Fair usage policy

[xistenz]

Hi All,

I was just looking at what people overseas get and pay for with regards to ADSL. Needless to say I am very green with envy.

I did come across Tiscali UK's 'Fair Usage Policy' available at http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/fair-usage-policy.html?code=ZZ-NL-11GK
and I started wondering, why can't Telkom do the same here? It seems fair to all.

For those who can't be bothered to read it, here is a summary:

This fair usage policy automatically identifies the very small number of extremely heavy users and manages their bandwidth only during peak hours (6pm to 11pm Monday to Sunday), to protect the service for all our other customers. Outside peak hours, the use of the internet by these heavy users is unaffected.

 

[SL20]

This fair usage policy automatically identifies the very small number of extremely heavy users

Damn, I wonder how much data is classified as extremely heavy usage - people doing 100/200GB a day?

Telkom do the same here? It seems fair to all.

Telkom couldn't be bothered. They probably feel much better shaping EVERYONES p2p. I agree that telkom should be doing the same. You deserve to get good speeds from doing 1 or 2 torrents per month.

 

[(DmZ)Wrecky]

Hi X have you seen this;
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=144

 

[bwana]

Big difference to me is that ADSL is targeted at the home user - after all who else would consider 6pm to 11pm Monday to Sunday as being peak?

 

[(DmZ)Wrecky]

Only the cleaners and security.

 

[general_koffi]

Yeah, that product is 100% for home/personal use.

Businesses in the UK don't use ADSL anymore.

The difference here is that ADSL is primarily a business product. Although there isn't any reason why they couldn't make the hours 9AM-5PM, is there?

 

[m0zy]

Only the cleaners and security.