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Originally Posted by Belfast_boi
I thought that once you use your 1GB, you'd get cut off?
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Oooh, now that would be a cap. Then we could have a proper debate. No it's just reasonable useage (as stated in the contract), and this is NTLs definition of reasonable usage.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=12590
indicates that the Caps applied to some other products sold as limited use (NTL is sold as unlimited) are pretty damn tight, and they do cut you off.
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A glance down at the small print on Tiscaliââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s entry-level ADSL product reveals that youââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢re limited to 50 hours of surfing a month. And the press and TV ads for BTââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s most recent ADSL service fail to spell out how frustrated youââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ll be when you realise that the monthly subscription allows you only 1GB of traffic (upload and download combined) per month. A typical Windows service pack download would eat 15% of your monthly BT quota.
Capped services such as these are probably best avoided, especially as it is possible to get an unlimited connection for almost the same price if you shop around. These restricted packages are the deals consumer columns in tabloid newspapers would refer to as rip-offs, designed to con unsuspecting technophobes who assume that big-name providers are a safe bet and offer the best value.
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