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Originally Posted by patchwork
I live in the middle of a big city and I've never noticed any slow downs, if there really is a conjestion problem then I would have see it by now.
Personally I think its more about off network bandwidth charges than conjestion, and they only have themselves to blame in that department.
Pete
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You may not have seen any congestion but that doesn't mean there is none. NTL can look at UBR usage and load balance or add further UBRs before usage starts to suffer too much. Upgrades cost money though and if you are a little short on the old cash you can implement usage restrictions to delay the need for upgrades. With increased speeds come increased risk of congestion so NTL, in common with many ISPs, try to reel in the heavy users with their excessive demands on the infrastructure.
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Originally Posted by cr80123
Where does the fact that less than 5% of users consume >50% of bandwidth come from?
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Many sources all over the place. Try a little Googling. In that post of Ignitions he said that 5% of users consumed 65% of bandwidth. Many reports put it at around 60%. Ignition will know the facts about usage on NTL exactly.