On Tuesday 22 August 2006 03:43, Keith Powell wrote: > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 3:49 am, Jack Gates wrote: > > > but I am capped as to how much I can download each month. > > > > That sucks! > > A brief explanation. > > Here in the UK, generally speaking, the cheapest broadband allows > 1GB a month data transfer, at a slow rate. Pay more each month, and > you can increase the data transfer to 2GB, 4GB and so on until > there is no limit on the amount. Then, for a greater cost, this is > repeated but with a fast download rate. > > So, it's a case of decided how much one can afford to pay each > month (bearing in mind all the other bills!). > > It's pointless paying for, say, 6GB each month when that amount is > probably only needed once every six months to download a new > version of a distro. So what is the range of the rate there? The cable Internet provider here (in my area) has a flat rate per month with no limit on bandwidth and a download speed from 286KB/sec to 5MB/sec. $25USD/month to $65USD/month. I am on 3MB/sec at $45USD/month. It takes about 4 hours to download 5 FC ISO files. -- Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net
