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" > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------