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Mauldor · 19-12-2004, 01:12

When the first CAP thread came up a LOT of people agrued to death with the Pros and the cons and how in the end anyhow nobody was CAPPED and the whole network somehow managed to carry on running regardless of the fact that there is not real CAP in place at all - just something written down as a guide line. In fact if you go back to them posts it sounded like the whole NTL network was in a state of collapse and anything greater than 1mbit was def not possible considering how bad the network was with all these Leechers using up all the bandwidth. Now we move on - NTL upped the Speed to 1.5mbit - Network still running fine. Soon it seems we shall have 3mbit but how can this be - the bandwidth is not enough the people say, cable was never designed for this - pure TV only surely..

ALso regarding any cap thread - there is those who are against (the End users) and those who cannot wait till we have 1 gig month cap on a 10mbit connection....do these same people also work at NTL I wonder?

My needs can change on a day by day basis, i dont wake up and think right, Ill download 10 GIG today do I.... Today for example I have not downloaded anything at all, just web browsing and Playing a couple games. Yesterday I was grabbing maps for CoD, Halo and BF1942. I downloaded a Game demo a few day earlier, only a mere 503Meg (the Proper Game comes on a DVD) - thats One game... All as you can see quite legeal and also nothing that the average Person might do if they are into gaming.

But what the "Lets have a CAP" brigade are saying is this is not normal at all - I am overusing my connection - what do you suggest I do? Not try any demos of games or patch the games I have bought up - while Im at it - lets not patch My OS or send any large email - Im abusing the network and costing NTL Money surley...

19-12-2004, 01:12	#117
Mauldor Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scunthorpe Age: 59 Services: 50mbit, Base TV, Base Phone Posts: 437	Re: [Merged] NTL - New 1MB / 5GB Cap - should I subscribe @ 300k with NO CAP ? When the first CAP thread came up a LOT of people agrued to death with the Pros and the cons and how in the end anyhow nobody was CAPPED and the whole network somehow managed to carry on running regardless of the fact that there is not real CAP in place at all - just something written down as a guide line. In fact if you go back to them posts it sounded like the whole NTL network was in a state of collapse and anything greater than 1mbit was def not possible considering how bad the network was with all these Leechers using up all the bandwidth. Now we move on - NTL upped the Speed to 1.5mbit - Network still running fine. Soon it seems we shall have 3mbit but how can this be - the bandwidth is not enough the people say, cable was never designed for this - pure TV only surely.. ALso regarding any cap thread - there is those who are against (the End users) and those who cannot wait till we have 1 gig month cap on a 10mbit connection....do these same people also work at NTL I wonder? My needs can change on a day by day basis, i dont wake up and think right, Ill download 10 GIG today do I.... Today for example I have not downloaded anything at all, just web browsing and Playing a couple games. Yesterday I was grabbing maps for CoD, Halo and BF1942. I downloaded a Game demo a few day earlier, only a mere 503Meg (the Proper Game comes on a DVD) - thats One game... All as you can see quite legeal and also nothing that the average Person might do if they are into gaming. But what the "Lets have a CAP" brigade are saying is this is not normal at all - I am overusing my connection - what do you suggest I do? Not try any demos of games or patch the games I have bought up - while Im at it - lets not patch My OS or send any large email - Im abusing the network and costing NTL Money surley...