[Mauldor]

I was after really the technical arguement of a Cap, no use going over ground which has been covered about how much people download and why as this is not getting us anywhere.

Using the mobile phone market as the best example (as cars dont really compare) - they limit you to a set ammount of calls per month (like the Cap) and anything over this is charged extra. If you had 200 mins left over and nothing was carried over, then 9/10 people will use them up best way they can.
The mobile phone market though as to compete against all the others, no good one offering you 100 mins a month for £25 when your next competitor is offering 500 mins for the same price.

This is what I am trying to get at really, every single providor including Telewest Have a cap yes but not on all of there services they sell. Telewest as a good example use the same equipment yet for some reason they dont feel the need to start limiting - nor do any of the ADSL people out there.

At the end of the day its fairly simple what might happen - NTL say bring in a Hard Cap across there entire range, XX number of people will move if they can to another providor. NTL *Might* later on think they have dont the wrong thing and thus drop the cap on the top tiers but they wont get the people back. It might be a small blip in your eyes but people normally speak to each other in many means (including forums) - good example is I suggest to anybody that asks me not to go with:

AOL
BT
FreeServe

As on the whole you can get better, cheaper else where.. It might not happen overnight but give it time and it will soon come to light, which at the end of the day effect people working in NTL as this could include cutting down staff.