AOL gets FUP

http://help.aol.co.uk/conditions-of-service/article/20060802090809990001 takes effect 1st Feb 2007

"As part of our ongoing commitment to provide reliable and high-quality broadband services, AOL has decided to introduce a Fair Use policy. This enables us to manage the network better and ensure we can continue to deliver the best possible service to our entire subscriber base.

A Fair Use policy means, for example, that we may introduce some form of network management if we feel that specific individuals are abusing their broadband usage beyond a level that would be considered reasonable. For example, using AOL Broadband 24 hours a day, every day, to continuously download large files is not a reasonable use for a residential service."

Its been coming for a while, with various users getting time based throttling applied to their accounts "in error" (sic).

Old and new weasel words at http://bbterms.aol.co.uk/bb_tc/aol_broadband_dsl/default/aol_bb_dsl_feb05.htm

Edited by yarwell (Sat 30-Dec-06 10:03:39)

Was wondering when this was going to come into place! It was always going to happen.

Maybe they'll review their "fair email receipt policy" which means it's a lottery whether your email gets through or not.

Edited by deleted (Sat 30-Dec-06 12:51:06)

I'm glad I migrated out now not so much because of the cap (which we don't know the figure of) but because they intend to traffic shape.