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		forkrulassail on Jan 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix: ISPs who charge by the gigabyte are ridic... This has been the status quo in South Africa from 1997. In 2009 I lost a legal battle via the Advertising Complaints Commission. It boiled down to the wording. Uncapped means that they can shape your line to s*, and still sell it as a 4meg ADSL service.

Devilboy on Jan 27, 2011 [–]

Australia has the same thing. 'Unlimited' = full speed up to X gigs each month, after that you get dial-up speed only until the start of the next month.

Most plans are advertised by GB/month though.

forkrulassail on Jan 27, 2011 | [–]

Sad, really.

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