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DieDieMyDarling · 10-03-2005, 11:50

I usually agree with most of what you say Neil, but i have to disagree on that point about if 'he' didn't hammer his connection so much, then other customers would have a better service.

I've had many problems with the service from ntl, and not once was it caused by other people (or myself) downloading too much. And from what i've read on this forum, and others, the problems everyone else have been suffering aren't becasue of overuse either. You can't blame people that download too much, for the ongoing (since day one) mail server problems, the ongoing (again since day one) news server problems, and constant outages in certain area's.

The only case i remember of where other people's useage actually affected an area, was in Luton, when ntl oversubscribed the area, and had massive problems with the proxies.

The few people i've seen on here that actually suffered from slower speeds and not being able to reach the speed they should be getting, was due to power problems etc, which some of the guys on here were able to help with.

I would also like to point out that it's actually quite easy to download much more than 2GB a day, in legal downloads. Doesn't mean that everyone is doing it, but it is more than possible. I would also argue that ntl TOLD customers to download pirated films, so they can't really be the moral guardians all of a sudden.

I'm totally against caps, but i do admit that sometimes there is a need for them. I'm glad to see ntl have taken a semi-sensible approach to them, the wording seems to infer that you will only be contacted if you are a heavy user AND that heavy use is causing problems for other users. That's fair enough. I can understand that i'd be pretty ****ed off if someone else was using up my bandwidth, so i wouldn't wanna do it on other people.

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DieDieMyDarling Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belfast Age: 51 Services: 10 mb NTL Broadband, Sky TV (full package). Posts: 309	*Re: ALL* ntl Cap Discussion Here Please. I usually agree with most of what you say Neil, but i have to disagree on that point about if 'he' didn't hammer his connection so much, then other customers would have a better service. I've had many problems with the service from ntl, and not once was it caused by other people (or myself) downloading too much. And from what i've read on this forum, and others, the problems everyone else have been suffering aren't becasue of overuse either. You can't blame people that download too much, for the ongoing (since day one) mail server problems, the ongoing (again since day one) news server problems, and constant outages in certain area's. The only case i remember of where other people's useage actually affected an area, was in Luton, when ntl oversubscribed the area, and had massive problems with the proxies. The few people i've seen on here that actually suffered from slower speeds and not being able to reach the speed they should be getting, was due to power problems etc, which some of the guys on here were able to help with. I would also like to point out that it's actually quite easy to download much more than 2GB a day, in legal downloads. Doesn't mean that everyone is doing it, but it is more than possible. I would also argue that ntl TOLD customers to download pirated films, so they can't really be the moral guardians all of a sudden. I'm totally against caps, but i do admit that sometimes there is a need for them. I'm glad to see ntl have taken a semi-sensible approach to them, the wording seems to infer that you will only be contacted if you are a heavy user AND that heavy use is causing problems for other users. That's fair enough. I can understand that i'd be pretty **ed off if someone else was using up my bandwidth, so i wouldn't wanna do it on other people.