[Sheflug] E-Petition for Unusual ADSL Business Practices

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Some of you might not know about this but a lot of ISPs out there 
including Plusnet have the practice of throttling back your bandwidth 
of you do something like download a DVD.  

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Unlimited-ADSL/

" We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Insist that OFCOM 
and the ASA stop Broadband Providers advertising 'unlimited' services 
that are in fact limited in the small print or by un-defined fair use 
policies." and  "Many ISP's (Internet Service providers) are 
advertising Broadband with 'Unlimited' downloads. The majority of 
these services are not unlimited as in the providers fair usage 
policies they either cap the use at a defined amount, or use an 
undefined criteria that only they know. "

I realise that putting your own paw print on this petition is unlikely 
to have any effect anywhere but I that I would mention it anyway.


-- 
Richard

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