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Originally Posted by DJ Flux
<snip>. Also think about this where will our DATA PROTECT ACT be dropped or changed since all this is really aiming at the the people who use p2p file sharing programs. <snip>
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Exactly what has the DPA got to do with this? Assuming NTL can track the amount of data you download (and I have been assured by people in a position to know that the UBRs can do this), they would not need to look at the data itself. After all, assuming they enforce a hard cap and you go over your 1 Gig a day, then whatever restrictions NTL are planning to impose will come into effect whether what you downloaded was legal or not.
BTW, it's also relatively easy to detect P2P program use ,fairly accurately, without analysing the data. I don't think TCP/IP packet headers are covered by the DPA.