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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | Learn More I don't see what the big deal is. Plus Net also offers unlimited internet for about 12 British Pounds a month.
»www.plus.net/
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| Re: Learn More its the first word people see is a "cap" and we can't have caps. regardless what the price is and if its unlimited after a certain time.
Then again this is BBR and Karl wrote the story. Everything on here is bad news unless its about ATT, VZ or Google. You can't touch the companies that pay Karl, Justin and BBR's hosting bill. | |
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 IgnitePremium,VIP
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UK | said by pnh102:I don't see what the big deal is. Plus Net also offers unlimited internet for about 12 British Pounds a month. » www.plus.net/ That package is very, very heavily shaped and I'd recommend you look more into it yourself, and learn more as the price you mentioned is a special rate:
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Plusnet Unlimited Broadband starts at £11.99 a month for the first 3 months. If you live in one of our low cost areas you'll then pay £15.99 a month thereafter. If you live outside of one of these areas you'll then pay £19.99 a month thereafter.
»www.plus.net/support/broadband/q···edspeeds
On the other hand, Plusnet are paying the kind of money that would make Rocky's eyes bleed on interconnect costs to the ILEC as most other companies in the UK do so need that manner of shaping. | |
| | pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | Re: Learn More said by Ignite:That package is very, very heavily shaped and I'd recommend you look more into it yourself, and learn more as the price you mentioned is a special rate: So was the capped service mentioned earlier in this forum. Most ISPs offer teaser rates. I see no problem with this as long as the details are fully disclosed.
As for shaping, I don't see a big deal with this either provided the terms of the shaping are either fully disclosed or available on request. With regards to the unlimited package, even at the highest price of 19.99 British Pounds (about $28.58 according to xe.com on 03/27/2008 at 07:11AM EDT), that seems like quite the bargain.
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| | | IgnitePremium,VIP
join:2004-03-18
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1 edit | Re: Learn More said by pnh102:So was the capped service mentioned earlier in this forum. Most ISPs offer teaser rates. I see no problem with this as long as the details are fully disclosed. As for shaping, I don't see a big deal with this either provided the terms of the shaping are either fully disclosed or available on request. With regards to the unlimited package, even at the highest price of 19.99 British Pounds (about $28.58 according to xe.com on 03/27/2008 at 07:11AM EDT), that seems like quite the bargain. This entirely depends on what you want out of the service to be honest. Personally it doesn't interest me in the slightest though it's a reasonable package for those who might want high volume during off peak times.
If it seems such a bargain to yourself it's worth mentioning there are even cheaper deals in the UK, good side of a competitive retail market, that thing you guys generally don't have, and it's all down to the evils of regulation interfering with the free market  | |
| | | | pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | Re: Learn More said by Ignite:If it seems such a bargain to yourself it's worth mentioning there are even cheaper deals in the UK, good side of a competitive retail market, that thing you guys generally don't have, and it's all down to the evils of regulation interfering with the free market LOL. I think it is ironically funny that the result of competition is low level capped service offerings.
BTW the broadband situation in the USA is just fine. Provided you live near civilization, you can get reasonably good service. It is just a small group of people here who want something for nothing that constantly harp on about how "unfair" and "unjust" life is because they can't force companies that own last mile infrastructure to share their investments at a loss with companies that didn't bother to make the same investments. If a company that wants to offer competing service does want to run its own infrastructure, you'll hear complaints from the same people about how "there's too many wires" everywhere.
Me personally? I have my broadband so I don't care. I checked every potential residence I've lived in for broadband availability using the information that most, if not all ISPs in the USA make freely available to potential customers (I've posted these links here many times) and I won't even consider a place that doesn't have any service.
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| | | | | IgnitePremium,VIP
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UK | Re: Learn More said by pnh102:LOL. I think it is ironically funny that the result of competition is low level capped service offerings. Aww it was quite the bargain in your previous post, interesting how it's suddenly become a low level capped service offering when it's suggested it's a result of regulation.
Ah you make me laugh, you really do - thank you!  | |
| | | | | | pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | Re: Learn More said by Ignite:Aww it was quite the bargain in your previous post, interesting how it's suddenly become a low level capped service offering when it's suggested it's a result of regulation. You do know the two are not mutually exclusive, right?
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