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Originally posted by th'engineer
think you are playing into NTLs hands you should protest like many do and sign the petition
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Or did maybe? Just going by this thread seems that despite the initial backlash not that many people really care. Not surprising considering that no enforcement has taken place as far as I know.
And just for info ntl are hardly setting a precedant with this, providers all over the world have set caps and enforced them, charging people per Mbyte or reducing their download rate when the quantity is used up, these caps are usually lower than 1GB/day.
Here's a thought. Maybe part of the reason the UK's internet is generally slower and possibly more expensive per Mbit than most is because UK consumers complain like hell when they:
1) Don't receive the full bandwidth of their connection all the time.
2) Can't use it as much and exactly as they wish.
We seem to be allergic to contention, when it is just that that allows providers elsewhere to offer higher bursting speeds at comparitive prices. No point offering 5Mbit if people might only get 2Mbit at peak time then flood your support desk with calls complaining about it so you spend all that revenue you gained on fielding calls from people.