No what I was saying is that it is the only one. I just mentioned that it's sky incase I was incorrect or you wanted to check it. The point is, there are a lot of ISPs and while band with is important, its not fair to say that everyone should use that one company (which if you only used truly unlimited net you would have to)
The ISPs use what could be seen as bad wording. They count any data that goes over your ADSL/Cable line as uploading/downloading (depending on direction). That means as far as they are concerned: loading web pages, torrents, youtube, iPlayer etc. are all downloading.
It doesn't matter what you think the words mean. It's what the ISPs think that counts and that's all data. (They can't tell what's streaming and whats downloading and there would probably be uproar if they were looking at your data transfers in that level of detail)
ScouseWheelTrim
Well I don't think bandwith limits are something any company should need to constrain because the amount of money they're making, the infrastructure should exist (reinvestment) for that to be done.
Because for you to have totally unlimited bandwidth costs a lot more then the £15 you're paying a month (i.e. add at least a couple of 0's onto the end). They are going to spend money on infrastructure however that costs a lot (into millions and beyond). You'll probably find that staff costs take out a good proportion of what you pay monthly.
My God! Thank God I'm not a student! Asking a simple, honest question opens up the floodgates for disparagement, ridicule, abuse and worse. Has it always been like this?