Message from @Eccles

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2019-11-15 00:04:27 UTC  

what

2019-11-15 00:04:41 UTC  

By metering, you mean there's a certain amount you can download per month?

2019-11-15 00:05:05 UTC  

yes, usage limits or throttling

2019-11-15 00:05:15 UTC  

Those generally aren't a thing anymore

2019-11-15 00:05:22 UTC  

Unless you're raping it stupid time.

2019-11-15 00:05:23 UTC  

throttling definitely still is

2019-11-15 00:05:31 UTC  

Who are you with?

2019-11-15 00:05:32 UTC  

Virgin media?

2019-11-15 00:05:40 UTC  

Me? No, Plusnet

2019-11-15 00:05:47 UTC  

And it's not a throttled or metered connection

2019-11-15 00:06:33 UTC  

https://community.plus.net/t5/ADSL-Broadband/Throttling/td-p/1542466
> Plusnet does not throttle internet connections unless your account is in failed billing.

2019-11-15 00:06:38 UTC  

Well, that's their statement on it

2019-11-15 00:06:57 UTC  

They commonly used traffic shaping

2019-11-15 00:07:15 UTC  

But that's not terribly relevent here

2019-11-15 00:07:56 UTC  

Anyway, these aren't really going to be things on fibre to the prem

2019-11-15 00:08:01 UTC  

Due to the high bandwidth

2019-11-15 00:08:15 UTC  

Just the high cost

2019-11-15 00:08:29 UTC  

Costs which are dropping and we've agreed are dropping <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

2019-11-15 00:09:20 UTC  

Brexit really isn't going to impact them tbh

2019-11-15 00:11:41 UTC  

Well, Windows 10 just blue-screened because it's fucking bullet-proof

2019-11-15 00:12:51 UTC  

FIbre to premises will not drop below the base price of broadband currently

2019-11-15 00:13:03 UTC  

Which means it'll be more than double my current outgoings

2019-11-15 00:13:10 UTC  

So no, you can keep it

2019-11-15 00:14:44 UTC  

Of course it will, the costs are lower and competition between virgin and BT will push the prices down

2019-11-15 00:15:04 UTC  

There won't be any competition - they're going to nationalise the infrastructure

2019-11-15 00:15:05 UTC  

> So no, you can keep it
Nothing you can do to stop it 🤷

2019-11-15 00:15:09 UTC  

It's happening anyway

2019-11-15 00:15:21 UTC  

Then the costs could be even lower <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

2019-11-15 00:15:25 UTC  

Since there's less incentive for profit

2019-11-15 00:15:26 UTC  

Lmao

2019-11-15 00:15:40 UTC  

I'll just hack a neighbour

2019-11-15 00:15:47 UTC  

If Labour does get into power then theres a higher chance that it will actually be cheaper kek

2019-11-15 00:16:12 UTC  

yes, but it'll be fucking unreliable

2019-11-15 00:16:19 UTC  

and censored

2019-11-15 00:16:47 UTC  

You just did that

2019-11-15 00:17:14 UTC  

It's not baseless, it's based on previous experience of a Labour government running public services, and specifically running telecoms

2019-11-15 00:17:45 UTC  

Previous telecoms is not fibre.

2019-11-15 00:17:51 UTC  

There is less to go wrong with fibre.

2019-11-15 00:18:05 UTC  

THe nature of fibre isn't the issue, it's the business culture, and the motivations