NTL Broadband ZERO CAP Theory!

coolape · 19-12-2004, 17:10

Well guys, I know im new, and I am one of those 24/7 gamers when i aint in college, and with chatting, uploading Large Graphic files for my website, photo's (slide films from my 35mm slr camera) and the smallest scan for a photo is about 4MB for a good scan, so can you imagine 4MBx36 frames? not to mention Graphic files nearly 20MB...

Linux ISO's, and everything,... im subscribed to the 1.5mbps package and my daily download is nearly 4 gigs maybe more...

But the phone line isnt under my name, and i dont think we were assigned any usernames to log onto the internet am I right? the only username we have is for us to access the ntl website(for upgrades, billing and etc), and email!

So that leaves me to beleive they cant monitor our account!, but what they can do is Monitor our IP, so each month they will monitor our IP and track down our MAC Address which each computer is assigned.

By doing so they will then find out accounts and monitor us through that way.
But since i hate having the same IP address every day i change my MAC Address and just turn off and turn on the modem and badabing badaboom, new IP.. anyways because this is getting real long and boring,
My theory is, NEW IP, YOU GET ANOTHER 30GB CAP, so what im saying is, just say u used 25Gigs of bandwidth on your IP, and got reassigned a new IP, you might just get another 30Gig?..

What do you guys think?

19-12-2004, 17:13

Cunning... Must remember that one now (AFAIK) the registration is no longer tied to MAC address!

Neil · 19-12-2004, 17:17

*Moved to Broadband Discussion forum*

Derek · 19-12-2004, 17:21

Nice theory.

Pity it's complete pants. Any monitoring will be done on the modems own Mac ID and not the one of any computer it's attached to.

coolape · 19-12-2004, 17:32

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Originally Posted by dezzo

Nice theory.
Pity it's complete pants. Any monitoring will be done on the modems own Mac ID and not the one of any computer it's attached to.

So i was almost correct... alittle research, find out how to change ur modems mac id... do u think it might work dezzo?

19-12-2004, 17:34

Now. now... I sense we are getting into dangerous ground here.

coolape · 19-12-2004, 17:37

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Originally Posted by JohnHorb

Now. now... I sense we are getting into dangerous ground here.

talking about it isnt dangerous, it might just let NTL rethink what they're doing and start thinking of scrapping tha caps or increasing it to a larger amount for people who use the net everyday and for heavy use..

aslong as we dont discus "How to do it" and "dont do it ourselfs" we should be fine.

Derek · 19-12-2004, 17:40

Changing the MAC ID is possible. Although it would be a major breach of the T&C's and is probably the quickest way to get the service disconnected completely.

Also a modem won't work unless it has a properly registered Mac ID. Without it you can only get to a couple of websites.

coolape · 19-12-2004, 17:48

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Originally Posted by dezzo

Changing the MAC ID is possible. Although it would be a major breach of the T&C's and is probably the quickest way to get the service disconnected completely.

Also a modem won't work unless it has a properly registered Mac ID. Without it you can only get to a couple of websites.

I was reading you signature, and you state that you work for NTL? is that true? what do you exactly do for NTL?

and by me changing my MAC id for my NIC card is that breaching the T&C? all i wanted was a new IP.

Russ · 19-12-2004, 18:03

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Originally Posted by coolape

and by me changing my MAC id for my NIC card is that breaching the T&C? all i wanted was a new IP.

You could always pay for it with a business package instead of trying to get something for nothing...

19-12-2004, 18:04

If you re-read the previous posts, there is nothing to stop you changing the MAC address on your NIC or router, which will get you a new IP address. What is NOT allowed, is changing the MAC address of the cable modem or STB, as this constitutes interfererence with NTL's equipment. (Am I right, dezzo?)

coolape · 19-12-2004, 18:05

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Originally Posted by JohnHorb

If you re-read the previous posts, there is nothing to stop you changing the MAC address on your NIC or router, which will get you a new IP address. What is NOT allowed, is changing the MAC address of the cable modem or STB, as this constitutes interfererence with NTL's equipment. (Am I right, dezzo?)

I guess that does make sense

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Shaun · 19-12-2004, 18:15

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Originally Posted by coolape

all i wanted was a new IP.

Why?

coolape · 19-12-2004, 18:17

i am one of the operators in a hackers channel on irc, and alot of people dont like me very much. So i get alot of DDoS attacks, at one point my IP was attacked for almost 6 days, contacted ntl and they said they couldnt do anything.

From then on If i get attacked i just change my mac, turn off the modem, get a new ip. and ofcourse i get attacked again and again and i just change and change my ip.

19-12-2004, 18:22

Good tactic, but have you considered the impact on whichever poor s.d gets allocated the IP you've released? (Not intended as a criticism, as I'm not sure what else you could do, but it could cause problems for others?)