Optus@home in australia introduced a user defined limit, they calculated the average user usage and that was represented as 1. If you managed to download enough data to be 10 times the average user then you were disconnected unceremoniously.
They changed this because slowly the leechers worked out they could sit at around 8 times the average user usage in a 14 day period so were safe.
So Optus@home recently changed this plan to a maximum amount downloadable per month, with the price for the unlimited plan only covering 3 gigs a month, twice as much for the 5 gig plan.
With 3 people sharing our now 5 gig net connection we can still download music/movies, play games like bf1942/daoc and still end up with some gigs to spare at the end of the month(not much).
The simple fact is that the current infrastructure cant support everyone downloading crap to their hearts content, and if it means better pings and more reliable download speeds then it's ok by me. Just means those leech monkeys making divx/software collections have to trade in real life (heaven forbid natural light).
I hope you US peeps can still keep your truely unlimited connections, but if they do limit it like for us ozzies just remember life goes on.
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Optus@home in australia introduced a user defined limit, they calculated the average user usage and that was represented as 1. If you managed to download enough data to be 10 times the average user then you were disconnected unceremoniously.
They changed this because slowly the leechers worked out they could sit at around 8 times the average user usage in a 14 day period so were safe.
So Optus@home recently changed this plan to a maximum amount downloadable per month, with the price for the unlimited plan only covering 3 gigs a month, twice as much for the 5 gig plan.
With 3 people sharing our now 5 gig net connection we can still download music/movies, play games like bf1942/daoc and still end up with some gigs to spare at the end of the month(not much).
The simple fact is that the current infrastructure cant support everyone downloading crap to their hearts content, and if it means better pings and more reliable download speeds then it's ok by me. Just means those leech monkeys making divx/software collections have to trade in real life (heaven forbid natural light).
I hope you US peeps can still keep your truely unlimited connections, but if they do limit it like for us ozzies just remember life goes on.
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