Thread: *ALL* ntl Cap Discussion Here Please.
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Old 06-01-2005, 10:54   #73
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Re: NTL cap limit
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Originally Posted by sherer
i wonder if there is any way NTL or other ISPs for that matter could offer a sensible monitored CAP.

i.e if you download something from the MS website i.e SP2 then that shouldn't count towards your bandwidth for that period.

The same thing should apply for Linux distributions, AV updates, spyware updates etc.

This is maintenance on the machine that you have to download. if people aer being capped and have to download a 10 MB file from their AV each week how many would still keep doing this which would make virus and spyware worse.

I think there would be privacy issues if NTL did this.
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