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andygrif · 18-02-2004, 11:51

Sorry for reposting some of my post from yesterday which got sent off into the other thread...but some of is more relevant to this thread now than the other one.....

Here are some solutions. They ain't fool proof, but they're better than the crap that we all have to put up with right now:

1. Pay per use. Simple, take ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£25 divide by 30gb . you now pay 83p per gb downloaded and uploaded.

2. NTL put contingency plans in place to ensure that their infrastructure copes with demands of traffic. It is inexcusable to blame other customers 'leeching' for me not being able to have an acceptable level of bandwidth.

3. This can be backed up with SLA's (Service Level Agreements). If they do not meet the terms of the SLA, then there can be a very simple metering of percentage of bandwidth versus SLA bandwidth, and if you get half the quoted sum, then you don't pay 83p per gb, you pay 42p per gb. Just like when my commuter trains are so bad I get a percentage discount every month becuse they run below the metered standards.

4. Now I'm on shaky ground here, but I am sure some techical bod with the brain the size of a planet will be able to tell me if this can be done or not.....

Why not group these 'leechers' together and average users together and then the light users together? Would providing bigger pipes to the leechers (cos they're paying more after all now) normal pipes to most of us and smaller pipes to the light users, surely this will mean that everyone (who now pays accordingly) gets the bandwidth they need. Would this work?

5. Another shaky one....could I not elect to increase my bandwidth at a time when I knew I wanted to download lots of stuff, watch streaming videos etc etc etc?

I know that when you rent space on satellites you can do this, when you buy space on transatlantic cables you can do so on a short term basis, even minutes...but what about us mere mortals?

Why can't I select to move myself over to the 'leecher' pipe, and increase my speed to 2mb? I would then be charged accordingly, exactly the same as if I stuck with the 600k, but it would be over in one quarter of the time, which then frees up the average space bandwidth again. Would this work?

Just some thoughts from Planet Common Sense!

18-02-2004, 11:51	#144
andygrif Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,820	Re: 1GB Cap Letter!!!! Sorry for reposting some of my post from yesterday which got sent off into the other thread...but some of is more relevant to this thread now than the other one..... Here are some solutions. They ain't fool proof, but they're better than the crap that we all have to put up with right now: 1. Pay per use. Simple, take ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£25 divide by 30gb . you now pay 83p per gb downloaded and uploaded. 2. NTL put contingency plans in place to ensure that their infrastructure copes with demands of traffic. It is inexcusable to blame other customers 'leeching' for me not being able to have an acceptable level of bandwidth. 3. This can be backed up with SLA's (Service Level Agreements). If they do not meet the terms of the SLA, then there can be a very simple metering of percentage of bandwidth versus SLA bandwidth, and if you get half the quoted sum, then you don't pay 83p per gb, you pay 42p per gb. Just like when my commuter trains are so bad I get a percentage discount every month becuse they run below the metered standards. 4. Now I'm on shaky ground here, but I am sure some techical bod with the brain the size of a planet will be able to tell me if this can be done or not..... Why not group these 'leechers' together and average users together and then the light users together? Would providing bigger pipes to the leechers (cos they're paying more after all now) normal pipes to most of us and smaller pipes to the light users, surely this will mean that everyone (who now pays accordingly) gets the bandwidth they need. Would this work? 5. Another shaky one....could I not elect to increase my bandwidth at a time when I knew I wanted to download lots of stuff, watch streaming videos etc etc etc? I know that when you rent space on satellites you can do this, when you buy space on transatlantic cables you can do so on a short term basis, even minutes...but what about us mere mortals? Why can't I select to move myself over to the 'leecher' pipe, and increase my speed to 2mb? I would then be charged accordingly, exactly the same as if I stuck with the 600k, but it would be over in one quarter of the time, which then frees up the average space bandwidth again. Would this work? Just some thoughts from Planet Common Sense!