On 2 Apr 2003 at 22:43, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 07:36 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > On 2 Apr 2003 at 17:29, William T Goodall wrote: > >> > >> I pay (about) �36 (�24.99) per month for 512/256 ADSL at 50:1 > >> contention. I haven't noticed any issues with contention though - I > >> seem to get my full bandwidth all the time. > > > > UK ADSL doesn't at this time (except on a couple of the > > really-really cheap ISP's, and also plusnet who plain HAVE issues, > > eh) have contention issues. > > > > My parents at home use Pipex (�24 per month) and I use Eclipse (�27 > > per month, BUT it has a 1 month notice period not 12, which is good > > because I'm NOT here (at Uni) for a full year). Both are the > > standard UK home ADSL 512/256 connects. > > So Demon have been taking too many drugs when they have a 512/256 ADSL > package with 20:1 contention that they sell for �75 a month?
I'm guesing that's the business connection. Different ToS and AUP to the home connections (far more liberal - although you can run pretty much anything except IRC on a Eclipse home connection). Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
