I couldn't agree more Earwig. Lets not forget NTL's adverts encouraging us to wear out our modems (or at least see if it was possible). Also look at the "Broadband Plus" (
http://www.ntlworld.com/broadbandplu...adbandpluscust) offering from NTL which is full of bandwidth hungry things to do on the internet.
I could go on, and on but it's just not worth the effort. I think you said it all, but no doubt you'll get the usual suspects calling you a pirate **** and accusing you of making the service worse for everyone else.
p.s. To all of the "normal" users. Be thankful us superusers are around. Without us pushing for faster and better services since the start, the likelyhood is that you'd all still be on pay-per minute dial-up connections.