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Offline hotlips

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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2012, 20:30:54 PM »
We need the VPN to allow us to download from sites like BBC i player which are not allowed outside the UK. I have been told that if I use uktvaccess or expatsheild, Turk Telecom may not be aware of how much data we are downloading and stop them from squeezing our bandwidth.



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« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2012, 20:40:38 PM »
Yes I know - what I mean is it is the regulations covering the BBC etc in the UK that prevent you watching iPlayer and the like. TTnet wouldn't care if you were on iPlayer or not. My understanding of VPN is the same as Steve's - there's no way it could hide your data usage from the people who supply your data to you. Would be popular though - even here in this house we are throttled (Virgin Media).

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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2012, 20:45:51 PM »
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Originally posted by hotlips

We need the VPN to allow us to download from sites like BBC i player which are not allowed outside the UK. I have been told that if I use uktvaccess or expatsheild, Turk Telecom may not be aware of how much data we are downloading and stop them from squeezing our bandwidth.



They are wrong....

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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2012, 20:57:01 PM »
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Originally posted by redding43

quote:
Originally posted by hotlips

We need the VPN to allow us to download from sites like BBC i player which are not allowed outside the UK. I have been told that if I use uktvaccess or expatsheild, Turk Telecom may not be aware of how much data we are downloading and stop them from squeezing our bandwidth.



They are wrong....



Yes they are wrong - I was trying to be subtle.

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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2012, 05:32:56 AM »
That's a pity!

Without wanting to put the same old whingeing thing - but I will anyway - Typical! Guess I was being naive when I thought unlimited meant unlimited!!!  ;)

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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2012, 05:52:13 AM »
Mines unlimited -ish, i have a 100 GB limit then it slows down if i go over that. VPN's only fool the site you are going to into thinking you are somewhere else.

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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2012, 07:56:13 AM »
It's the same rule for most of the providers in the UK. Unlimited is rarely truly that

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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2012, 18:38:25 PM »
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Mines unlimited -ish, i have a 100 GB limit then it slows down if i go over that. VPN's only fool the site you are going to into thinking you are somewhere else.



Which broadband package do you have?

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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2012, 10:11:19 AM »
I have 8mb unlimited but capped at 100GB if it goes over it slows down but not gone over the limit yet. I also have a static IP address too.

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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2012, 16:25:10 PM »
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Originally posted by screamlead

I have 8mb unlimited but capped at 100GB if it goes over it slows down but not gone over the limit yet. I also have a static IP address too.


Thanks - but who do you use? Is it with Turk Telecom?




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