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On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 07:18:20PM +0100, Simon Avery wrote: > Julian Hall wrote: > > Brad Rogers wrote: > >> Depends how the define "unlimited" b/w. It seems perfectly acceptable, > >> these days, to apply the term to capped services. :-( > >> > > Logically 'unlimited' means 'this service has no limits' so any placed > > on it mean that the provider is guilty of false advertising. > > Small print in pretty much every advert mentions "Acceptable use policy > applies" which means capped. Bandwidth in this country is very expensive. But an acceptable use policy is a limit. If there's an acceptable use policy, it's not unlimited so they shouldn't be claiming it is. -- Benjamin A'Lee <bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ "There never has been, there never will be, and there is not now any man exclusively criticised or exclusively praised." - from the Dhammapada
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