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Earwig · 16-01-2005, 20:07

I do not think the point to all this is wether or not we should have a cap.

I think the main point is for the caps to reflect more realistically the speed of service to each customer.

And for 3MB to be capped at 40GB p/m is quite simply not high enough for many people.

The whole point of having a fast connection is to download huge files quickly. If all you are going to do is surf the web and look at emails then you really do not need anything more than a 512 connection..... You can only load a web page so fast ! ! !

If we take out downloading illegal films etc..... There are many legal options out there. You could download movies from divx for a monthly fee.
There are also talks of downloading complete dvd's as apposed to renting them. So you pay NTL for the connection, you then pay a rental company to download/rent movies...........But oh you can't coz you hit your cap with your last film ! !

The simple answer is if you cannot give unlimited bandwidth on you highest tier then at the very least you should try to offer a wider variety of packeges??

16-01-2005, 20:07	#319
Earwig Inactive Join Date: May 2004 Location: Higham, Northants Age: 48 Services: 10MBIT, NTL Sky Digital Posts: 144	*Re: [Merged] ntl "cap"-ALL* Discussion In Here Please.** I do not think the point to all this is wether or not we should have a cap. I think the main point is for the caps to reflect more realistically the speed of service to each customer. And for 3MB to be capped at 40GB p/m is quite simply not high enough for many people. The whole point of having a fast connection is to download huge files quickly. If all you are going to do is surf the web and look at emails then you really do not need anything more than a 512 connection..... You can only load a web page so fast ! ! ! If we take out downloading illegal films etc..... There are many legal options out there. You could download movies from divx for a monthly fee. There are also talks of downloading complete dvd's as apposed to renting them. So you pay NTL for the connection, you then pay a rental company to download/rent movies...........But oh you can't coz you hit your cap with your last film ! ! The simple answer is if you cannot give unlimited bandwidth on you highest tier then at the very least you should try to offer a wider variety of packeges??