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Originally Posted by ian@huth

The heavy users I am talking about are mainly the ones that think downloading less than 5Gb per day every day is not using broadband as it should be used. I get rather p****d off with members who quote all the legal uses of their connection such as downloading linux distros, downloading paid for films and music, etc then post a complaint about poor speeds and back this up with evidence that they are ripping off films that have only just been released in the cinemas. I'm sorry that I may offend some people but the blunt fact is that leass than 10% of users consume more than half the bandwidth in this country and most of this is mostly pirated material. These users are the main reason for caps. There is no justification for breaking the law but many otherwise law abiding people seem to think that as there is no physical object involved then it isn't stealing.

I hate do gooders, who are so full of their own self importance that they fail to realise that the average chap on the street, who goes to work, doing a **** low paid job, who does not drink, smoke, nor goes out much, so he can have his broadband connection @ £40.00 per month, as an ALWAYS ON - with a capped speed 'for the old reason of quality' - should not be then told - you cant use it as much for the same reason we make it go slow in the first place e.g. it slows the network down.



They moan about how much bandwidth costs - then bugger me double the speed for free.



Fact is, we are being punished twice - if they want to enforce a daily limit then give us unlimited speed.

remember - without users NTL is finished.