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From: John on 31 Mar 2010 12:54
A friend is on BT internet, with a monthly download limit. If he uses
<< news.btinternet.com >> as his usenet server, am I correct that any
binary downloads will effect his limit. But if he were to use Giganews
as the server, it would not effect his BT limit.

Regards: John

From: Peter Ceresole on 31 Mar 2010 13:04
John <coffee(a)the.cafe.com> wrote:

> A friend is on BT internet, with a monthly download limit. If he uses
> << news.btinternet.com >> as his usenet server, am I correct that any
> binary downloads will effect his limit. But if he were to use Giganews
> as the server, it would not effect his BT limit.

Normally the download limit applies to your whole data throughput, no
matter where from. It's to stop people unfairly hogging the bandwidth to
the detriment of other users of BTInternet.

It may be that the limit only applies within certain hours- I know that
mine does.
--
Peter
From: Chris Ridd on 31 Mar 2010 13:09
On 2010-03-31 17:54:31 +0100, John said:

> A friend is on BT internet, with a monthly download limit. If he uses
> << news.btinternet.com >> as his usenet server, am I correct that any
> binary downloads will effect his limit. But if he were to use Giganews
> as the server, it would not effect his BT limit.

Any bytes appearing at his router would count, I'd have thought. BT are
not likely to care where they came from.
--
Chris

From: Rob on 31 Mar 2010 14:40
On 31/03/2010 17:54, John wrote:
> A friend is on BT internet, with a monthly download limit. If he uses <<
> news.btinternet.com >> as his usenet server, am I correct that any
> binary downloads will effect his limit. But if he were to use Giganews
> as the server, it would not effect his BT limit.
>
> Regards: John
>

I'm pretty sure the Virgin throttling service kicks in regardless of source.

Rob
From: Conor on 31 Mar 2010 15:38
On 31/03/2010 17:54, John wrote:
> A friend is on BT internet, with a monthly download limit. If he uses <<
> news.btinternet.com >> as his usenet server, am I correct that any
> binary downloads will effect his limit. But if he were to use Giganews
> as the server, it would not effect his BT limit.
>
>

All traffic regardless of the source will come off the monthly limit.

--
Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
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