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LenMackin · 13-11-2005, 12:55

Well I agree with PaWs, despite how you cut it we are no longer talking about 3mb downloads and small clips of video, a 100mb download is not a lot of bother these days where once it would have taken a couple of hours. Even doing research means i might download 30 pdf's each day at 2 or 3 mb each!

I have alrady, since Nov 1st achieved 25gb download, this figure is taken directly from my router stats so everything that goes in and out is recorded. Keeping to 75gb is gonna be hard for a family of four.

In reality the limit DOES need to rise, and considerably sure there is a limit when someone is permanently downloading the entire content of alt.binary.whatever on a 24/7 basis but I seriously would have thought 310gb per month to be a reasonable limit as a starter with 500gb being more realistic, for the next 12 months and reviewed to accomodate new online services etc.

It's going to be very interesting when major services such as BBC start offering online programmes and access to the content of the vast library!

Feel the fear and do it anyhow, the competitions is out there, we can always go elsewhere. Sad to leave NTL cable though, felt the same about when i left that great ISP of the 90's U-net .... Who???

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LenMackin Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Leamington Spa Services: 152mb Broadband only Posts: 143	*Re: ALL* ntl Cap Discussion (Part 3)** Well I agree with PaWs, despite how you cut it we are no longer talking about 3mb downloads and small clips of video, a 100mb download is not a lot of bother these days where once it would have taken a couple of hours. Even doing research means i might download 30 pdf's each day at 2 or 3 mb each! I have alrady, since Nov 1st achieved 25gb download, this figure is taken directly from my router stats so everything that goes in and out is recorded. Keeping to 75gb is gonna be hard for a family of four. In reality the limit DOES need to rise, and considerably sure there is a limit when someone is permanently downloading the entire content of alt.binary.whatever on a 24/7 basis but I seriously would have thought 310gb per month to be a reasonable limit as a starter with 500gb being more realistic, for the next 12 months and reviewed to accomodate new online services etc. It's going to be very interesting when major services such as BBC start offering online programmes and access to the content of the vast library! Feel the fear and do it anyhow, the competitions is out there, we can always go elsewhere. Sad to leave NTL cable though, felt the same about when i left that great ISP of the 90's U-net .... Who???