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[The Worst Gamer]

So, ladies and gents, I've just been offered to test this "Gamer's Broadband" thing by a friend in a service provider company. They are a major business service provider, so their network is pretty busy during the day but completely empty during the night time.

Now, I'm just wondering if I should go through with it. I'd have to drop the service provider I have at the minute and I wouldn't be able to use my connection during the day without paying for "peak hour top ups" (however much they might cost) which is useful because I'm not in like 90% of the time during the day and it's hardly like I get decent download speeds during then anyhow.

Here're the facts about it I've been sent:-

• £12.50 per month on a 24 month contract (works out to £300 total). They've said they're considering lowering it to a 12 month contract, though.
• Broadband useable between 6PM and 8AM and over all the weekend. Unaccessible between 8AM and 6PM without paying for peak time "top ups".
• Unlimited download limits. No fair usage policy apparently.
• No throttling (dear lord, thank you), so no 7PM slowdown.
• Prioritised traffic on their backhaul. ( I have no idea what this means, can anyone tell me? >: )
• Free 10GB of peak-time (that's between 8AM and 6PM) bandwidth on purchasing the service. This is not a monthly allowance.
• Any peak-time bandwidth purchased rolls over from month to month, apparently.
• 8mb/15mb download speeds depending on whether you're an area with an ADSL2+ circuit. (Again, not a clue, it's apparently not available in every area, though)
• Static IP address on request.
• Wireless router on request.

Would anyone else get this done? I'm really not sure what to think about it. What do you all think?

[nbonaparte]

It's a nice idea. If it started at 5 pm, it would be even better. I'd take it, though.

[Frajic]

I(that is, my mother) pay 400kr(roughly $70, but Norway's a rich country, so it's equal to 40$) a month for about the same, except we aren't bothered by those peak hours. It sound like a good deal.

[nbonaparte]

I(that is, my mother) pay 400kr(roughly $70, but Norway's a rich country, so it's equal to 40$) a month for about the same, except we aren't bothered by those peak hours. It sound like a good deal.

and Scandinavia has some of the best internet connections in the world.

[Frajic]

I(that is, my mother) pay 400kr(roughly $70, but Norway's a rich country, so it's equal to 40$) a month for about the same, except we aren't bothered by those peak hours. It sound like a good deal.

and Scandinavia has some of the best internet connections in the world.

be jealous :V

[Siquo]

I get 20Mbps (in practice it's about 10-15 max), 24/7 for about 25 euros.

I wouldn't take that deal, as I've been ill last week, and wouldn't have been able to use my internet while I was... I'd be really sure I'd never want internet during the day before taking the offer.

[Nilocy]

Virgin Medias XXL package is costing our flat about £25/month and we get telephone, TV and a 50Mb/s connection with about a 10Mb/s upload. No download limits and its pretty much constant downloads through the day.

But I like what you've got, if its just for broadband then thats awesome. What's the company name?
?

[nbonaparte]

I(that is, my mother) pay 400kr(roughly $70, but Norway's a rich country, so it's equal to 40$) a month for about the same, except we aren't bothered by those peak hours. It sound like a good deal.

and Scandinavia has some of the best internet connections in the world.

be jealous :V

I am. That, among other things, is why I'm thinking about moving that way.

[lordnincompoop]

Remember that connections are often advertised in Mbits, with are 8 Mbits to an MByte.

[Virex]

Free 10GB of peak-time (that's between 8AM and 6PM) bandwidth on purchasing the service.
The peak-time bandwidth rolls over from month to month, apparently.

See if you can get some more information on these lines. If I'm reading it correctly you'll get 10GB worth of downloads during peak time for free each month, which you're not likely to cross over if you remember to only DL stuff during the evening. I could be mistaken though.

[The Worst Gamer]

I get 15Mbps downloading and 1Mbps uploading for $60 a month, no limits or anything. My ISP offers a decent 100Mbps package, but there's a transfer limit of 250GB a month (though only on their packages above 15Mbps); every gig you go over, they bill you a dollar. Since I'm usually clearing about a terrabyte a month and I don't fancy paying ~$850 for internet, the slower speed actually works better for my purposes.

So long as you don't torrent in the daytime, it sounds like a great deal. The only internet you can get around here for $20 is DSL and dialup.

Damn, American internet is expensive.

See if you can get some more information on these lines. If I'm reading it correctly you'll get 10GB worth of downloads during peak time for free each month, which you're not likely to cross over if you remember to only DL stuff during the evening. I could be mistaken though.

I think it's just 10GB at the start of the service. Certainly enough to check emails every day for a few months, right?

[ToonyMan]

I was so used to having a 1Mbit network, that when I finally was able to pay for the 100Mbit one it was amazing.

[lordnincompoop]

Aw man, 100?

I only have 8. It's enough, certainly, but 100! 100!

[ToonyMan]

My school as a 1Gbit network.

I can download things at around 1.3MB/s.  I tested it.

[lordnincompoop]

My school as a 1Gbit network.

I can download things at around 1.3MB/s.  I tested it.

What. One gigabit! Ohmygosh! That is very fast indeed!

I get about 500-1000 kilobytes a second, usually.