Thanks BT, for letting me know.

[mrbikerboy73]

I find it difficult to understand how broadband providers have the audacity to set a download limit or "allowance" and then charge people for going over it. It cost them no extra so why do it? To me, it's just another way of prising money out of us all. Do BT charge you extra for watching to much TV? To me it's nonsense.

 

[Beebo]

Do BT charge you extra for watching to much TV? To me it's nonsense.

If you have BT TV and a BT broadband package then the tv usage doesnt count towards the monthly total.

 

[Profpointy]

I find it difficult to understand how broadband providers have the audacity to set a download limit or "allowance" and then charge people for going over it. It cost them no extra so why do it? To me, it's just another way of prising money out of us all. Do BT charge you extra for watching to much TV? To me it's nonsense.

umm, this is an example of a business which requires huge up front investment which then has to be recovered (with profit of course) from the users. In a sense it costs them nothing for each user as the money is spent, but if they charge everyone nothing - well you can see the snag. Similarly, if they charge everyone the same, then your granny who only wants to do some emails will think "I'm not paying that". So, they charge heavy users more and light users less - thus everyone pays a proprtionate share without discouraging those who only use a bit. Taking to extreme IBM say probably pay tens or hundreds of millions for their "internet"

 

[subaqua]

If you have BT TV and a BT broadband package then the tv usage doesnt count towards the monthly total.

Missing the point completely

 

[andyfraser]

Yep, you're not the only one...

Playstation game updates/downloads, Netflix, sky on demand, etc... There's a reason I went for the 'true' unlimited package!

The first question I ask when choosing an ISP is "Is this service truly unlimited?". If they say no I say goodbye.

 

[stephec]

Yep, you're not the only one...

Playstation game updates/downloads, Netflix, sky on demand, etc... There's a reason I went for the 'true' unlimited package!

Same here.

 

[stephec]

I find it difficult to understand how broadband providers have the audacity to set a download limit or "allowance" and then charge people for going over it. It cost them no extra so why do it? To me, it's just another way of prising money out of us all. Do BT charge you extra for watching to much TV? To me it's nonsense.

Shop around, there's always a new subscriber deal somewhere.

When that finishes and you cancel most suppliers will suddenly give you the same deal again to stop you leaving.

 

[ufkacbln]

There has been an issue with the latest Apple update where allowances have been used and exceeded by the iPhone automatically selecting mobile data
It is now part of a legal case in the US

Two points were being highlighted

Firstly Apple failed to warn of this likelihood and secondly that providers had failed to warn customers that they had used their allowance or indeed exceeded their allowance and were incurring charges

Hence a lot of providers are sending out these messages to show they are being responsible

 

[Shut Up Legs]

They have dancing cats on those too?

Naturally...


Actually, I think this is even funnier than the video:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/google-x-lab-proves-that-the-internet-is-really-powered-by-cats/

 

[Profpointy]

Missing the point completely

how so?

 

[subaqua]

how so?

You explained succinctly in your post .

 

[Profpointy]

You explained succinctly in your post .

No, I'm missing your point completely.
And I'm not entirely which point you think has missed the point completely

(sorry, not being arsey, I just don't follow )

 

[Shut Up Legs]

There has been an issue with the latest Apple update where allowances have been used and exceeded by the iPhone automatically selecting mobile data
It is now part of a legal case in the US

Two points were being highlighted

Firstly Apple failed to warn of this likelihood and secondly that providers had failed to warn customers that they had used their allowance or indeed exceeded their allowance and were incurring charges

Hence a lot of providers are sending out these messages to show they are being responsible

... and furthermore, these reminders are quite often automatically generated by software that tracks your usage, and in the BT case, the software probably doesn't make allowances for the fact that the OP had no chance of using the remaining 40% of the monthly allowance in only 1 day. It just detected usage over 60%, and sent the email.