My flatmate has just informed me that she's had an email saying we've reached 1GB of our 2GB monthly allowance on our broadband. We're half way into the month/billing period. Then it's £1.25 per GB after. She doesn't want to get into that.
She changed package recently to 'Light User'. [In full knowledge of how much I need and use the internet. I thought] And this is causing the problem.
She wants me to phone the ISP. [bear in mind I have pretty severe social anxiety]
She wants to change provider, rather than package. Even though I've offered to increase my monthly payment to her and she pays the same for her share.
I feel like crying.
I'll probably have to start using internet cafes again.
It really upsets me. Really brings me down.
It's like a slap in the face.
The weird thing is that the next package up is only £3 more, and I'm willing to pay that extra.
Anyway.
What is 1GB of usage, approximately?
Because, she only does emails and some searching, and I am online A LOT but rarely download anything - apart from the odd photo, and of course my Norton 360 and Windows do their own thing. We never download music or films or anything like that.
Help?
How do I stop Windows Update from automatically updating? [In Vista]
DOn't stop windows from automatically updating. A friend of mine did that and now she can't get online at all becasue the service update that vista needed she didn't get! Why wont your flatmate call???
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Asking how much is 1GB, in terms of usage which is what you really mean, is like asking how long is a piece of string. Ultimately it depends on what you are doing on the internet from month to month. A 2GB package shared between two does seem a little low though.
Changing ISP's can be a bit of a hassle and if you are happy with your provider I just can't see your flatmates problem unless she is just being difficult for the hell of it. I don't know why you flatmate is being so unreasonable especially since you have offered to pay the £3 difference for the next package up. Having said that, it may be cheaper just to pay the extra £1.25 on the bill when it is required because as long as you don't go over 4GB (£2.50) a month you will still be better off. I do this as sometimes I am under, other times over but it works out better not to upgrade in the long run. The only danger with this is if her internet usage goes up dramatically and you are left to foot the bill.
As for ISP's not being Mac compatible this isn't really true. What they really mean is that they don't offer technical support for Mac connection issues but in your case it would probably be best to avoid them.
Oh, one last thing, as <Alive> said it is really a bad idea to stop windows updates. They contain lots of windows patches and so stopping them would make you PC more susceptible to security issues.
People seem to be getting confused to the terminology here, so:
ISP = Internet Service Provider
1GB = 1,024mb
And 2GB is around 660 large, high quality photos (thousands of lower quality ones)
OS: operating system, this sometimes can have problems with the ISP chosen.
SP2: service pack 2
There generally is an issue with the OS and the ISP, >HERE< is some research i have done on your behalf; who are you currently with? (sorry if i skipped over that part and missed it while scanning what's been said)
If you've used half of what you're allocated half way through the billing period then surely by trying to lessen your downloading a little will help and you'll hopefully you'll not have to pay the £1.25 per GB? Though, if you are unable to cut down the internet usage and unable to change the ISP then a mixture of internet cafes, libraries and home internet usage could be used in order to reduce home usage. I don't mean to ask too many questions, but what do you generally use the internet for? As sites such as RYL are relatively low on how much you need to download to view the page unless it is image heavy; sites such as youtube would also be more demanding than pages of simple text. (You could also hide signatures from view from within your options for RYL... every little bit is important) ;]
I have to agree that preventing you OS from downloading the updates would be rather foolish, particularly as Vista is relatively new and full of bugs and glitches which are almost continually been resolved with patches via these updates (i know an ex-Microsoft technician; they never release a fully working OS, not until SP2 :-P)
Furthermore, if you are changing ISP or altering information, then there is more than likely a way to do that over the internet through customer care or whatever other services or provisions have been put in place. Surely you could email and explain the issue of anxiety to them?
I hope an of that was helpful to you in some capacity (:
can i ask if your connection is fully secured? when i search for connections a pitiful 2 out of 14 are secure, which means anyone can use the connection to get online - eating up your bytes.
mand x
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
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Basically we use the internet for emails, general browsing.. The thing is with my work for the eZine, I'm using a good deal of images and photos... Plus I have Norton and Windows which download things to update.
I've been doing calculations online using those calculator things, and we would use on av. 3-4 GB per month. So the 2GB is really not adequete.
The thing is, getting my flatmate to actually care enough and see my point of view. Which may or may not be possible. She's probably going through a hard time.
