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Originally Posted by ProfPete
For starters, the old services are staying, for existing customers.
Nildram being IPStream won't want you doing that sort of rate, and will soon find a fair-use clause to get rid of you or charge you, when BT force them into capacity-based charging.
And the caps are not low, they're pretty damn good actually. Japan and sweden have a totally different system of backhaul.
Face it, 50 or 100gig/month is not domestic use in the current climate. You're either using it for business purposes, or illegal uses. And don't tell me you can download 100gig/month of linux ISOs, that's b0110cks, and you know it.
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I'm not going to tell you anything about what my pc is used for. Quite frankly it's none of your business. I do not download excessively (IN MY OPINION), but 30gb is not enough for my needs. Furthermore there has been no confirmation that the old tiers will continue, and even if they do whether they will include the new caps.
Other ISPs provide a service that suits me, I have no brand loyalty to NTL, I owe them nothing to stay with them. It is no skin off my nose if I leave them, and I'm sure nobody on here cares if I stay or go. The service is changing and it does not suit my needs. There really is no arguement about how my usage habits should change as they will not, just because an ISP decides we should stop using the internet for things that have become daily life.
NTL can do what they like with their services, but people will leave. Maybe the future is back to 56k, maybe my fridge will never be connected to the internet incase it orders 1 too many cans of coke and sends me over my usage limit, but I will cross those hurdles when there is no other option. People in a modern world rely on the internet, if ISPs can't keep up people will move over to companies that can. There are plenty of ISPs that can offer a service people are happy with.