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The CAP - Vote

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  • #52
    Dustaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Dustaz


    Originally posted by bk
    It is Brian, not Brendan :cool:
    Oops, wrong user :)
    I disagree, I think we are actually seeing a lot of different opions, with a lot of people going for a reasonable cap.


    Most seem to be pushing for uncapped however. Given the choice, I know thats what i would like.

    BTW, people are asking what you would need a big cap for that is legal, well I can think of many things.

    1) online gaming, in particular Xbox voice system will eat bandwidth.

    Sorry, thats completly untrue. I use my dsl for online gaming a hell of a lot and voicecomms are used often. The amount of bandwith used is nothing in comparison to kazza-wh0ring :)
    5) Any person who is involved in an open source project and who needs to do lots of CVS checkouts. (this would also go for commercial software developers working from home).
    6) Various graphics designers, web designers, etc.

    Lets not go there.
    If i was an eircom droid i could probably make a fairly good argument about Business Expenses for commercial Software, graphic and web designers working from home.
    Taxi drivers work for themselves and must pay more for insurance than other people. Its a business expense and its a hell of a lot cheaper than a leased line.


    Again, I think the 4gb cap is horrible and I look forward to a much smaller cap. I just feel that there needs to be a devils advocate side of things pushed here.


  • #53
    crawler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭crawler


    TmB and dustaz - please remember we do not HAVE a product yet.

    But as I said yesterday - this is all good news.


  • #54
    oeNeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,299 ✭✭✭oeNeo


    No cap.
    Originally posted by bk
    And also would you choose which DSL service to get based on the cap offered?

    More than likely yes.


  • #55
    nahdoic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭nahdoic


    Did anyone else think this would be about the Common Agricultural Policy before they opened the thread? Anyway ...

    YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER BE CHARGED EXTRA IF YOU GO OVER A CERTAIN CAP.

    A company that charges 3c for every megabyte over the cap has no competition and wants to milk you for every cent you got.

    A cap is needed, to ensure a good QOS for all users. If you go over that cap and you're affecting other users, you should get a warning e-mail, your bandwidth should be throttled, you should not have to pay more for something that is already too expensive.


  • #56
    Winters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,761 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    I would love to have NO CAP. it would really be great. Though at this stage i would settle for a cap as long as it is something hugh like 20+ GB. Thats as long as the price is somewhere around €50 (incl. VAT)


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