• Sara: Help me get my PhD :-)

    Characters: Tesandra[85] Sevelyn[82] Elveria[81] Valediren[80] Eláviel[20]
    Created: 2010-01-22 18:40:52

    I'm trying to collect a 'portfolio' of the ways ISPs inform users of their usage. Specifically the kinds of visualisations of data downloaded/uploaded and how that relates to any usage caps.

    Here is an example from PlusNet, to give you an idea what I mean :-

    2010-01-22 18:36:10
    Bandwidth Usage



    I thought there might be a decent range of different Internet providers amongst our number, so if people wouldn't mind taking a few moments to screenshot anything they think might be relevant and send me an email, that'd be *fantastic*.

    Feel free to anonymise anything you send if you want to.

    email - sara.bury@infiniteview.co.uk

    Thank you to anyone who helps, I'll keep track and pay in beer tokens.
    "And then there's aggro to worry about."
    "What's 'aggro'?"
    "Well, it's complicated. But loosely translated, it means 'The Priest Dies.'"

    • Peter: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

      Characters: Rittal[85] Mieville[80] Terlan[80] Caltera[67] Dynia[67]
      Created: 2010-01-22 18:44:31

      2010-01-22 18:44:15
      Zen Internet Usage Chart



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      • Sara: Re: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

        Characters: Tesandra[85] Sevelyn[82] Elveria[81] Valediren[80] Eláviel[20]
        Created: 2010-01-22 18:57:58

        Awesome thank you. I'm hoping I'll be able to conclude in the end that visualisations like these aren't really very good for idiots ;-)

        Not that I am trying to come to conclusions before I have the results, naturally.

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        "And then there's aggro to worry about."
        "What's 'aggro'?"
        "Well, it's complicated. But loosely translated, it means 'The Priest Dies.'"

    • Carrot: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

      Characters: Glorif[85] Heclan[73] Nathrezim[37] Cuchillo[23]
      Created: 2010-01-23 10:45:57

      I would do, but i'm on Plus.net as well, so there doesn't seem much point. You already have graphs like mine.
      Wash: This is going to get pretty interesting.
      Mal: Define interesting...
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    • Andy: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

      Characters: Marlen[85] Egeria[81] Davarnon[80] Lyia[61] Krafla[34]
      Created: 2010-01-23 11:52:34

      Hahaha. We really take advantage of our free time right?
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    • samsonious: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

      Characters: Dwarfbearpig[85] Olena[83] Mylith[82] Wachovia[75]
      Created: 2010-01-23 11:57:36

      I'll have a poke around but if they do show customers this it isn't well advertised. I know they just send out letters warning the first month and charging the second, but i dont think they even do that at the moment after a report showed pretty much the entire userbase downloaded a hell of a lot more than they did.

      Gotta love accuracy.

      • mikewilli: Re: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

        Characters: Grumshlick[85]
        Created: 2010-01-25 12:47:18

        Who you with? i will ask Tom what BT internet do for us

        • Sara: Re: Re: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

          Characters: Tesandra[85] Sevelyn[82] Elveria[81] Valediren[80] Eláviel[20]
          Created: 2010-01-25 15:01:55

          So far I've seen :-

          1. Plus.net
          2. Zen
          3. A&A
          "And then there's aggro to worry about."
          "What's 'aggro'?"
          "Well, it's complicated. But loosely translated, it means 'The Priest Dies.'"

        • samsonious: Re: Re: Re: Help me get my PhD :-)

          Characters: Dwarfbearpig[85] Olena[83] Mylith[82] Wachovia[75]
          Created: 2010-01-25 15:02:42

          Good ol' Talk Talk. ;)