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Originally Posted by Sociable
Sorry but we are not discussing BT at all what we we are looking at is what NTL do.
Just because a n other company are not acting honourably or not doesn't let NTL off the hook.
My contract is with NTL and this is a discussion about the NTL AUP and how they are starting to enforce it.
Please can we keep the discussion on that topic and not worry about what "other" companies do or don''t do.
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I think a fair discussion of what other broadband providers do is NOT off topic, it is a comparison of what they do against NTL.
And, as was stated above, BT have the same cap in force for the SAME reasons as NTL.
IE that someone who continuosly downloads all day will affect others performance on the network, be it on a DOCSIS system or on ADSL.
All users had 30 days after the cap was introduced to leave NTL, not leaving signalled your acceptance of the AUP with the cap in place.
If they are only going after people who download more that 5gb /day on average then I have NO problem with NTL contacting that user and asking them to moderate their usage.
I have gone over the 1gb limit myself on occasion since the cap was introduced, but now try to moderate my usage o stay within the cap.
If they are not going for people who just go over but are going after genuine bandwidth hogs, then kudos to NTL, they are trying to please the majority of customers.
What people must realise (and it is on NTLs website) it that this is a contended service and therefore people must share the bandwisth allocated.