Did you mean 447kb ? or did you really get 447k ?

I thought BT business ADSL was 448k anyway, it would only be higher if your paying extra for Max DSL premium.

im on -

BT BUSINESS TOTAL BROADBAND OPTION 2

Perfect for a small office and allows the most mobile worker to take their broadband with them.
Unlimited� download limits - ideal for sharing the connection around the office.
250 BT Openzone minutes per month - ideal for the most mobile worker to benefit from Wi-Fi usage when out of the office.1
Includes wireless router - with flexible support for wireless, Ethernet & USB connections.
24/7 UK-based freephone support - get access to free support from one of our IT experts, whenever you need it.
Plus all these extras
Additional phone line (VoIP), email & webspace, online workspace (with document & calendar sharing), and 12 months 0800/0844 number rental.2

"Up to 8Mb refers to the maximum download speed (upload speeds are slower). Up to 8Mb download speeds are subject to factors including local availability, line test and distance from an exchange. If your line will not support up to 8Mb download speeds, we'll offer the best available speed on your line. Existing Business Broadband customers: "

THIS COSTS ME �29.99 + VAT / MONTH

"� Fair use policy applies."

http://www.btbroadbandoffice.com/products/fairusepolicy

You kinda missed the explanation of what the Cross meant there

yes i know what the "� Fair use policy means and i dont mind them throttling me during peek times but NOT 24/7

Call centre staff have a habit of blaming the FUP when it is actually something simple like you had a slow speed sync event and the IP Profile kicked in.

NOTE: All the BT Retail products have the FUP, but the traffic shaping is on top of this, i.e. you do not need to breach the FUP to be traffic shaped. But breacht the FUP and the shaping on your service is larger.

�29.99 + VAT is not going to unlimited as in 24/7 high speed downloads, a bit of a bubble burster but thats the bottom line of the numbers. It may buy you something fractionally better than their consumer products.

Wow, looks like they've caught up with me.

I use to do all my Newsgroup downloading from 7am in the morning so when I got home from work it was all done, and I didn't download anything after 6pm.

But now - I got 24k connection to usenet pretty much all the time now.

What is the point....

It's really about time there was a court case over BT's Alice In Wonderland style 'Unlimited Usage' terms.

Unilimited means unlimited......it does NOT mean 'Unlimited.....but....'. Does nobody at BT have a dictionary ??

So....scrap the word 'Unlimited', and let's then force BT to define just exactly what 'fair use' means. There should be a precise download amount stated, below which 'fair use' applies.....and for Pete's sake can we have a meter of some sort ! It's crazy that the only people who know how much we have used are BT themselves.

100% agree... they should be forced to advertise that connection will be throttled too.

What I find utterly outrageous is that BT provide absolutely no definition of what 'fair use' actually is. It seems to be some totally arbitrary figure.....probably based on reading chicken entrails and dividing your internet use by the square root of your phone number.

What is more....from what I can see, many cases of capping involve a reduction of bandwidth to below what is generally regarded as 'broadband'.

I am just amazed that a case has not yet been brought to Offcom.