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Earwig · 06-11-2004, 02:18

All sounds pretty good to me.

A few things wandering through my mind though......

1. Why did this turn into a capping thread??

2. Why did it then turn into an adsl thread??

Look on the bright side...There seems to be something for everyone if this goes ahead. No matter what NTL do people seem to bite at them and pick fualt with them.

This time I say Hats off to them ! !

I see a lot of people moaning about capping....As far as I have read (I admit I have NOT read every post here) but there is no definate capping going to be enforced here. They may enforce as they are now and just lay down a rough guidline that I am sure many people will stick to and there are also those that will exceed it, I am sure that I will be one of those exceeders. The main point to the capping issue I think is more to scare off people from doing it to often, those that worry about what "Might" happen so choose not to.
I consider myself to be a very heavy user and could gobble that 40GB if I wished to do so with great ease. As I am sure many others here could do the same. I download a good 3-4 full dvd-r every week at current and that is on top of many other things to. And then add to that the online gaming and it soon adds up.
NTL I am sure know that this is what many of it's users are doing and it is becoming far more popular. If they provide these enormous speeds then people will come flocking to them from other I.S.P's
There will be many UNCAPPED services out there to go to and I am sure they know this so if they enforce this cap to much then they will lose cutomers to these services.
Surley if you download over this limit they will not simply cut you off till the beginning of the next month??? Again....they are not that silly are they.....

Oh and there are numerous LEGAL film download sites also where you pay a monthly fee and download whatever films you like. So you could also eat the 40GB this way.

I have also seen no mention of upload speeds increasing?
This is an area that would boost them greatly above the competition as upload speeds we lagg so far behind most of the rest of the world.

And then there is ADSL......yes of course it will catch up with NTL at some point......But then where will NTL have moved on to?? Maybe further on......?

There will always be a battle in this but that is surley great for us all? At last we are beginning to get into the same sort of league as the rest of europe. Now all we need to do is catch up with sweden!!!

Just a few proper questions now for those that may have a little insider knowledge.....

1. Any news on upload increasing?
2. If not can it be done with what they have?
3. If it can be done is it possible this would be another "teaser" when adsl fight back?
4. What is "Roughly" the limit Up and Down that the current network could "Realistically" Cope with at present?
5. IS the 40GB cap including up/down traffic or just down?

06-11-2004, 02:18	#382
Earwig Inactive Join Date: May 2004 Location: Higham, Northants Age: 48 Services: 10MBIT, NTL Sky Digital Posts: 144	Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes All sounds pretty good to me. A few things wandering through my mind though...... 1. Why did this turn into a capping thread?? 2. Why did it then turn into an adsl thread?? Look on the bright side...There seems to be something for everyone if this goes ahead. No matter what NTL do people seem to bite at them and pick fualt with them. This time I say Hats off to them ! ! I see a lot of people moaning about capping....As far as I have read (I admit I have NOT read every post here) but there is no definate capping going to be enforced here. They may enforce as they are now and just lay down a rough guidline that I am sure many people will stick to and there are also those that will exceed it, I am sure that I will be one of those exceeders. The main point to the capping issue I think is more to scare off people from doing it to often, those that worry about what "Might" happen so choose not to. I consider myself to be a very heavy user and could gobble that 40GB if I wished to do so with great ease. As I am sure many others here could do the same. I download a good 3-4 full dvd-r every week at current and that is on top of many other things to. And then add to that the online gaming and it soon adds up. NTL I am sure know that this is what many of it's users are doing and it is becoming far more popular. If they provide these enormous speeds then people will come flocking to them from other I.S.P's There will be many UNCAPPED services out there to go to and I am sure they know this so if they enforce this cap to much then they will lose cutomers to these services. Surley if you download over this limit they will not simply cut you off till the beginning of the next month??? Again....they are not that silly are they..... Oh and there are numerous LEGAL film download sites also where you pay a monthly fee and download whatever films you like. So you could also eat the 40GB this way. I have also seen no mention of upload speeds increasing? This is an area that would boost them greatly above the competition as upload speeds we lagg so far behind most of the rest of the world. And then there is ADSL......yes of course it will catch up with NTL at some point......But then where will NTL have moved on to?? Maybe further on......? There will always be a battle in this but that is surley great for us all? At last we are beginning to get into the same sort of league as the rest of europe. Now all we need to do is catch up with sweden!!! Just a few proper questions now for those that may have a little insider knowledge..... 1. Any news on upload increasing? 2. If not can it be done with what they have? 3. If it can be done is it possible this would be another "teaser" when adsl fight back? 4. What is "Roughly" the limit Up and Down that the current network could "Realistically" Cope with at present? 5. IS the 40GB cap including up/down traffic or just down?