1GB Cap Letter!!!!

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by BBKing

Apparently it's genuine, if a bit outdated.

Thanks.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Nor

So it begins eh.

So it begins again :pp

Its a stupid cap that's been implemented by a stupid company who believe sending out a stupid mail will stop anyone downloading what they want to download.

If they really want to put a cap on then do it properly get some decent software that would restrict your speed down to a lower "service" if you go over the limit (which should be way way bigger then a gig)

[Keytops]

Originally Posted by Acathla

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In order to ensure that we are able to offer all out customers a great broadband service we would like to remind you that we recommend that everyone reduces their daily level of activity to 1 gigabyte a day.

OK, so in order for me to be able to watch I don't go over this limit, I'll do all my downloading when I can be infront of the PC - something like 6PM - 11PM, I'd guess others will be doing the same.

I'll also try to ensure I download .99Gb of some crap or other everyday, I don't want to feel I'm not getting value for money.

who are continually uploading and downloading extremely large files, which has a detrimental effect on the network.

and I'll limit myself to lots of small files, as I guess that has no effect on the network.

Please, for the sake of all our broadband customers, reduce the downstream bandwidth utilised through your cable modem to no more than 1GB per day

and I'll leave my FTP on 24hrs maxing out all my upload bandwidth.

[ntl customer]

& the imposed 1mb cap restriction.

1Mb a day! ntl are really getting tight now!

[Foo Fighter]

Hope i get one then i can finally have the motivation to get adsl, you can get 1mb adsl for £26 now and 2mb for £35 or so...

[danielf]

No disrespect to those discussing the problems of monitoring downloads behind a router, but I hink would it be a good idea to set up a separate thread for it?

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Kitty

I agree if I was a mod I would split it out and make a second thread about monitoring the bandwidth..

But they are both linked as if there wasn't the cap then members wouldn't be wanting to monitor the bandwidth....

Yes, I agree they are linked, and it is natural that the discussion on it started here, but there have been so many posts about it that it might be clearer if the thread could be split.

[Frank]

Originally Posted by danielf

Yes, I agree they are linked, and it is natural that the discussion on it started here, but there have been so many posts about it that it might be clearer if the thread could be split.

Yes agreed, and I've tried my best to split them up to make sense. Now back on topic with the letter

[Klaus]

I got a letter too!!!

In my mail this morning I also had one of these letters, so you're not on your own Acathla

I've scanned in a copy and posted the link below. I wont post it here as it's pretty big, only 64k though. The lines on the scanned copy aren't from my scanner, that was the quality of letter NTL sent out!

http://klaus1013.freeyellow.com/ntl.jpg

Some interesting discussion in this thread. I am a heavy user of my connection and I know it. However, I signed up to an unlimited service and that is what I expect. I generally download in excess of 100Gb per month and why not? I readily admit to computers being one of my hobbies, the Internet being one of the biggest parts. These days I'm at loss as to what I used to do with my computers before I had broadband. That little RJ45 plug brings such joy

So it's bye bye NTL for me. I'm not paying £35 per month to download 30Gb!!! Especially when there are so many providers not imposing restrictions. Worst case scenario and all ISP's eventually impose restrictions, which is possible, I'll switch to a business connection.

I understand that I use more than most people do. So NTL, bring some different pricing structures in, at least a tiered CAP, rather than 1Gb across all connections. I can max out my daily limit in one hour on my connection, what's the point of having it for the other 23 hours of the day?

If anyone is interested, I have an OCR scan of the letter. Just drop me a line at klaus1013@yahoo.co.uk. I'm Stockport, South Manchester btw.

Klaus

[Macready]

www.nildram.co.uk if the amount is an issue, they have a 150 gb a month limit there.

there are others but im not sure about limits on them myself

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by ianathuth

It's nice to have a geographic number which is cheaper to call than a 0845 number.

I'll add it to the alternative phone number thread

[Florence]

Originally Posted by Klaus

I got a letter too!!!

In my mail this morning I also had one of these letters, so you're not on your own Acathla

I've scanned in a copy and posted the link below. I wont post it here as it's pretty big, only 64k though. The lines on the scanned copy aren't from my scanner, that was the quality of letter NTL sent out!

http://klaus1013.freeyellow.com/ntl.jpg

Some interesting discussion in this thread. I am a heavy user of my connection and I know it. However, I signed up to an unlimited service and that is what I expect. I generally download in excess of 100Gb per month and why not? I readily admit to computers being one of my hobbies, the Internet being one of the biggest parts. These days I'm at loss as to what I used to do with my computers before I had broadband. That little RJ45 plug brings such joy

So it's bye bye NTL for me. I'm not paying £35 per month to download 30Gb!!! Especially when there are so many providers not imposing restrictions. Worst case scenario and all ISP's eventually impose restrictions, which is possible, I'll switch to a business connection.

I understand that I use more than most people do. So NTL, bring some different pricing structures in, at least a tiered CAP, rather than 1Gb across all connections. I can max out my daily limit in one hour on my connection, what's the point of having it for the other 23 hours of the day?

If anyone is interested, I have an OCR scan of the letter. Just drop me a line at klaus1013@yahoo.co.uk. I'm Stockport, South Manchester btw.

Klaus

I really did wonder how long after setting the cap they would start to impose it looks like 12months is the mark.

Originally Posted by Keyser

Yes agreed, and I've tried my best to split them up to make sense. Now back on topic with the letter

Thank You Keyser for splitting the threads I will continue to take part in the other half to continue to discuss how to monitor the SACMs in the Ex C&W areas.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Keyser

Yes agreed, and I've tried my best to split them up to make sense. Now back on topic with the letter

No wonder I was confused, all those quotes from posts that just weren't there

Edit, I'm still waiting for someone who's ditched Ntl to get one, or for them to send one out to someone who's been out of the country for the past month, cant be long.

[Klaus]

Bulldog are the ISP for me. As a company they are impressive in their adoption of new technologies and are one of the few to do any unbundling. Their website is already talking about ADSL2, the standard for ADSL offering better speeds. NTL are showing that they are a company who are not interested in pushing broadband further, they have showed they're not a company who are interested in the customers...

Anyway, enough ranting Bulldog have a special offer for 2Mb for £37.99 per month. £2 dearer than NTL, plus I already have a BT line

[snuffs99]

I have just upgraded my service from 600k to 1Meg so that i could download more. Thankfully for NTL i havn't recieved one of those offensive letters yet, but god help them if i do. I have been with NTL for about 6 years now and currently have all services and top packages so if they wish to loose even more money than they already have then so be it i dare them to send me one of those letters. I won't think about using another provider i just will.