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Ignitionnet · 08-09-2010, 19:32

FYI All O2 have some new packages. They are a bit of a comedown from the old ones.

http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/

The Basics - 8Mbps Down, 1.3Mbps Up - 13GBP/Month (8GBP with O2 mobile phone) - 20GB/month cap.
The All Rounder - 20Mbps Down, 1.3Mbps Up - 17GBP/Month (12GBP with O2 mobile phone) - AUP kicks in at 100GB/month
The Works - 20Mbps Down, 2.5Mbps Up - 25GBP/month (20GBP with O2 mobile phone) - AUP kicks in at 250GB/month

The last 2 are being sold as unlimited subject to AUP, basically it's a soft cap - they can choose to harass you at 100GB and 250GB/month respectively or not at their discretion.

There is also protocol based shaping (Yes Sirius, using DPI!!!!

) on these packages for the first time.

Details here.

The shaping is applied to streaming and P2P downloads, I think it's also being applied to Usenet and Rapidshare-type download sites - will confirm.

Those of us that are already customers remain on our current uncapped, unshaped packages and are grandfathered.

08-09-2010, 19:32	#1
Ignitionnet cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the move Age: 33 Posts: 9,757	New O2 Broadband Packages FYI All O2 have some new packages. They are a bit of a comedown from the old ones. http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/ The Basics - 8Mbps Down, 1.3Mbps Up - 13GBP/Month (8GBP with O2 mobile phone) - 20GB/month cap. The All Rounder - 20Mbps Down, 1.3Mbps Up - 17GBP/Month (12GBP with O2 mobile phone) - AUP kicks in at 100GB/month The Works - 20Mbps Down, 2.5Mbps Up - 25GBP/month (20GBP with O2 mobile phone) - AUP kicks in at 250GB/month The last 2 are being sold as unlimited subject to AUP, basically it's a soft cap - they can choose to harass you at 100GB and 250GB/month respectively or not at their discretion. There is also protocol based shaping (Yes Sirius, using DPI!!!! ) on these packages for the first time. Details here. The shaping is applied to streaming and P2P downloads, I think it's also being applied to Usenet and Rapidshare-type download sites - will confirm. Those of us that are already customers remain on our current uncapped, unshaped packages and are grandfathered.