[SWLUG] Introduction

[Steve Hill]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Huw Lynes wrote:

> (up to and including starting a PhD) before realising that working with
> computers would be more fun. I've spent the last four and a bit years

You're crazy :)

> can anyone recommend a good ISP with generous (or none-existent)
> download limits?

Depends what you mean by "generous".  You'll struggle to find one with 
non-existent limits.  Generous or non-existent limits basically means 
you'll be paying a high price for the connection _or_ the connection will 
be absolute crap.  Bandwidth isn't free and if the ISPs don't restrict 
people from running bittorrent 24/7 they either have to buy more upstream 
bandwidth (a cost they will have to pass on to the customers) or the 
network will be pants.

I use PlusNet, who have provided me with a pretty good service at a 
reasonable price, but I don't use vast amounts of downstream bandwidth (I 
bittorrent down a gig or so a month) and they _do_ have bandwidth limits 
(can't remember how much - check the AUP).  And alledgedly they do traffic 
shaping to prioritise stuff like RTP, HTTP, etc (no idea how they identify 
different protocols - I suspect they just prioritise all UDP and certain 
protocols to known TCP ports such as HTTP, etc).

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