Just updating Norton, Windows Update, AdAware, etc, would involve over 500MB per month.
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Just updating Norton, Windows Update, AdAware, etc, would involve over 500MB per month.
Quite so, and there are some ISPs over here with 2GB caps :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Welshjim
But as long as you stay away fropm P2P, 30GB is really quite adequate, as Fink says. Apparently my heaviest month in the last year was under 12GB, and that includes downloads of Vista betas.
wow, well, I'm glad the US doesn't have any of this...
although, I think I'd settle for broadband with any limit if I could actually get broadband instead of being stuck with dial-up...
After shopping around (and coming across some very unhelpful ppl) I've decided to go with a provider called Velcom. They do have a CAP of 100gigs, but they'll warn you when you get close. They offer all sorts of bells and whistles, email accounts, websites, etc. The biggest selling points for this one were
1. No contract
2. 29.95 a month
3. Rent to own modem 40 up front, 10 for 6 months (actually it's 50 upfront, 40+ 1st month)
4. No connection fees
5. 24/7 live person tech help (and they'll support my wireless router and setup on the laptop - those of you familer with Bell or Cogeco know the help stops at the router)
They didn't include any free dial-up with the service, but they said if the DSL goes down, they will give me free "emergency" dial up, I just have to call and they can set it up in a matter of minutes.
This was a big selling factor since I do Avon at home and I submit my orders online, if I miss the deadline I miss the truck and the shipment comes a week later! They also have a local access number for me to call.
I just hope the service is good! :cool:
Thanks to everyone for all the help, it was great!
You should be very happy with that, as long as they are reliable. Believe me you've got to do some very serious downloading to get anywhere close to 100GB per month.
Thanks Nick, Yes, I hope the service is good.
I figured that I would have to do some serious downloading to max out. I used to do a lot of P2P, but not so much anymore. I can't really be bothered to do all the searching.
I'm going to try these guys for a month and see what happens.