NTL's opinion on Filesharing

[busterdan]

Thanks for your opinions and feedback guys....obviously this is an area of lots of uncertainty....

I guess at the end of the day if there is any breach of copyright then NTL would need to be seen as actively discouraging this.

As for myself and my new 1mb link....well yes the upload speed is much better than I have been used to and BitTorrent... enjoys that bandwidth too!! but my BitTorrent download speeds over the last few nights have been terrible (around 20KBps but more often 10kbps and less).

Hmm PeerGuardian.... I might check that out

[SOSAGES]

just dont download it if its illigal lot easier

[andygrif]

Originally Posted by dragon

bah i dont think they will ever stop p2p

I'm presuming you mean they won't stop swapping of copyrighted music and video over p2p? If so, there is some software about to be subscribed to by a few labels that will effectively block you downloading their music. It works by 'listening' to search requests then presents you with thousands of download streams - all pointing to incorrect files - they claim it's about 98% effective.

If it works and all the majors sign up to it, then the popularity of p2p for music will really tail off as people won't be bothered to try after a while.

[Fractal Helix]

I love it when people try to pick holes.....

Of course that advert doesn't make it legal for you nor does it make a loophole in the T&C's for you to jump through. Anyone remember reading the NTL advert in some local newspaper that advertised the ability to download Spiderman.

How many people receive these letters from NTL? I know of more than one person who is either uploading or downloading almost every hour of every day and has't received any.

The speed limit analogy....wow.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by dfarry

Thanks for your opinions and feedback guys....obviously this is an area of lots of uncertainty....

I guess at the end of the day if there is any breach of copyright then NTL would need to be seen as actively discouraging this.

As for myself and my new 1mb link....well yes the upload speed is much better than I have been used to and BitTorrent... enjoys that bandwidth too!! but my BitTorrent download speeds over the last few nights have been terrible (around 20KBps but more often 10kbps and less).

Hmm PeerGuardian.... I might check that out

limit your upload to around 17kb cus if u max out your upstream the ack packets cant get out and therefore your download speed drops drasticly.

least thats what i remember someone telling me when i asked about it,

[andygrif]

Originally Posted by Fractal Helix

I love it when people try to pick holes.....

Of course that advert doesn't make it legal for you nor does it make a loophole in the T&C's for you to jump through. Anyone remember reading the NTL advert in some local newspaper that advertised the ability to download Spiderman.

How many people receive these letters from NTL? I know of more than one person who is either uploading or downloading almost every hour of every day and has't received any.

The speed limit analogy....wow.

I guess that was aimed at me...so I would just point out that it was tongue in cheek hence the at the end of it.

The wider point I was making was that it doesn't matter what ntl say you can do with your BB connection, it's your responsibility and if you do something you get caught for that's your lookout - just like if I drive at 155mph I know I might get caught. You see my point?

Also, what letters are you talking about? The cap letters?

[Fractal Helix]

Andygrif: No, sorry it wasn't really and also - I didn't notice the ;-)