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Originally Posted by gimpymoo
And are telcos only implementing it to save their own bacon with the implementation of newer apps such as VOIP and VOD over IP which would take money AWAY from their own services. If in say a years time when VOIP is established, if I decide to use NTL's service, im sure they will waive the bandwith charge (seeing as im paying for the call anyway), although if I was to use Skype, im sure they would not be as generous.
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To me that's the reason they are introducing caps. If they cap the service before these services take off NTL can charge what they like once they start running their own services. People will be none the wiser that these kind of services previously existed freely and will just assume they'd have to pay NTL to use them.
We're coming to a point where the internet is being governed by the ISPs profits. It is in no way of any benefit for the customer.
What I don't get it why people, who claim to go nowhere near the limit, are so pro-cap. Surely it won't affect them one way or the other? Overloaded areas will still be overloaded, and other areas will still have plenty of bandwidth to go round. If you live in a bad area now, just wait till people are downloading at 3mbit.