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Originally Posted by slowcoach
Finally, the unlimited range will be put on-line later in 2006, a range of speeds will be available uncapped with the top speed being 5Mb/s uncapped. Prices of uncapped 1Mb/s and 2Mb/s will remain as they are at present, the new 5Mb/s uncapped will probably be priced at £37.99 same as the top tier 10Mb/s 75Gig capped product.
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I know everything is speculation but if these figures are anywhere near accurate then what would be the point in anyone signing up to the 10mb tier with a cap when for the same price they can have an unlimited service without having to worry about their usage
Okay, it may only be 5mbps but does anyone not hitting over 75 gig a month really need a 10mb connection. Sure you can download a service pack in double quick time but so what if you have to wait another 3 minutes
It would only make sense if you were sharing the connection. If ntl were to set their tiers like this then it seems rather backward if you ask me.
I personally think that the 75gb cap is an absolute joke considering that with a 10mb connection you could theoretically download 3000gb and I would only want a 10mb connection for one thing and one thing only, downloading. I think they should follow the example set by ukonline or bulldog and either have a 10mb unlimited service or set the cap to 500gb. Even with my heavy downloading, I think 500gb will be enough...just
Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly what is going to happen so I'm not going to worry about it and I will continue with my downloading habits. What I find strange is that it looks like they won't offer the unlimited service until sometime in 2006 and if they start enforcing this 75gb cap then surely they will lose customers...I know I would be one of them.
When the announcement was made it looked promising with an unlimited service being offered but finding out that it may be at a reduced speed has put a bit of a dampner on the whole announcement. What they give with one hand, they taketh with another