[Klaus]

The monitoring side of it is a very valid point. When PlusNET can give users access through their website to their exact personally usage, why can't NTL?

I tend to side with JustAnotherN00b on the modem thing. Hacking cable modems used to be a big thing, but this was mainly in The States and mainly in the early days of cable modems. Cable operators have become much more aware since then and it sounds like NTL are doing most of things they could be doing.

You are right about MAC addresses, to an extent. A lot of routers you buy in the shops these days will let you change/spoof your MAC address. This is partly to help some cable customers who may need to spoof the MAC address of the nic they registered with. However, it's not nearly as easy on the cable modem supplied by NTL.

dimr, would you mind disclosing roughly how much you download/upload? It seems the majority of people with the letters are downloading and uploading close to the theorectical maximums.

Klaus