Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 05:07:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 05:07:04 -0500 Received: from kestrel.vispa.uk.net ([62.24.228.12]:36106 "EHLO kestrel.vispa.uk.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 05:07:03 -0500 Message-ID: <3E50B5D1.9010808@walrond.org> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:13:37 +0000 From: Andrew Walrond User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021020 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Bradford CC: hps@intermeta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ADSL vs Leased line (was: Re: openbkweb-0.0) References: <200302162148.h1GLmHCF003341@darkstar.example.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 746 Lines: 20 John Bradford wrote: > In the U.K., you can get 2 Mbit/256 Kbit ADSL with no bandwidth > limitations to you, for about 300 pounds/month. However, that that is Even that is not entirely true. Just try using the bandwidth continuously for a few days and see how unpopular you become ;) Several of the larger adsl providers in the UK have now introduced "Fair Usage" policies to curb these "rogue users" (direct quote btw) No such thing as a free lunch. Never was, never will be. Andrew Walrond - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/