[Wolves] Re: telewest broadband breaking contract

[Andy Wootton]

roundyz wrote:

>>I think I've read in the last 
>>couple of days that Telewest sold their service as 'uncapped' and have 
>>subsequently capped it so they may well have broken their implied contract."
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>What date do you know that the capping started from?
>

I don't sorry. It's half-remembered news stories while I've been 
researching whether to use NTL cable or ADSL in a Nottingham street full 
of student houses where NTL is cheapest.

> I read on broadband forums that they was 
>thinking of it, after a merger with NTL. this is all speculation of course. 
>They also are trialing 10mg broadband but with caps what would be the point?
>  
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Yes, it may have only been a prediction. The public have caught on that 
big MB/s numbers are A Good Thing and the ISPs have realised that they 
can give big numbers for next to  nothing.

>Does the modem they give you free (usb) does it work with linux? does it have 
>a ethernet port on it also? or do you use your own?
>
Did you see my post on the other thread about a hardware solution to 
sharing a USB modem?

Woo