The pre-Easter period was a particularly good one for internet users as we witnessed ISP after ISP announcing price cuts on their uncapped ADSL offerings. Finally, the country took tentative steps towards comforming to international trends characterised by basement pricing structures. Although the local tariffs are still unacceptably high, these price reversals are a harbinger of better times indeed.

Whilst the furore that met this news is slowly subsidising, questions are now being asked. Inevitably, the dominant one is how much data a user can consume with an uncapped solution? Is it "bottomless" as in "use-till-you-drop-dead"?

The answer is NO. You see, the ISPs are guided by what is called the Fair Use Policy (FUP), also known as "Acceptable Use Policies, which put a limit on the amount of data which can be transferred. Other providers start to throttle subscribers after reaching a certain usage threshold." (tiny.cc/o11hw).

Uncapped ADSL in its literal sense does not exist but it is still a far much superior option than the previous packages.