Virgin net are giving me a free speed upgrade

[PhoeniX]

Nildram (owned by Pipex) have just introduced a cap in the day time; something like 50gb a month between 9am to 8pm the rest is uncapped. I'd go with pipex

Well 50gb is gonna be way more than enough, and if nildram are doing a 2Mbps connection I might seriously have to consider them.
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Yea. Still, pipex offer unlimited 24/7 for the same price, Plus you get usenet access too

[Scourge]

Use DU Meter.

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Just got that. If there's a feature to show total bandwidth used I can't find it.

Right click the desktop icon > totals

:icon30: Oops. THought it would be in the configuration. Also pulling a starter out of a car. My attention is a bit diverted. Thanks.

[DRuM]

That DU Meter is pretty cool. I'll check it again in a month to see how much I downloaded.

Pho, I get access to thousands of newsgroups via outlook express. So, when you say usenet, you mean the same thing, right?

Question: Anyone know why all of a sudden, my connection disconnects every hour?

[PhoeniX]

That DU Meter is pretty cool. I'll check it again in a month to see how much I downloaded.

Pho, I get access to thousands of newsgroups via outlook express. So, when you say usenet, you mean the same thing, right?

Question: Anyone know why all of a sudden, my connection disconnects every hour?

Bear in mind [if you're using a router anyway] that it will log Network traffic too.

Well, yea, it's kind of the same. However you access usenet via http://www.giganews.com; you can use it to download apps, games, movies, mp3s (all legal and free ones, of course). Basically have a look through http://www.newzbin.com/ and anything you find on there you can download through usenet. It will be much faster than the free news server you have, and have more files.

In short: what you have is basically for text, usenet is for text and binaries (binaries are programs, mp3s etc)

[seremtan]

Use DU Meter.

And that deal still sucks drum. I pay £23 for UNLIMITED (done 30gb and they still don't care) 1mb, and also with an additoinal 10gb usage to Usenet which is worth £7 a month, free.

http://www.solo.pipex.com/ - its currently at £14 for 2 months then goes up to £23 if you should sign up (if you did want to switch I'll be happy to give you my referal code ). The Solo packages are unlimited, the lite are limited but still great deals. Their also the biggest in the country.

That's a pretty sweet deal. I might take you up on your referral code :icon31:

[PhoeniX]

PM if you want to .

I think you may get some more money off for being refered by someone too and some points; also if you refer someone you get like 150 points, you can use these points for lesuire / holiday stuff etc. Normally I think you get 10 points every month for being with them.

Free European Return Flights
To one of the following destinations: Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Malaga, Milan, Nice, Oslo, Palma, Prague, Rome and Venice

*Airport taxes, passenger service charges and insurance excluded.

for example 'costs' 180 points. Pretty nice deal for free.