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Originally posted by Stuart W
Realy?
No, REALY?
I would say these 'heavy' users are the ones who download films / music from KrapZaa and burn to disc to sell at boot sales!
All the "heavy" users that drove developement are usualy legitematley using the service. All the 'heavy users' that screw things up for the rest of us are just plain selfish.
As I said before, the "CAP" is only there to give ntl a reason to drop the pi$$ takers.
ntl are very poor at enforcing things.... proof being:-
Amount of STB's which have been "chipped" available. (both analogue & digital).
Amount of cable modems on-line with NO BILLING AT ALL due to incompitance.
I could also go into detail about them writing to me about my usage and quoting two totaly unconnected parts of the T&C as a reason to disconnect me, but last time I did that, everyone decided to slate me for uncapping, not read into the full reasoning. If you want details, PM me.
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Hi Stuart, I've been a bit slow catching up on threads here.
I honestly don't see where you're coming from. I haven't found anyone who thinks that the 'cap' addresses any problem of network congestion at peak times or otherwise.
ntl have always had stuff in the AUP to tackle bandwidth abusers. Yes I think that downloading 24*7
is bandwidth abuse and people who do this on a busy ubr deserve to be 'capped'.
On another point, do you really not think that increases in demand for bandwidth have been one of the main factors in the development of faster (wider) broadband?
Strangely though (and I only mention this cos I think it's funny) if a user
was able to download 24*7 at full speed, wouldn't it prove that the network was not congested in that area?