*ALL* ntl Cap Discussion Here Please.

Originally Posted by Bill C

Not sure. If i am wrong and i could be i stand corrected

looks like i am wrong

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...&postcount=636

I was just about to post it actually!

I also notice that they are download limits - which I assume means they don't take into account upload usage.

[Robc66]

YIPEEEEE :-D I hope this is true......we get to keep the same as we r now (no limit) with no admin fee and increased upload!!!!

well it seems they are also soft caps i was reading somewhere about DSL not counting between 1-8am. how smart is that, a real incentive to change your downloading habits. at the mo, you might as well download at 7pm...

[Earwig]

If the caps do stay soft as they are at the momet then I will stay but the moment they force a 30GB limit on me with a 3MB connection I will sadly wave them goodbye.


2MB for 29.99 with no caps is now within reach on my line and the offer is really very tempting.

Only time will tell, at the moment it is all speculation...

[Kevin]

So if im on 3mb i get the same as a 2mb customer, what they trying to do lose customers then or what ?, 1gb a day is sod all.......

40gb a month that i could understand, that would give leway to download large files at the beginning of the month and tail off at the end, there are plenty of adsl companys setting realistic caps its just ntl isnt one of them.

[jtwn]

All we need to know now is how the caps are to be implemented..

/crosses fingers for soft caps

My thoughts are if they are capping both the services at 1gb daily, hard capped then it would make the two tiers a no brainer as to which to choose aswell as implementing hard capping every single day if you went over.

[Robc66]

they aint gonna enforce a cap m8.....its gonna be exactly the same as it is now but with faster speeds i think.....

[Kevin]

Putting it into perspective, if I were currently a new user am i gonna choose a company with a cap ?, nope and with AOL lauding about on TV telling everyone their service is "UNLIMITED" joe public understands that word ever so well and wont be fooled. Be interesting to see how long it takes for the backlash to start....It used to be you could get ADSL or cable, but now with BT upgrading pretty much every exchange we now have a choice....

[Earwig]

One thing I do not understand is the fact that the limits on both 2MB and 3MB are going to be the same...

If they are to be the same then why not save yourself over £10p/m and get the 2MB??

I mean it is not as if you are going to make browsing any faster, the only benefit is the ability to download huge files. If the caps are the same only stupid people would go for the 3MB service and hit their cap quicker.
At least with the 2MB connection you save yourself a few quid and keep your connection speeds at full for an extra few hours over the 3MB ! !

[Hippo]

A bit of a newbee question I`m afraid but what exactly will be capped?

Is just downloads or is it total throughput (Downloads + uploads)

Regards

Hippo

from what we can gather, its downloads only, not uploads

so basically we have a doubling of speed, for nothing, and the same cap level as before. Ill take that to be honest assuming the caps are soft of course....

if they had any brain, they would reduce the cap, but free up the 1am-8am time to make sure people changed their usage patterns. Now i know it takes a while to download a 4gb linux distro so i wont be in any rush, if i knew the 1-8am period was cap free, i woulf gladly do it during that time.

[Ignition]

Total throughput in both directions.

I see more people are leaving than definitely staying now according to this poll.

Bet you £50 that in a year ntl will still have far more cable modem customers than now, and that growth will INCREASE when the new packages start.

[whiteswan]

Hi

This Canadian Company has just introduced a cap - heres the letter........

"On February 15, 2005, we announced a combined upload/download bandwidth limit of 61,440 Megabytes (60 Gigabytes) per month for all tiers of Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet residential service. The limit will go into effect in your first billing cycle on or after March 17, 2005.

As you may appreciate, Rogers has a responsibility to ensure that all of our customers experience a high quality of service and performance when using Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet. The 60 GB monthly limit ensures that customers can continue to enjoy all the benefits of high-speed Internet service, without negatively impacting the experience of other Rogers' customers.

In past months, your usage levels have been above the 60 GB monthly bandwidth limit and today we are writing to advise you of this. After the limit goes into effect in March, we will be asking you to ensure your usage does not exceed 60 GB per month.

To assist you in managing your bandwidth activity, we are providing a usage measurement tool that you can access through the Rogers.com website by visiting http://www.rogers.com/ums.
This Usage Measurement tool will be available on February 15, 2005. You will be prompted to enter a http://www.rogers.com user ID and password. Please note, this may be a different user ID and password than the one used to access your Rogers Yahoo! portal. After signing in, select "View Internet Usage" from the customer service menu to access the tool.

If you are not registered, visit http://www.rogers.com/register to register:

1. This will take you to a new page where you will be prompted to provide all the information required to create a User ID and Password.
2. Once you have created a User ID you will be asked for your account number (provided at the top of this letter for your convenience) and postal code. When you have completed this, you will able to view your Internet usage and manage your account online.

Should you have any questions on how to reduce your usage or about the contents of this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Rogers for more information. You can view a full set of Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.rogers.com/ums-faq or you can call us at 1-888-ROGERS1.

Thank you for your help in making the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet the best possible experience for everyone.

Sincerely,
Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet "

60 gig seems fair!

but the canadians are up in arms about this!

Dave, Oldham UK.

[Ignition]

Well yes of course they have, the other 3 biggest cablecos, Shaw, Cogeco and Videotron all have caps as well.

Although of course if you listen to some ntl are the first in the world ever to mention capping