Tesco 3GB download limit on broadband per month?

[Stephen19]

Could someone please explain what this means?
Would I be able to surf each day or would I get 'cut off' after a peiod each month (2 weeks if online a lot!)
Or does it just relate to downloading from the internet to your pc e.g music/games etc in which case I am ok.
thanks
S

 

[Diyisfun]

This limit is set to stop you downloading all the time, normal surfing, emails & the odd film download should not be a problem.

 

[dave.m]

I don't download music or films but my connection is usually on for 18+ hours a day. My average monthly useage is 3.5 to 4.3 GB.
Remember that uploads and downloads do not just mean music and films.
Even browsing these forums is down load and if you reply to a post that is an upload. Not very much but it is counted.

 

[Adam_151]

Even normal browsing has some uploads, every time you request page, the request has to be sent to the server, and then there all the overloads from the different protocols in use, and even before a page can be requested, DNS has to be consulted to find out the address of the server.

So don't go thinking that its only if the website has a form thats sending stuff via post data, etc...

 

[happypig]

You are also downloading unwanted garbage in the form of adverts on pages. You can stop this and save bandwidth by using a hosts file (It can also make pages load faster).

Do a goole for "hosts file" or have a look at http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm