> same time they capped downloads such that the average customer will
> use up his allocation within half a morning. Mine is still uncapped
> but I suspect that's because I seldom maxed-out in the past. Now I've
> got a decent newsserver I suspect they'll cap me.
>

This list of caps seems quite up to date
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/caps.htm
I doubt very much if AOL *will* cap.

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fred

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