3gig usage, up to 8Mbits per second, 2 email addresses.
If you're not a heavy internet user and not into BBC iPlayer, Youtube, downloading films, downloading music and all that malarky much then the 3gig download limit will be fine for you. You'll be able to browse the internet and use email to your content! You'll still be able to download Music from iTunes and watch the odd program on iPlayer:
Here's an example of what 3gig is:
| 3gig is: (individually) |
Typical: (total 3gig) |
|
|---|---|---|
Webpages (80kb) |
37,500 |
25,000 |
Emails (10kb) |
30,000 |
1000 |
iTunes songs (4mb) |
750 |
50 |
BBC iPlayer 30min (120mb) |
25 |
5 |
DVD Film download(4.2gig) |
0 |
0 |
Off-peak usage (0000hrs to 0700hrs) is free and does not count towards your bandwidth limit.
Why bandwidth limits, why not unlimited?
In order to protect our network and keep it fast we have to ensure everyone is paying their fair share for their usage. It's technically possible for a just small number of customers using P2P continously to dramitically affect the performance of everyone else. Our actual bandwidth costs are several hundred of pounds per Mbps per month, so sharing it out evenly is essential.
If you go over your 3gig download limit, you'll be charge £3 up to the next package automatically for that month. However, we won't charge you if you go slightly over, we give you a 1/2 gig overdraft!
And don't forget, we only count your usage during peak hours, anything you download or do after midnight and before 7am is not counted!