Videotron used to have a theoretical limit as well. They coudln't account about half of their deployed modems anyways. But a few years ago they got their butt in gear and started enforcing the limits...:-(
If I had 30gb cap and they enforced it, I would be in the streets within 6 months!:-)
My guess, they do this to discourage servers and P2P. For Joe Average, i estimate internet usage consists about 90% download and 10% upload. So 400kbps is more than enough for most of their customer base.
I don't know the market in the UK, but this is not such a good deal if I compare to Videotron, in Quebec.
I get 6.5 MBps down, 900kBps up, no cap, 70$ CAD monthly. The UK package comes up to 95$ CAD (according to yahoo.com). Mine is a bit slower downstream, but I'd rather have faster upstream. Plus 25$ CAD cheaper.
That's what's wrong with America. They resist outlawing guns to their deaths, yet guns have no other purpose than killing. Yet they want to outlaw laser pointers, which MAY crash an airplane by some freak bad luck. How does that make sense?
3 apps? Limited resolution and networking? How is this going to deter piracy or Linux? In both case you get a full-featured OS for free. In countries where you can get pirated Windows XP Pro for a few bucks or Linux for free download, how do they think this junk will help them? Typical MS thinking...
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Videotron used to have a theoretical limit as well. They coudln't account about half of their deployed modems anyways. But a few years ago they got their butt in gear and started enforcing the limits... :-(
If I had 30gb cap and they enforced it, I would be in the streets within 6 months! :-)
My guess, they do this to discourage servers and P2P. For Joe Average, i estimate internet usage consists about 90% download and 10% upload. So 400kbps is more than enough for most of their customer base.
I don't know the market in the UK, but this is not such a good deal if I compare to Videotron, in Quebec. I get 6.5 MBps down, 900kBps up, no cap, 70$ CAD monthly. The UK package comes up to 95$ CAD (according to yahoo.com). Mine is a bit slower downstream, but I'd rather have faster upstream. Plus 25$ CAD cheaper.
That's what's wrong with America. They resist outlawing guns to their deaths, yet guns have no other purpose than killing. Yet they want to outlaw laser pointers, which MAY crash an airplane by some freak bad luck. How does that make sense?
3 apps? Limited resolution and networking? How is this going to deter piracy or Linux? In both case you get a full-featured OS for free. In countries where you can get pirated Windows XP Pro for a few bucks or Linux for free download, how do they think this junk will help them? Typical MS thinking...