I prefer the PlusNet approach. When you reach the limit, instead of restricting you to the portal, you are just rate limited to 128kbits and get an email notification.
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BlankFrank (knowledge is power)
Sun 29-Jul-07 23:03:35
I think once you get into double digit usage in a single month (11gb I believe) the traffic shaping restrictions start seriously kicking in. Even before that, yes, I think you're shaped across most popular bandwidth intensive ports and applications.
It is something we have discussed. If there is a lot of support for a feature like this then let us know and the powers that be can debate it some more.
I think those business users who have a number of accounts at various locations (such as myself in my work capacity, and therioman) would agree that it would be very useful to have a feature where additional usage could be automatically added to an account, up to a certain limit, once the standard usage allowance had been reached.
It would certainly avoid the headache of manually dealing with our users (read: "customers") who had hit their limit, but it would need to have the safeguard of a set limit, otherwise there is the potential for unexpectedly big bills!
If you have an account manager, can you speak to them to put this request through. This is the correct channel for larger accounts to make requests.
As requirements have to come from the business rather than developers that would make sense. If not then I will let the appropriate people know there is a demand for this (if indeed there is).
Thanks
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BlankFrank (knowledge is power)
Mon 30-Jul-07 18:00:14
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How do we go about getting one? What constitutes a "larger account" (we currently have over 30 connections)?