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Originally Posted by Paul
That would be piracy and illegal, surely no-one here would use their connection in such a way and then complain about being restricted by their ISP in how much they can download each month  |
I have no reservations about what I use my connection for and to be honest alot of it is done on Newgroups....
I would not however consider myself a pirate and those that know the ins and outs of the meaning of the word in this sence would realise this.
To be collared with the tag "Pirate" would mean that I would either.....
A. Actually be the guy that goes into the projection booth and setup the Digital Cam and direct audio feed and encode these to SVCD. Or setup the Telecine machine to rip the digital image direct from the reel.
B. Download the above finished items and "Sell" them on to make a profit or even mass produce and sell.
These are the types that deserve the Pirate tags.
Those like myself who download for their own "personal" use are un-desreving of this tag. Also, polls on several P2P forums found that nearly 80% of those that download these releases from P2P sites are actually willing to part with their money for the original when it hits the streets. I have a huge collection of films and when they hit the shops they get ditched and the originals are bought to replace them. (as long as the film was not really bad, like say Alexander
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If downloaded from Newsgroups it is also worth noting that nothing illegal is being done on the part of the person downloading. For a person to be prosecuted for this type of thing they have to be actually "Uploading" the file and contributing to it's spread across the net. No uploading? No problem
This is not really the point though becuase it is easy to get through vast amounts of bandwidth without downloading anything that we shall call "dodgey".
In a reply to my post it was stated that I went on about the future of broadband rather than the present. But I thought I did speak alot about the present??
I pointed out about the Rental Downloads in the states and the TV in japan with Broadband and Hard disc. THAT is the PRESENT ! ! ! At least it is for these countries.....But sadly not for us. Why do we not have streamed rentals direct to our PC's or TV's?? Simply becuase we are so far behind these countries in technology.
And while we are sitting here thinking about what WE have at the present and not what OTHER countries have in the present will will ALWAYS be a step behind.
Which brings me nicely back to the 30GB cap on their top tier.
I really do fail to see how the others can cap SO MUCH higher. Not just 10-20GB more but over 240GB more! ! or 470GB more for ukonline.
Surely NTL is holding the technology and the country back and not us "Heavy" users that use it for what it was designed to do......Shift large amounts of data and lightening speed.
I have no problems about going to another I.S.P when the caps come and would quite willingly drop to a slower speed to ensure either "No" cap or at the very least a "Beleivable" one. The piont is though that I have been with NTL now since they started BB in my area and have had EXCELLENT service with them. For this reason I do not really want to leave them and would love to carry on with them.
All I ask is for a service that suits people like myself and the many others out there.
Other I.S.P's can give it to me, why not NTL??
Sorry for another long post.......
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