My take is that true uncapped is still a pipe dream for now. Those ISPs who claim to offer it disguise their caps by invoking "fair usage policies". The other day I parted with 5,000/= on an airtel "unlimited daily" bundle. It was disappointing to put it mildly.
-- Hari On 1 October 2011 22:17, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Unfortunately they have to keep their shareholders >> happy first, before they think of me :-) >> Plus I am sure they have heard that suggestion >> countless times already. > > I think there may be a net-netrality case against some of our local ISPs. > > Some are already charging users differently depending on the type, source, > and destination of data they transmit -- rather than charging users solely > based on the /amount/ of data they transmit. > > Orange, for example, offers mobile Internet users access to Facebook for > free. Thus, Orange's Internet is a tiered Internet; Facebook is accessible > to all users (Bronze Plan) while the Uganda LUG is accessible only to users > with access to the entire Internet (Gold Plan). > > > ----- Original message ----- >> On 1 October 2011 20:56, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hari, >> > >> > 1) Suggest you lobby your ISP to remove data caps? >> >> Unfortunately they have to keep their shareholders happy first, before >> they think of me :-) >> Plus I am sure they have heard that suggestion countless times already. >> >> > 2) What was your calculation on that? The video res is quite low. >> >> http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ >> under Bandwidth requirements. >> >> Assuming 40KB/s quoted there, which is 320kbps. >> >> So in an hour 320*60*60 = 1152000 kilobits which is roughly 1GB. >> >> -- >> Hari >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] Mailing list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: >> http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >> in any way. > > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
