Life must be good outside Australia - here capped plans (and speeds) are a fact of life. For example, the draconian plan I'm on with Tel$tra Bigpond is an ADSL 512k/128k plan (upstream/downstream) with 3GB prepaid, $149 per extra GB, uploads and downloads charged, for $121 per month. [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img]
Most providers here will offer prepaid plans of either 3GB, 5GB, 8GB, etc. Any unlimited plans are not unlimited because they are shaped, with your access speed dropping down to dial-up speed the more over the "limit" you go (usually 3-10GB) - also to try and discourage leechers who can use up to 100GB in one sitting and slow the whole network down for everyone else.
I can understand the concept behind a "reasonable" cap on traffic as bandwidth does cost money - as long as the price is reasonable and communicated up front. I'm moving to a 1500/256 plan with 8GB prepaid, $6 per extra GB next week which I think will be more than plenty for my needs. We get access to a usage meter (which is unfortunately never ever right) which supposedly tells us our usage, but often it's our word against theirs.
[ 09-25-2003, 09:45 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]