[Chrysalis]

Ok here is my take on it

First of all I think this is excellent although I am 90% sure NTL were pushed to this by telewest (same day announcement long delay before it happens) 500kbit extra traffic for £3 is a bargain.

My say on customer's usage, at the moment the uk is lagging our internet usage pattern is different to other countries because of this as in we do more web browsing rather then volume usage so we are still on bursty usage patterns, whilst globally people tend to do activities that have sustained transfer's more like streaming and downloading, although only a small % of ntl's customers are on the top tier I would say a large % of those customers are probably doing volume usage (i wouldnt justify spending an extra £10 a month just for nippier web browsing) so obviously in this case when you downloading large files 1mbit to 1.5mbit is a great boost, I also think NTL have no backbone capacity problem the only problem they have is with some ubr's so the backbone will cope fine with 1.5mbit especially if they keep the same cap, I really hope the cap gets reviewed in line with the speed so its more realistic and fairer to those who are paying more money.

So things that would be interesting to know

exact date of deployment?
will cap be raised for the high end users?
will price not be raised until deployment?

and to the guy who said that guy leeching 24/7 was making everyone miserable that is a terrible exaggeration I doubt 1 person maxing a 1mbit connection alone is going to affect a 30mbit ubr a huge amount.