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Originally Posted by Sociable
I take it you see what I mean though about what some other company doing is no justification for NTL doing the same.
You appear to agree with us that how it is set now is wrong do you also agree that how it was introduced and STILL is not highlighted in the advertisng is also wrong?
Also do you agree that shifting some useage to off-peak times would help reduce congestion more than simply limiting total transfers in a 24 hour period?
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Yes I do agree that the current state it is in is wrong, like I said previously the cap I don't disagree with, but the way in which it is set out at the moment I do have aproblem with. How can we justify or expect that allowing someone with a 150k connection having a 1mb the same download capability would be fair? The cap needs to be there, but should be tiered according to the speed taken. Someone on a 150k line doesn't want to see a drop in service because their next door neighbour is running a buisness web site onext door on a 1mb line, likewise someone who downloads legitimate/non-legitimate doesn't want to see a cap that is the same for somebody who pays £17 odd less each month for their connection. Teiring would be fair, and even should solve the issue that started this discussion off, also yes it should be based over a monthly period rather than daily.
With regards to the "off-peak" usage, from what I can tell, it would be very difficult to monitor. Also the main reason behind the "peak-times" being peak times, is because that's when most people are in and can use the service. I reguarly set downloads up to go overnight (off-peak) but if all high users start doing this then off-peak won't be off peak anymore?! Do you get what I mean?