[Hudlug] Grrrr NTL

[Shak]

Hi,

That is complete bull****, I transfer well over a GB a day, whats the
cap actually going to do, is it a "cap" or is it something that will
stop _all_ transfers when you're over a gigabyte? 

Online petitions at the ready!

Shak

On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 16:43, daveyp wrote:
> Just a quick "heads up" to everyone currently using NTL for 
> broadband.
> 
> Apparently NTL are now capping their broadband at 1gb per day, even 
> though http://www.ntlhome.com/ntl_internet/broadband.asp still 
> clearly states "Unlimited surfing so you don't have to worry about 
> high call charges".  The details of the cap have been added to NTL's 
> AUP page (section 2h) http://www.ntlworld.com/legals/user-policy.htm
> 
> As someone who enjoys downloading Linux ISO's on a regular basis, as 
> well as large game demos and large multimedia files, this really 
> sucks!
> 
> To make matters worse, the continuing deterioration in NTL's binary 
> newsgroup servers means that more and more users are having to resort 
> to third party newsgroup providers (e.g. easynews.com), which in turn 
> generates even more external NTL network traffic.
> 
> There's lot more info/reaction to this on the web:
> 
> http://www.dont-pay-ntl.co.uk/
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2740621.stm
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/22/29246.html
> http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/51387/ds.html
> http://www.btofaq.net/v3/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=373
> 
> your grumpily,
> DaveyP
> 
> 
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