30 Gigabytes enough?

[sennadog93]

I've currently got a BT ADSL connection of 512 thingys and am considering upgrading to the 1 meg connection but there is a limit of 30 gigabytes per month.

My questions are:

Would this help reduce lag?

What other effects would I notice?

How many hours of gameplay would 30 gig give me per day?

Cheers in advance.

[A TIN OF LEAD]

I've currently got a BT ADSL connection of 512 thingys and am considering upgrading to the 1 meg connection but there is a limit of 30 gigabytes per month.

My questions are:

Would this help reduce lag?

What other effects would I notice?

How many hours of gameplay would 30 gig give me per day?

Cheers in advance.


Dont use BT Crap.
Try this site and make a more informed choice loads to chose from.
Lots with no down load limits

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ ::):

[A TIN OF OX]

i am with bt 1 meg and have never had a problem with them,but i know people that have
having 1 meg just makes me die easier ,so yes you should go for it ,hehe

[A TIN OF ELV]

im same bt 1 meg and have not hit a limit yet...its should be plenty and they told me gaming doesnt count ..

[A TIN OF STONE]

im same bt 1 meg and have not hit a limit yet...its should be plenty and they told me gaming doesnt count ..

dont think the limits come in till next year dude so maybe thats y u aint hit then yet

[A TIN OF ELV]

im fairly sure they are in... but 30 giga bytes is alot ,think in terms of dvd's at around 4.5 mb and divide it in to gigabytes ...tho i dunno how many megabytes in a gigabyte lol :S

[A TIN OF IRNBRU]

Hi Guys.

I use BT 512 but am going to upgrade to (some else other than BT) to a 1MB

The BT download limits don't come into efffect until February 2005. Cos they don't have the technology to limit you yet!!!! ::P:

If you check the small print it says Feb 2005. They are still testing at the moment.

Sennadog find some other provider cos BT are poor on the customer service.

[A TIN OF FEAR]

small point.

its the up speed that helps the most, check that if you upgrade to 1Mb that that also increases, if it doesn't then theirs not mcuh point (with regard to gaming)

[A TIN OF PIZZAc]

well iam on 1Mbit with a 2Gb Limit and i download alot and ive never gone over or either it dont work yet like BT's.

its Wanadoo btw only £17.99 a month

[A TIN OF FELIX]

well.....

if your on BT at the mo, check your latest bill, nice little "update" leaflet with all the nice download limits coming in...

quote " BT will not apply this usage allowance until early 2005. After the date, if your monthly usage allowance limit is exceeded, you will have the choice of a restricted service for the remainder of the month, or the option to buy additional usage capacity. " unquote

and ive researched that online gaming counts towards your monthly limit, it is after all data transference.

our server pc has been connected for 47 days and used 114GB (we think) so im up the creak with no paddle......

we cant get blueyonder (2mb £29.99) and most have d/l limits apart from AOL.....

they currently have a 1mb at £29.99 but upgrading in Jan05 and you can get 2mb pipe for £34.99

free modem until end of dec so myself and my flatm8 are considering it so im wondering the drawbacks of AOL?

[A TIN OF SOUP]

Im on ZEN thru a BT line..

1mb conn,,


Sweet as a Nut and Im as laggy as a Norwegian !!!

No limits great support and have been Voted best UK provider by adsl guide most months alongside Eclisep over the last year and half!

[GPRs]

Yep iam with Zen also, so far so good no problems.

[A TIN OF FEAR]

Zen rock, if iwas on BT i would choose them

[A TIN OF FELIX]

wot sort of money we talking and are they going to introduce limits, cos BT aint advertising that fact, only in the small print in bottom of leaflet......

[GPRs]

http://www.zen.co.uk/
As far as i know they are not planning any limits [Spoke to them yesterday] also in the near future reduction maybe in the pipeline,as i was asking for info on upgrades.

[A TIN OF FELIX]

cheers blue!

[ikon]

Zen are indeed the dogs proverbials, they're the adsl supplier that are reccommended to all the customers where I work.

With Nildram myself who are also top notch, 2mb conn never had any probs and as they host the jolt network a good choice for gamers. But atm I'd still probably tip Zen as the best.

Fear is bang on though, it's not your download it's your upload that counts when it comes to gaming... was looking at some bonded or sdsl connections for myself specifically for that reason, saw the £200+ a month price and thought... well I can't honestly repeat what I thought in public :wtf:

[playerone]

You could also check here to see if your in their area - £35.99 for 1meg up & down.....
h88p://www.southern-electric.co.uk/broadband/ourprices_residential.asp

Wasnt sure if live linking was allowed by all thats why I replaced the "tt" with "88".It's common practice on most sites I visit.... :cheers:

[GPRs]

http://www.southern-electric.co.uk/broadband/ourprices_residential.asp

[sennadog93]

Some good information here. It wasn't obvious to me whether the 1mb Zen package included 512k upload speeds or not - any ideas?

The other problem is my email address which has always been @btinternet.com which I don't want to lose for obvious reasons. Can the address be migrated to a new ISP?

[GPRs]

1.Soup has the 1MB service i think you will find the upload is still 256/kbs.
2.I was with Bt.internet before ZEN the option for the migration of my bt
email address was not possible.

[IMC-Berger-]

hey guys im on telewest broudband 1mb with no download limit

and for only 21.99 per month..and also they upgrade u for free once in a wile :cheers:

[A TIN OF FELIX]

cant get telewest, although when move happens will look at what can get ::P: