The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #134345   Message #3054780
Posted By: ChrisJBrady
16-Dec-10 - 11:13 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Long Threads Soaking Up Data Allowance
Subject: Tech: Long Threads Soaking Up Data Allowance
I mainly use a 3 mobile dongle for my broadband connection. I have a 5GB monthly allowance. It serves me well even on trains. However there is one irritation with Mudcat especially when viewing long threads. Every time someone appends a post to a long thread, and I try and view this, Mudcat insists on downloading all of the previous posts too. This has reached ridiculous proportions with the "Licensing consultation announced!" thread which now runs to 830+ posts all of which appear to get downloaded whenever I want read the latest addition. This continual downloading of entire threads each and every time I visit them is soaking up my data allowance. CJB. P.S. I would hate to try and visit the "BS: The Mother of all BS threads" which has 38,800+ posts.