Usage changes

I sure some will be unhappy still, but BT are making changes to the usage policy for the heavy usage allowance aka 'Unlimited' from 100GB to 300GB. Plus a few other changes and a usage monitor, link below thanks to KerryG.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/WHERE-IS-OUR-U...

Edited by oddius (Fri 20-Aug-10 20:34:03)

I'm not happy, as you can see by my reply.To me £1 to £4 now will be £5 minimum in November.

100GB to 300GB now that's more like it nice one BT. I take it that it will also be from Nov 1st.

41gig would cost £21 excess use on the old option 2 whereas now is a fiver. Seems pretty fair. Punters using more than that would be foolish not to be on 'unlimited 'anyway.

BT just got more competitive.

I'm on Total BB option 1 and usually go over my 10gb allowance by 2gb which now costs me £2 per month,in November it's going to cost me £5 per month, I don't use enough to warant upgrading to option 2 and to be quite honest I can't really afford to on my pension.

i was thinking very hard of going with AAisp on monday but now bt has upped the uage to 300 gigs i am in doubts who to go with but bt is 18 months and aaisp is 12 months
what do you recken people

bt or aaisp ?????

Im a little confused with this...
"Additional usage will be charged at 5GB for £5 (instead of 1GB for £1)"

Does that mean if you go over by just 1GB now you will get billed an extra £5 rather than £1 ??
If not can someone explain what this means, as otherwise i cant see it.

The increase on the other option product from 100gig to 300gig is very good news and makes their Fibre products far more attractive now even to me (I suggest everyone waits for confirmation on that figure increase before counting chickens, i assume it does apply to Infinity option 2?? And this rep is actually speaking facts rather than what people want to hear).

Why dont BT now advertise their other product as a 300gig product rather than unlimited? I cant see anyone thinking 300gig isnt enough for a £25 a month fibre product. (AGAIN assuming it is relevant to Infinity option 2). They would get even more respect from me personally if they now did that and got shot of the unlimited nonsense blub.

Also well done to BT on FINALLY doing a usage calculator.... Thats been way overdue considering even small firms have offered them for years. Its nice to see they are finally listening to people, well done BT you finally have some (just a smidge ) of respect from me on your internet products.

One thing they do deserve a slap on the wrists for though and i personally still think is out of order twaddle...
quote"This means that the traffic management policy will only impact those customers who are driving exceptionally heavy usage � this is a small minority and accounts for less than 0.5% of our customers."

Errrrrrrr wasnt it only 0.5% of customers when it was a 100gig cap? Hmm some screwy maths there or more lying, i think.

Other than that though good news

In reply to a post by Johnct:

i was thinking very hard of going with AAisp on monday but now bt has upped the uage to 300 gigs i am in doubts who to go with but bt is 18 months and aaisp is 12 months
what do you recken people

bt or aaisp ?????

ID still personally FOR THE RIGHT NOW pick AAISP, until some of the claims from that post are 100% iron clad confirmed.

How much is 300gig anytime on aaisp?

12gig a month is uncompetitive on BT Option 1 with excess usage. I would call to get my mac and see what they offer.