From: Grimly Curmudgeon on
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Beav"
<beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> saying something like:

>> Remember when bill gates said nobody will need more than 640k? :-)
>
>I remember when he said 48k.

Wasn't that Clive, of the dodgy reject transistors fame?
From: geoff on
In message <htkuie$873$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Catman
<catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> writes
>geoff wrote:
>> In message <htka5h$3ru$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, B 650
>><dunc.on.usenet(a)gmail.com> writes
>>> On 26/05/2010 21:44, Hog wrote:
>>>> ogden wrote:
>>>>> Hog wrote:
>>>>>> ogden wrote:
>>>>>>> On 26 May, 16:02, "Hog"<sm911S...(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Effective 1st June, we are doubling our monthly download allowances
>>>>>>>> for Zen Lite, Zen Active, Zen Pro and Zen Office. This means the
>>>>>>>> usage allowances will be 10Gb, 50Gb, 100Gb and 200Gb respectively.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Download allowances? How quaint.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a strong word, but I hate you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do Be/O2 not offer a service in your area?
>>>>
>>>> Haha do you think O2 offer unlimited data?
>>>> NOT
>>>>
>>>
>>> On their unbundled service, yes. Or at least if they do have a
>>>limit, it's very high, because they've never griped at my usage, nor
>>>that of anyone I know who uses them. Do you have a different experience?
>>>
>> D/loaded >60gig over a weekend not so long ago
>> Limit, what limit ?
>>
>
>This may be of interest.
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/26/o2_disconnects/
>
>

"Unbundled and Be Broadband customers, who use the same network, are
unaffected by O2's new limits on "unlimited".


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geoff