NTL download limits

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Ive recemtly upgraded from 52k to 1mb ntl cable i managed this big jump by convincing the wife i needed it to get good at bf1942 anyway i digress on the day i did i was reading a mag and noticed they were introducing a 1g limit a day on downloads i was just wondering if anyone has had any feedback from ntl about this i.e a nasty letter or extra charges cause ive broken that recenty quite a few times and im worried the misses will tell me to get rid of it [i know under the thumb and all that but she is SCARY when shes mad]

 

[Jonty]

Hi -sas-

Apparently ntl are operating a fair usage policy, rather than opting for a strict enforcement program. The 1Gb quota is in place, but they will only contact users who continually breach the limit.

Aizad Hussain, Managing Director
Our objective is only to limit very frequent or persistent heavy network use that can impact other customers ... Therefore, we will only contact customers who exceed the daily data limit for three or more days in any consecutive 14-day period

Kind Regards

 

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Cheers m8tey id better be careful then lol

 

[Miles_Binck]

Originally posted by Jonty
The 1Gb quota is in place, but they will only contact users who continually breach the limit.

Start Date: 11th April
End Date: 6th May
Quota Usage: Current 30.89 Gigabytes (77 %)

thats between 11th April and 6th May. I make that 26 days of downloading over 1GB a day (and thats just from Newsgroups). I'm still waiting to hear from NTL

 

[Jonty]

Originally posted by Miles_Binck
I make that 26 days of downloading over 1GB a day (and thats just from Newsgroups). I'm still waiting to hear from NTL

I'm only quoting what was said (ZDNet | BBC). Just count yourself lucky that ntl haven't been in touch

Kind Regards

 

[Slug]

tHATS FUCKING TIGHT, NO MORE DOWNLOADING OFF IRC EVER NIOGHT

 

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

I know I go over it all the time and i'm only on 600k... Not always from downloading but often just playing games online! I have yet to be contacted... If they do i wont take much notice as when i signed up it said the service was 'unlimited'. I've been ignoring the limit, if they contact me.. i may stop. IMO the limit is way to low. 3gb/day is more reasonable..

 

[Custodian]

Taken from ISPReview (who got it from The Register )

NTLs boss Barclay Knapp appears to have softened his operator’s stance toward the much criticised 1Gb per day broadband cable modem bandwidth usage cap:

In a conference call earlier this week NTL boss Barclay Knapp was asked whether the cableco had seen an improvement in its network performance following the introduction of the cap in February.

"I think significantly it was a guideline. We used it to contact customers who were doing a lot of filesharing and peer to peer in the busy periods and we politely asked them to not do that and we have seen a shift in usage and that's done two things. It has improved the overall level of service and it's actually reduced the capital spending going forward."

Crucially he then says: "We don't see the need now to impose a rigid cap in the sense that we don't turn anybody 'off' and we haven't raised prices on anybody."

In other words the cap is staying, yet they don't intend to enforce it with military precision.

So I might just get NTL after all ...

 

[WOLFMAN33]

Originally posted by [UD] Devil
I know I go over it all the time and i'm only on 600k... Not always from downloading but often just playing games online! I have yet to be contacted...


eerrmmm just what online games do you play where youre actually transfering data to that scale?