With most Broadband Providers the price of the package is not only related to speed but also the amount you can download each month. This means that once you have reached your limit for that month you will not be able to download any more or risk being charged for the additional bandwidth used. If you are a low end user only using the internet for shopping and emails etc then the download limits may not be a problem.
When the download limit may become problem for low end uses is if during a particular month you need to download many updates or photos of friends. However if you keep an eye on your downloads and stay within the limit your monthly charge from the ISP will be lower than the unlimited download package. However should you exceed your limit you may be charged extra that month.
If you enjoy downloading music, games and videos online then a high download limit or even better, an unlimited download package is for you. For example if you pick the least expensive monthly broadband package you may have a download limit of 2Gb. When you consider most online films are 0.7Gb then this means you cannot even download 3 movies a month to watch. Also updates for online games such as Counter Strike or World of Warcraft can be very large and you cannot play without them.
More and more people are opting for unlimited downloads which provides more than enough monthly downloads for everyone except for the heaviest of down loaders and although you would think that “unlimited” would mean that you could download as much as you like this is not strictly true. Extremely heavy users may find themselves falling foul of the providers “fair use policy” so if you consider yourself in this category it would be wise to do some research on your chosen provider to see at what level they set this “fair use” cap
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