The guideline affects all downstream traffic - be it normal web browsing, program downloads, or P2P downloads. It does
not currently include upstream traffic. The following is from the Acceptable Use Policy, available at
http://www.home.ntl.com/page/userpolicy, which says that nobody may use the service in excess of the "Normal use" limit:
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"Normal use" of the service is defined as up to 1 gigabyte downstream of data transfer daily (which equates to approximately 200 music tracks, 650 short videos, 10,000 pictures or around 100 large software programmes downloaded per day).
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This is, though, a guideline only. A "hard cap", on the other hand, would mean that once you reached your limit (1GB/day, 30GB/month, or whatever), your access would be cut off, or you would be charged more. There is no such "hard cap" currently in effect on any ntl residential services.