*All* ntl Cap Discussion (part 4)

[Smilie]

so NTL will be offering atleast 3 BB services in Jan (or when it rolls out)
1mb unlimited
2mb unlimited
10mb 75gig cap
are NTL still offering 10mb with lower cap??
and has NTL said about what will happen if we go over the 10mb 75gig cap??
before this announcement
people were saying u will go down to the 512k unlimited service (1mb unlimited in Jan??)

so would people going over the cap be put on to the 2mb after Jan??

[Graham M]

I would imagine the naughty people would still be placed in a 512k Sin Bin.

[buba3d]

You would think they would announce something about whats going to happen if you go over the limit, like i just did (2 days ago, even though i was on the 3 meg at the time).

[nemesis01]

Originally Posted by Smilie

512k unlimited service (1mb unlimited in Jan??)

Haha, not a chance in hell, they have found a nice little corner to stick all the naughty boys and girls and they want them to stay there. Only way out of it is to wait until contract is up, cancel services and sign up again.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by nemesis01

Haha, not a chance in hell, they have found a nice little corner to stick all the naughty boys and girls and they want them to stay there. Only way out of it is to wait until contract is up, cancel services and sign up again.

Best way is to switch to 2mb unlimited before risking going over the cap, thats what i will be doing pretty soon myself.

[LenMackin]

Oh dear oh dear, so what does this latest NTL announcement mean? I thought everyone was going to10mb from Jan now looks like 1 & 2mb remain except no download limit? Which idiot thought this up? So I pay £34.99 from Jan for 10mb but limited to 75gig or 24.99 for as much as i can eat but slower speed... hmmmm .....time to downgrade, just leave the connection running while at work.
Really NTL you shoot yourself in the foot every F**kin day. And potentially such a good company. Increase the limit of the 10mb service to unlimited and the country will sign up in droves.

[paul11974]

im on the 2mb service at the moment and dont download a great deal but listen to loads of online radio and a lot of surfing 10gb -20gb month is my average usage i dont think i would notice a great deal of difference if i was to downgrade to the 1mb unlimited tier and save £7 a month i think i will call them now.. oh yeah and i use voip but im guessing that a 1mb connection is more than enough for this ?

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by LenMackin

Oh dear oh dear, so what does this latest NTL announcement mean? I thought everyone was going to10mb from Jan now looks like 1 & 2mb remain except no download limit? Which idiot thought this up? So I pay £34.99 from Jan for 10mb but limited to 75gig or 24.99 for as much as i can eat but slower speed... hmmmm .....time to downgrade, just leave the connection running while at work.
Really NTL you shoot yourself in the foot every F**kin day. And potentially such a good company. Increase the limit of the 10mb service to unlimited and the country will sign up in droves.

Why leave the connection running whilst you are at work? Can't you download enough overnight on a 2 Mb service?

10 Mb unlimited is not an option. The country would not sign up in droves as these forums would be full of posts saying they are supposed to be on a 10 Mb service but get sub 1 Mb performance. There is a small minority of customers who want to download 100's of Gb per month who will spoil the internet experience of the masses who are quite content with capped 10 Mb or slower uncapped speeds.

NTL have tried to cover the needs of the vast majority of their customers. 10 Mb with a 75 Gb cap and 512k uploads should satisfy the gamers and those who occasionally want large files downloaded or uploaded as fast as possible. 2 Mb or lower with unlimited usage should satisfy those who don't want to clock watch their usage.

[Mauldor]

Originally Posted by LenMackin

Really NTL you shoot yourself in the foot every F**kin day. And potentially such a good company. Increase the limit of the 10mb service to unlimited and the country will sign up in droves.

Will you be the first one to post when your 10mbit connection is then coming in at 30KB/sec cos everybody has no limits and is downloading everything they can find on News-Servers, P2P, running Server and god knows what else? Here is a little test to try at home:

Set up a Machine to share some files
Get as many people connected to your Wireless router (aim for 200)
Get them all to grab large files at the same time from that one machine.
Ask them what speeds they are getting

[RoNa7dO]

not seen any of telewest people sayin that their 10Mbit is running @ 1Mbit despite having unlimited usage, their upload speed mayb 16Kb/s less than NTL's but its gr8, if im nt wrong their dl speed is abt 100-300Kb/s more dan NTL

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by RoNa7dO

not seen any of telewest people sayin that their 10Mbit is running @ 1Mbit despite having unlimited usage, their upload speed mayb 16Kb/s less than NTL's but its gr8, if im nt wrong their dl speed is abt 100-300Kb/s more dan NTL

Not on here maybe.... Have a looky here

I really don't know why I'm still so shocked that people think the grass really is always greener....

[RoNa7dO]

anyways the best thing to do is to drop down and chill cant b bothered to keep track of usage coz i can go 150+ easily

[Graham M]

Originally Posted by RoNa7dO

anyways the best thing to do is to drop down and chill cant b bothered to keep track of usage coz i can go 150+ easily

Oh well lets hope you get dropped down onto the 512k service for the sake of your neighbours

[paul11974]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Oh well lets hope you get dropped down onto the 512k service for the sake of your neighbours

he might not have any !

[RoNa7dO]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Oh well lets hope you get dropped down onto the 512k service for the sake of your neighbours

gettin drop down to 512 = leaving NTHELL