Well unless anyone knows any different - BT don't have an accessible stats page for customers. Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Think it is the same as a phone line: if you use it more then you have to > pay more, but they include some 'free speak time' in the line rental fee. > Most of the ISP has the policy not to 'overuse' the internet, so for exam= ple > if you download lots of movies or watching video clips all the time you > could reach that limit very easy. If you would like to avoid tha 1 pound = per > gig then tell all of your member of your family to stop downloading or > watching videos. > > There is a possibility that you have a wireless networking enabled without > the limitation which device had access to it therefore somebody else uses > your account without your knowledge -- maybe they do not even know that t= hey > use your access point instead of theirs... > > BTW: I do not know BT, but most of the ISP has a secure website where eve= ry > customer could check the statistics of the usage. > > Tamas > > > On 03/09/06, Chris Gavin-Egan wrote: > = >> Hi all >> >> I have just been emailed by BT (my broadband supplier) to tell me that I >> have gone over my monthly bandwidth by 18gb (how i don't know but I have >> a whole family using the connection on 4 pc's LOL ) >> >> anyhow they advised me that next month, if I go over my bandwidth, they >> will charge me =A31 per Gb over the bandwidth allowance ! >> >> Interestingly - they don't give you any method of actually monitoring >> your bandwidth usage on a hourly/daily/monthly basis other than this >> email telling you. >> >> I emailed them back today telling them that an example of BT's >> behaviour/policy is saying to people that they can go into a buffet and >> eat only as much as a plate holds, however we are not going to give you >> a plate to hold the food on and we would like you to stop eating when >> you think you have eaten as much as you feel a plate would hold... by >> the way we will be charging you =A31 for every sausage roll over and abo= ve >> the plated amount... oh and lastly we'll be watching so we know how much >> you have eaten ! >> >> I haven't heard back as yet, but I am interested in peoples opinion of >> this situation, afterall, are they allowed to impose such charges when >> they don't give you any way of metering your own use ? >> >> Cheers Chris >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> = > > > > = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist