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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Be assured many will leave ntl because of this even if they are light users as the cap will simply scare them off they wont want to go back to the days where they have to worry about their usage.
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No,
some will leave. The vast majority (through inertia or choice), will stay unless they find that they are regularly exceeding the cap - in which case, they can either change tier, or they might find a more specialist ISP would be a better choice for them. Most won't worry until they are informed by ntl that they should worry. I'm sure you'll find that the majority of customers are not yet aware of the forthcoming speed upgrades, and the downstream bandwidth cap that appears to be impending.
Remember, this forum, and others like it, are in no way representative of the Internet community these days. This forum, for example, currently has 6,380 members (which includes a number of members who do not use ntl's broadband service) - ntl has over 1.2 million broadband customers. The people who congregate here and discuss such matters are more likely to be heavier users, and that skews the discussion somewhat.