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obvious · 06-03-2005, 19:15

ntl have sent out letters and/or emails to heavy users in the past and they can tell more or less exactly how much any given user has downloaded but AFAIK this has involved some technical knoweldge rather than an idiot proof system being in place.

I know that a usage script (at ubr level) has been in place for a long time but rumour has it that the original decision by ntl to introduce the 1GB guideline was made when someone got the decimal point in the wrong place when calculating the percentage of 'leechers' and their effect on the network. So it's all been remarkably quiet on the capping front over the last two years as the data they based their original decision on was wrong and indicated a much larger problem than there actually was.

06-03-2005, 19:15	#1036
obvious Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Aberdulais Services: ntl 20Mbps/Sky+/BT Posts: 281	*Re: [Merged] ALL* ntl Cap Discussion In Here Please.** ntl have sent out letters and/or emails to heavy users in the past and they can tell more or less exactly how much any given user has downloaded but AFAIK this has involved some technical knoweldge rather than an idiot proof system being in place. I know that a usage script (at ubr level) has been in place for a long time but rumour has it that the original decision by ntl to introduce the 1GB guideline was made when someone got the decimal point in the wrong place when calculating the percentage of 'leechers' and their effect on the network. So it's all been remarkably quiet on the capping front over the last two years as the data they based their original decision on was wrong and indicated a much larger problem than there actually was.