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Originally Posted by ianathuth
Heavy users have far more than 1Gb a day usage
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You're not wrong, I've been trying to download the recommended
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Originally Posted by the AUP
100 large software programs
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and as they all come on cd thats ~63Gb a DAY!! I can't do it though, the connection just isn't fast enough, hopefully the move to a 3gb line will enable me finally achieve it
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and will be the first to leave if restrictions lead to action.
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Yep, and good riddance to NTL, there are plenty of unmetered BB providers, if NTL insist on only comparing themselves to the worst of the ADSL providers (BT) then they are doomed to a number of long standing customers leaving and taking ALL their services with them (in my case ~£70 per month)
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The 1 Gb a day soft cap referred to is only a reiteration of the current AUP usage guideline. NTL may start to send out letters when the new speeds are implemented if a customers usage is consistently over the guideline. Caps are only introduced if customers won't voluntarily abide by guidelines which ensure customers stay within the parameters of the pricing/usage model on which the service is based.
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It'll be interesting to see what they actually end up doing, and with more and more people increasingly fed up with their ISP's (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4270487.stm) competion will only increase. Hopefully to the benefit of ALL users, who might finally be offered a CHOICE