JohnRoss Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Re using sites like UKNova for TV/Radio torrents . I gather that all ISP's have a usage limit of so many gigabytes/bits per month and that this may include uploads as well as downloads and that if you go over the limit there may be some sort of penalty. Does anyone know what that limit is for AOL in France or where to find it or had a penalty applied?.................JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think you'll find each ISP will probably have their own policy although in these days of mega bandwidths and bundled TV it's hard to see how they can effectively offer that and cap usage.Considering that you generally pay exactly the same per month irrespective of whether you have a 1mB or 24mB connection surely it has to apply across the board.My comisserations for being with AOL BTW, chin up though, one day you'll be better [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi John,AOL UK seem to have a weird 'Fair Use Policy' they don't publish their limits, however they will restrict your usage if you exceed 10gb per month, which is quite low by todays standards. If you continue to exceed this figure they will cancel your service.France AOL is now owned by TELCO (Neuf Cegetel) and finding the Terms & Conditions relating to their F.U.P. is nigh impossible.I agree with ErnieY's comments re-AOL. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRoss Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Ok and thanks to both. 10GB is not much, done about 2.3GB on UKNova alone in the last two days. Don't know how much on downloads with normal computer use on the web, impossible to say I guess. So will have to watch it then and limit uploads/downloads as necessary to keep well below that figure. During downloads the computer really goes mega slow when trying to use the internet at the same time and downloads seem to take about 2 hours for a 1 hour long programme to complete a download. Data rate on downloads is usually below 50k, not that fast, and uploads even slower. I have a score of 60 at UKNova just now so I might disable uploads soon though I don't know how long UKNova will keep the account open if I am passive. It is a useful facility for progs missed or clashing with something else. I suppose a second Sky box is another possibility.A lot of folk have been critical of AOL but I am not sure why. I am in no position to compare with other ISPs as I have only used AOL both here and in the UK so I don't know if the performance is good or otherwise. What yardsticks should I use to rate them? I have never had cause to complain about them and they were quick in replacing my AOL box last year when the lightning took it out at no cost to me so it would be interesting to know why some folk are not happy with them!..............................................JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 JohnRoss, try www.thebox.bz for your UK tv torrents too. They are also very good and operate in a similar manner to uknova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRoss Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Thanks for the information and tried it this am. Chose three smallish files as a test with multiple seeders but no downloads as yet! Everyone must have gone to work and left their machines off! Will monitor during the day and see what happens..........JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 To get your ratio up, choose the free torrents. The latest soaps are the best as many people want to watch those for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRoss Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Well thanks but nothing is happening. I have FlashGet and maybe thebox.bz does not like it, I cannot see it on their approved list, works Ok with UKNova. What client do you use with thebox.bz?.......................................JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I normally use utorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRoss Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Ok thanks I will have a look at it.................................JRPS And having looked at it now have it installed on my second machine and it works. Interesting to note that thebox.bz does not allow you access if you use AOL browser so I used IE instead.PPS tel thanks for the pm and have replied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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