1mb on 5 computers. How do I do it? - Page 2

dragon · 19-09-2005, 23:37

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Originally Posted by Roy MM

Was not having a pop i was just pointing out the T&C

IMO its a rather stupid Term at that!

I'm not having a pop either sorry if it comes across that way.

hayesey · 20-09-2005, 10:13

I imagine the only reason for putting that into the T&Cs is so that if someone plugs 10 PCs into a 1Mb line & then phones NTL to complain of slow speeds when they're all being used, NTL can just say "well you're only supposed to use 3 PCs....". Other than that I can't see any reason for limiting the number of PCs you can connect.

orangebird · 20-09-2005, 10:18

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Originally Posted by hayesey

I imagine the only reason for putting that into the T&Cs is so that if someone plugs 10 PCs into a 1Mb line & then phones NTL to complain of slow speeds when they're all being used, NTL can just say "well you're only supposed to use 3 PCs....". Other than that I can't see any reason for limiting the number of PCs you can connect.

That's it. If you connect 5 pc's to 1 1meg connection, (apart from being tight wads), you have no right to call ntl and complain of slow service. Remember that. Also remember that the d/l limit is 3gig a month...I'm damn sure that 5 of you would d/l more than that, which would give ntl yet another reason to kick you off their service. And people wonder why students get a hard time...

Nemesis · 20-09-2005, 10:26

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Originally Posted by Roy MM

Thought you was limited to 3 PCs on one network, NTL t&c.

That is correct, and Servers are not allowed.

That does not mean that people aren't doing it, it just means that if caught ntl could remove the service.

handyman · 20-09-2005, 10:33

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Originally Posted by Simon M

That is correct, and Servers are not allowed.

Depends on the type of server I guess, bdav was using a routing and file server which sounds like what I had (ie a pc for internal file storing etc/print server) I would say that was within the T&C's. However using a computer on your network as a server that could serve web pages of files externally would breach the ntl T&C's

ian@huth · 20-09-2005, 12:26

Hmmm. 5 computers sharing a 1 Mb connection! You would only be able to have just over 20 Mb of traffic on each per day before breaching the usage allowance.

Graham M · 20-09-2005, 12:38

Ouch! Thank god theyre notimplementing the cap yet eh? lol I think it might warrant the upgrade to 2meg!

dragon · 20-09-2005, 17:39

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Originally Posted by Simon M

That is correct, and Servers are not allowed.

That does not mean that people aren't doing it, it just means that if caught ntl could remove the service.

i have a linksys nslu2 accessable via http, ftp ,and samba, it also servs music to itunes via mt-daapd. (runs unslung 5.5, http://nslu2-linux.org)

but then not accessable from the internet the only time it ever gets allowed net access is to download packages/updates (its blocked from internet @ the router)

so i cant see ntl having a problem with it if they even knew it was there