[MagicMan]

I'm just curious. What action will NTL be taking in areas where broadband use is low? If, for example, I live in an area where a small number and my excessive usage is not having a "detrimental effect" on other users, will I still be subject to this restriction?

Also, as NTL are a business, surely it makes more sense finacially to NOT throttle people down to 512 (even for £17.99) but to keep them on the teir they are currently on at the same price? Why dont they reserve the 3Mb teir and allow unlimited usage on that one - surely the average user (e-mail, surfing etc....) will only use a small amount of the bandwidth whereas the heavy users (streaming video, gaming etc....) will constantly be at 3Mb.

I understand that soon everybody will be upgraded to 10Mb with a teired system dependant on usage but why not keep the highest speed unrestricted for those that will utilise it rather than "waste" it on the "mums & dads" of this world who use e-mail once a week.

I know I risk flaming here but please just respond with a valid argument and let me explain myself :-p !!!!!