On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:36:39 +0000 Marshall Cleave <marsh...@brooklandsand.co.uk> wrote: > > >On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:20:31 -0000, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > >> Do you have a strong signal from any of the mobile networks? Plenty > >> of 3G/4G unlimited packages available, ... > > > >Is that using an english definition of the word "unlimited" or a > >marketing speak definition? That is "unlimited" within the limits > >applied via an Acceptable Use Policy. I could use a back up for the > >ADSL, use in the order of 60 to 200 GB /month depending on how many > >kids are home. If you stand near a window on the right side of house > >up stairs you can get a 3G signal, so a truely unlimited 3G account > >could be useful. > > > > > My only connection at home is a 3g connection which I use for > everything including get_iplayer. > I have a cheap firefox phone tethered to a tp-link router (running > openwrt). > Three do the all-in-one 15 tariff on pay as you go. £15 gets unlimited > internet for 30 days, I've tried to hit a cap but haven't found one > yet :)
I'm on that, and there is a limit. I have seen a traffic graph get quite clearly limited to about 64k/sec or something (a base 2, computery number), but the limiting seems to be related to how busy the cells are: I have only seen it since moving house, I think. But there is a workaround, power cycle the phone and whilst it is rebooting delete any DHCP lease on the PC. The network will give a different IP, the anti-customer system will then think you are someone else and will turn the bandwidth back up. I make a call before pulling the battery out to power cycle the phone, just to try and confuse the network more. I did all the Horizons the BBC posted, that 50 years worth, in flashvhigh in one go, abut 10gig IIRC. I don't think that triggered any of the unfair usage policy (aka "how dare the customer use what they paid for") though. I think torrents can trigger something, next time it happens though I will call up and complain and make sure it is an ISO of Android or something undoubtedly legal. Proxying is enough to make torrents always go flat-out though (or still dribble in slowly, if it's badly seeded). Nick _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer