Demon can suck my balls

[mitchy]

So last week I got a wonderful piece of mail from my ISP, Demon. "Blah blah bandwidth blah blah usage blah you're using too much, stoppit" was the gist. Apparently, when I wasn't looking, they introduced a bandwidth cap Fair Usage Policy, and they consider 50GB per 30 day rolling period to be fair maximum usage. I blew through this last Wednesday and I can only assume that watching BBC shows in iPlayer instead of downloading must have contributed to this. So yesterday, I got a second piece of mail saying my bandwidth will be throttled until usage drops, suck on 128kps between 9am and 11pm until we decide you're being good.

Screw that, I'm moving to BT, where for exactly the same as I'm paying now, I'll get unlimited downloads and (probably) better download speeds and possibly a shiny BT Hub. So if I disappear for a couple of days in the next couple of weeks (it's supposed to take place without loss of service - AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!) that'll be the reason why. Not sure what I'll do about email but I'll get the message out about new email addys etc nearer the time.

Sad way to end nearly 14 years with Demon but one of the reasons I went with them in the first place was lack of bandwidth cap and I ain't putting up with being throttled when their service has been steadily deteriorating for years and I've stuck with them. Enough is enough.

*determined nods* Stay tuned!

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

I will bet you any money you like that BT have a "fair use" policy, i.e. a download limit. Still a crap bit from Demon, though.

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

They have a fair use policy, which does say that bandwidth will be globally adjusted during peak times. I expect that from any IPS. What they DON'T have is "You can only download x amount in x period" restrictions as far as I can tell. I will be speaking to a human bean and being very specific about getting that nailed down before I switch.