Quote:
|
Originally Posted by dirtydog
You're kidding right? 
5GB a month is a pathetic limit, I download 15gig a month on 300k now, and when I used to be on 750k it was around 45-60gig. So now they're gonna put me up to 1Mb and let me download 5gig? lol  this is a con trick, a sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors. |
Umm no I'm not kidding in the slightest, I'm stating the facts. As I said I was talking about averages. You are above average in your use - you are maxing your line out for 4 hours a day, which would give a contention ratio of 6:1. If you for a second think that ntl provide that contention ratio as a matter of course for £18 a month you're deluding yourself.
I can think of someone I know of who manages to download your monthly usage in a week.
As I've stated repeatedly before, this is a standard fact of life with the vast majority of mass-market ISPs, 5% of users are responsible for 60-70% of utilisation, and the only reason prices are as they are is that this 5% are subsidised to varying degrees by the other 95%.
Again not trying to turn this into a cap thread, just stating the facts as they are. Without the mass of light users who
are the vast majority, the service would cost a fortune or be horribly oversubscribed.