I hear ya buddy, while ive said my part on traffic shaping in another thread but truth is NTL are unable to provide an unlimited service, ive been testing my connection since 1pm today.
Date/Time/DL Speed/UL Speed/Ping/Server
11/23/2006 2:59 PM GMT 348 kb/s 186 kb/s 52 ms Derby
11/23/2006 2:51 PM GMT 411 kb/s 184 kb/s 62 ms Derby
11/23/2006 2:50 PM GMT 426 kb/s 184 kb/s 54 ms Derby
11/23/2006 2:50 PM GMT 447 kb/s 177 kb/s 57 ms Derby
11/23/2006 2:33 PM GMT 422 kb/s 158 kb/s 15 ms Derby
11/23/2006 2:32 PM GMT 604 kb/s 166 kb/s 55 ms Derby
11/23/2006 1:11 PM GMT 946 kb/s 183 kb/s 38 ms Derby
As you can see its been gradually getting worse as more users start using the net, cant play any games online right now
I have a 1MB service btw, at 1pm it work perfect.