Unlimited?
Paul Orrock
paulo at digitalcraftsmen.net
Fri Oct 31 12:09:01 GMT 2008
been there, done that with unlimited broadband
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Unlimited-ADSL/
The last paragraph of the response is quite interesting though and has a
fair point
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page12235
The ASA stand seems to be that provided the user is never stopped or
charged for downloading more, then an "unlimited" claim can be made
provided you link to a FUP. This is because the unlimited is taken to mean
quantity of download not speed, since this is already classed as "up to
xMb". In practise this means your provider cannot charge you more but can
slow you link down to such an extent it becomes unusable but they are
within their rights to do it.
see :
http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_42732.htm
and
http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_43546.htm
regards,
Paul
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