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Originally Posted by dirtydog
I would agree, *if* ntl enforced the cap and made it physically impossible to go over it. At the moment the 'cap' is more a guideline, and they aren't stopping people going over it yet. I used over 70gig in March for example, and will continue using the service as I see fit until/unless told otherwise 
ian@huth, your argument gets increasingly tedious I'm afraid. The only time people like me have listed lots of legal ways of using over 1gig a day, one of which yes, does include downloading Linux distros, is that people like you have stated the only way to exceed a gig a day regularly is by downloading warez and moviez. If you keep stating this untruth then expect others to keep correcting you.
As the poster above said, some of us download stuff to preview it before buying. I downloaded a few full episodes of Ally McBeal to see if I liked it.. I did, so I went ahead and purchased the DVD of the series. Without the preview I wouldn't have taken the chance that I might not like it. |
I have never said that there aren't perfectly legal ways of exceeding the cap, there are. What I am saying though is that most of the heavy users are not using their connection legally which is a different ball game altogether.
People may be being capped two ways, by speed and volume, but that is the way that NTL want to market their product. It is their product and they have the right to stipulate how it should be used. You have the right to decide not to use the service if you don't like the terms and conditions.
I can understand someone who never downloads anything illegally complaining about my posts but for someone who does and admits it in the same post is beyond belief. No amount of trying to justify why you do it alters tha fact that you are doing something illegal and in breach of NTLs terms and conditions.