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Chrysalis · 19-02-2004, 15:14

ntl are taking the wrong attitude here, a good isp oversell's their bandwidth but they do it right so performance isnt affected, overselling means allowing customers to have performance of a low contention eg. 5:1 or even 2:1 based on the customers who dont use much.

this means ntl shouldnt set traffic limits for everyone based on high contention, because we all know there are a lot of users out there who dont use much traffic to offset this, the idea of setting the limit is just to stop the 10 gig a day people, so even setting a limit of 5 gig a day you will halve their usage (if enforced) and still keep a respectable limit for the rest of us.

Nildram have a limit of 150 gig a month (allows 24/7 downloading on 512kbit), its there simply to stop people downloading 24/7 on the faster products but allows them to download a decent amount, which is good. I just feel ntl have gone overkill with their 30 gig a month limit, and also really they should provide tools where you can check your usage online let customers get used to it and then and only then have a limit in place.

19-02-2004, 15:14	#267
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: 1GB Cap Letter!!!! ntl are taking the wrong attitude here, a good isp oversell's their bandwidth but they do it right so performance isnt affected, overselling means allowing customers to have performance of a low contention eg. 5:1 or even 2:1 based on the customers who dont use much. this means ntl shouldnt set traffic limits for everyone based on high contention, because we all know there are a lot of users out there who dont use much traffic to offset this, the idea of setting the limit is just to stop the 10 gig a day people, so even setting a limit of 5 gig a day you will halve their usage (if enforced) and still keep a respectable limit for the rest of us. Nildram have a limit of 150 gig a month (allows 24/7 downloading on 512kbit), its there simply to stop people downloading 24/7 on the faster products but allows them to download a decent amount, which is good. I just feel ntl have gone overkill with their 30 gig a month limit, and also really they should provide tools where you can check your usage online let customers get used to it and then and only then have a limit in place.