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Originally Posted by ian@huth
It would be in contravention of the AUP if it affected the service other customers are receiving.
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IF it was affecting other people. I've had broadband with NTL now for getting on for 4 years, I have NEVER been unable to achieve my max download speed (due to NTL), which would suggest NTL have no capacity problems in my area.
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The relevant section is Now if you know much about how NTLs broadband is structured you will know that upstream can easily by maxed out on a UBR card if several users are maxing out their uploads. This point is reached much sooner with users now having more upload bandwidth available.
My feeling is that with the increased speeds NTL may be getting in touch with the really heavy users if their usage is not moderated whereas they haven't bothered in the past. Some people are saying that the cap will only be a soft cap and you can continue doing what you want with your connection until later in the year. Don't bank on it.
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Of course I understand how upstream
could affect other people. It would be down to NTL to let you know if your usage was affecting others (there is no way a user could monitor such things) as long as they keep within the AUP. ANY online activity could
IN THEORY affect other people if the network wasn't up to it. The fact is uploading of any description (other than business use) is not against the AUP, and that was the only point I was making.
There's no need to keep reminding people what could happen in a worse case scenario.