-=PCTechTalk=- Re: high speed internet

Hmmmm---something to watch for.  I got my call from Hughes today and they 
will be here Aug. 17th at 11 a.m. to do the install.  I will let you all 
know how it goes after a few months.
Sandi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:09 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: high speed internet


> FAP stands for Fair Access Policy and it is a mandate used by most, if not
> all, satellite internet companies to limit just how much you can
> download/upload using their service.  In our case, we were paying for the
> top tier service which supposedly gave us a 1.5 mB/s connection.  Taking 
> the
> lag associated with satellite service, it was actually much lower than 
> that.
> The FAP limit that goes along with that level of service is 17,000mB/any
> rolling 30 day period.  So, if you were to download 17,000 mB/30 day, your
> violation would result in them cutting the connection down to a little 
> over
> dial-up speed until the 30 day total dropped below 70% of the limit (which
> is 11,000).  Once exceeded, it took us about 3 weeks to drop down to that
> point, according to their counter.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>


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