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Originally Posted by 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 !!!!!
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The "mums & dads" of this world who use e-mail once a week are not wasting anything if they hardly use their connection. It means that they are leaving plenty of bandwidth free for others to use.
Having 10 Mb unrestricted would mean that as few as four users can have a serious impact on the service of all users on the same part of the network as themselves.