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Re:The Web We Want by vram22 on Friday June 10, 2016 @03:00PM (#11878998)
>so that I apparently blow through it within days of the start of a new month

Interesting, had the same experience this month, though on my mobile phone's post-paid data plan. Actually in earlier months too, but those were near the middle or end of the month. This time it happened within 5 days of the start of my billing cycle.

You in India? Asking because Fair Use Policy (also has another cynical/realistic expansion given by users) is a term used by Indian ISPs (though could be other places too of course).

Re:The Web We Want by Santosh83 on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:00PM (#11879539)
Yes. And my so-called "broadband" ISP is BSNL to be exact. But since their "full-speed" (~200 kbps) connection lasts only a few days each billing cycle before their fair-use policy kicks in, throttling me to ~60 kbps, you can hardly call it 'broadband' in any sense of the term. Nevertheless I stick with it since its sufficient for my needs (albeit you need to cultivate patience) and cheap enough. But their recent increasingly aggressive attempts to redirect my connections to their nag-pages asking me to "top-up" or register for their email are testing my forbearance.
Re:The Web We Want by lozf on Saturday June 11, 2016 @11:30AM (#11883776)
I was in Kashmir a couple of years ago and Aircel 3G was almost invariably faster and more reliable than the BSNL ADSL "Broadband".
Re:The Web We Want by vram22 on Saturday June 11, 2016 @07:20AM (#11883058)
Bad scene.
Re:The Web We Want by stan_rogers on Friday June 10, 2016 @03:09PM (#11879098)
That's a pretty exact description of a Canadian service I had until recently as well. It's not just India.
Re:The Web We Want by vram22 on Friday June 10, 2016 @03:37PM (#11879343)
Wow. Sort of thought so (that it could be world wide), but interesting to hear it. And shit.