Will Fon slow me down?

Hi,  I am considering joining BT Fon and understand that 512kb/s bandwidth is set aside for others to connect using my hub.
Due to where I live I wouldn't expect many people to want to connect to my hub very often but is the 512Kb/s still mine to use if nobody else has connected to me, or is that 512Kb/s permanently set aside for others, in which case wouldn't my connection run slower.
Thanks for any answers.

Allan_Quatermain wrote:
Hi Chipperjack, welcome to the forum.
We've been told that the account holder has priority, the assigned bandwidth is available if needed  by a third party.
Some posts on here make that assurance a bit suspect though, I have to say.
Actually to be pedantic the up to 512Kbps is only available to OZ if it's not needed by the Lan side. If you are maxing out your connection by downloading or streaming there will be no throughput on the OZ connection (Ok there might be a little due to sliding TCP windows producing the saw tooth effect on LAN bandwidth but you get the picture).

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