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Salu · 14-12-2004, 15:22

I don't mind having a cap in principle. It's just that those that are imposing caps seem to impose caps that almost defeat the point of broadband.

A bit like having a helicopter but not being allowed to fly it above 100m or more than a mile. Or like having a porche with a petrol tank that only holds a pint of petrol. Or like having a TV that only allows you to change channel once every night.

The restrictions are silly.

The reason for restrictions I sort of understand. If there is a group of "abusers" that spend all day, every day downloading P2P music/warez and that has an effect on the provision of services to others then they should either pay a premium or be capped. The problem is the cap being so small. A 5GB cap can easily be used up. Downloading a couple of game demos would soon eat up a lot of your cap. The last thing you want to be doing it counting the pennies/watching the meter as you surf. It has a "bad" feel-good factor.

I went to a resturant the other day. It was a set price for a 3 course meal with a ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£2.50 charge for coffee/tea afterwards. I appreciate that not everyone would want coffee after a meal but it "felt" annoying. The cost of the coffee would be next to nothing.....couldn't they just include it in the price....or even add a ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1 to the cost of the meal?

14-12-2004, 15:22	#46
Salu Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Yorks Age: 58 Services: VM TV package. VM phone and 200MB internet & slow Tivo Posts: 2,332	Re: NTL - New 1MB / 5GB Cap - should I subscribe @ 300k with NO CAP ? I don't mind having a cap in principle. It's just that those that are imposing caps seem to impose caps that almost defeat the point of broadband. A bit like having a helicopter but not being allowed to fly it above 100m or more than a mile. Or like having a porche with a petrol tank that only holds a pint of petrol. Or like having a TV that only allows you to change channel once every night. The restrictions are silly. The reason for restrictions I sort of understand. If there is a group of "abusers" that spend all day, every day downloading P2P music/warez and that has an effect on the provision of services to others then they should either pay a premium or be capped. The problem is the cap being so small. A 5GB cap can easily be used up. Downloading a couple of game demos would soon eat up a lot of your cap. The last thing you want to be doing it counting the pennies/watching the meter as you surf. It has a "bad" feel-good factor. I went to a resturant the other day. It was a set price for a 3 course meal with a ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£2.50 charge for coffee/tea afterwards. I appreciate that not everyone would want coffee after a meal but it "felt" annoying. The cost of the coffee would be next to nothing.....couldn't they just include it in the price....or even add a ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1 to the cost of the meal?