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Originally Posted by DieDieMyDarling
I personally think the best approach for ntl would be to introduce peak time caps, and leave off-peak times unlimited. Maybe set the times in stone, like 11pm - 7am unlimited. Say 75gb cap for 10mb in the peak times, or maybe even keep it at 30GB. Maybe even create a new tier, 3mb unlimited, with a capped peak time, and uncapped through the night. Still pay 37.99, but get 8 hours a day unlimited downloads, in a time that won't affect too many other users.
If the amount of heavy users is so low, ie 1-2% of the ntl customer base, then surely they could all download overnight and not even affect each other too much, as most people would be in bed and not clogging up the networks. Obviously if they were on 10mb it would probably still cause problems, but being only on 3mb would surely be acceptable.
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....that's the way I'd like to see it go but I bet ntl haven't got the facility on their network to tailor each persons connection based upon what they've downloaded. So although I bet that would work for the network, I really don't think ntl have the ability to peg someone's connection back when they've taken their 75Gb's worth during peak hours - they can't even supply you with the means to measure your current downloading quantities, so I reckon there's sod all chance of them being able to do this IMO - I'd like to hear otherwise of course!
