HI all !
I just found out about the new increase offered by NTL and the caps. I don't use my connection to do any peer to peer downloading etc. I only use my connection to download MP3's from the IPOD site for my ipod which i pay for. I am also a webdesigner by trade and I do a hell of a lot of uploading and downloading per day to various servers to test websites I work on etc. I also play alot of online games this means my pc is connected virtually 15 to 20 hours of the day. What i am worried about is that these caps will affect me due to no fault of my own. An example when software such as online games patch or you download a game i.e. from valve these files can be hundreds of megabytes in size so although your not doing anything illegal you couldbe eating away at your monthly download allowance due to no fault of your own.
Now I do think that these caps are rather unrealistic i'm not a power downloader but at the moment my average monthly usage ranges from 40gb to 45gb per month this is what I would consider as normal usage for me and i am on 750kbs NTL service. This usage has been constant ever since i got broadband so its unlikely to change. So as you can see it would affect me quite a bit so I am a bit worried. I can't switch to ADSL as the exchange is to far away from me and BT don't offer ADSL in my area which means no ukonline either etc. So i am stuck with NTL for the for seeable future.
What I would like to see is these caps increased to by 10gb more which would be much more realistic figures.
