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20-12-2004, 22:22

This is going to be a bit of a problem. P2P is really taking off, and has many legitimate uses that NTL is going to be hurting.

For example, next year the BBC will begin distributing programs via P2P. If you can only upload a fraction of what you download per day, due to capping, all NTL users will be forced to leech. Ditto with BitTorrent.

The whole point of broadband is not just to make web pages load faster - it's about media. Video and audio. Web TV and web radio. Now reasonable speeds are finally comming to the UK, and NTL are trying to retard it.

A friend of mine in Japan gets 100Mbit fiber to her flat for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£23/month, uncapped. Of course, it doesn't operate that fast but she thinks it's quicker than Yahoo's 50Mbit ADSL. Thanks for holding the UK back, NTL.

20-12-2004, 22:22	#9
mojo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: NTL cap limit This is going to be a bit of a problem. P2P is really taking off, and has many legitimate uses that NTL is going to be hurting. For example, next year the BBC will begin distributing programs via P2P. If you can only upload a fraction of what you download per day, due to capping, all NTL users will be forced to leech. Ditto with BitTorrent. The whole point of broadband is not just to make web pages load faster - it's about media. Video and audio. Web TV and web radio. Now reasonable speeds are finally comming to the UK, and NTL are trying to retard it. A friend of mine in Japan gets 100Mbit fiber to her flat for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£23/month, uncapped. Of course, it doesn't operate that fast but she thinks it's quicker than Yahoo's 50Mbit ADSL. Thanks for holding the UK back, NTL.