NTL finally drop the axe

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:58 pm **Post subject:**

FarFromSane wrote:

can anyone tell me if the caps are in place?

well i still dl as much as ever and havent recieved a letter so i would say they only care about capping 3meg users, as im on 2meg and from what i can gather its only 3meg line users who have got letters

FarFromSane · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:47 pm **Post subject:**

maxpayne2409 wrote:

FarFromSane wrote:

can anyone tell me if the caps are in place?

well i still dl as much as ever and havent recieved a letter so i would say they only care about capping 3meg users, as im on 2meg and from what i can gather its only 3meg line users who have got letters

How much do you download per month? before september I was doing between 200 and 300 gig per month

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:30 pm **Post subject:**

i download way over the limit i know that much for a fact, i couldnt tell u exactly thought as i dont know any good programs for keeping tabs on the amount i download, if anyone does know some let me know

FarFromSane · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:37 pm **Post subject:**

maxpayne2409 wrote:

i download way over the limit i know that much for a fact, i couldnt tell u exactly thought as i dont know any good programs for keeping tabs on the amount i download, if anyone does know some let me know

I use net meter... it's also free

GingGangGhoul · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:41 pm **Post subject:**

I got one from Wanadoo before I switched to HomeCall...

I apparently downloaded 300GB one month, but seeing as I only have an 80GB hard drive and barely downloaded anything then, I think they were scamming me... Unless all the Spam popups they had on thier website ate my bandwidth.

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:56 pm **Post subject:**

I download enough a month to fill my HDD completely, prolly half over again. The point is not much of it stays for more than a few days.

Upload I have no idea about, as a rule my system will be uploading for prolly 18 hours a day at an average of around 40K.

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:22 am **Post subject:**

maxpayne2409 wrote:

i download way over the limit i know that much for a fact, i couldnt tell u exactly thought as i dont know any good programs for keeping tabs on the amount i download, if anyone does know some let me know

Dumeter
Cimeter
Bandwidth Monitor Pro

To name but 3

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:30 am **Post subject:**

problem with router based monitoring is that its all via a lan card, so your network usage screws it up. DUmeter doesn't have a range to exclude or the ability to monitor from the router's perspective.

Ideally the router should have monitoring software in it.

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:40 am **Post subject:**

im using net meter, as recommended on here already and by friends who use it, i dont have a lan currently as i dont have anywhere to put a second computer

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:56 pm **Post subject:**

Looks like you may end up being owned by walmart or someone :wacky:

Quote:

No sooner have NTL and Telewest finally agreed to merge, than it seems someone else might be interested in buying the enlarged UK cableco.

So reports the WSJ, which says a group of private-equity firms are mulling an $11bn bid for the pair.

It goes on to say that nothing is certain and an offer may or may not be forthcoming.

On Monday, NTL announced - finally - that it is to buy Telewest in a deal that values the UK's second largest cableco at around $6bn.

Once the deal is completed, the pair - whose cable networks do not overlap - will be able to provide TV, phone and broadband to more than half of UK homes.

The combined group will have almost five million residential punters and is set to be the largest provider of domestic broadband services in the UK with 2.5m subscribers. ?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/07/ntl_telewest/

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:07 pm **Post subject:**

we must get to teh centre of wal-mart and destroy its heart

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:36 pm **Post subject:**

NTL's offering for cap exceeders :

?17.99 for 512kb download unlimited :lol:

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:41 pm **Post subject:**

my counter offer to them would be my foot, with shoe firmly attached coming into connection with theyre collective arses, resulting in a kick, with teh magic words "go fuck yourselves you dumb fuck isp shitters"

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:01 pm **Post subject:**

so not your foot in the Jabberwocky sense?

"well what an opportinuity he's missing..." :googley:

johnathome · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:27 pm **Post subject:**

Quote:

?17.99 for 512kb download unlimited

That'll do for me as i'm paying ?17.99 for 300k

Where did you read that, will i get an upgrade to 512?

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:01 pm **Post subject:**

i think its disgusting that isps can even try and cap members

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:06 am **Post subject:**

johnathome wrote:

Quote:

?17.99 for 512kb download unlimited

That'll do for me as i'm paying ?17.99 for 300k

Where did you read that, will i get an upgrade to 512?

It was in the letter they sent me (despite the fact I'd already cancelled their BB) but it's mentioned here : http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/200 ... band-users

FarFromSane · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:09 pm **Post subject:**

I stayed under my 30gig limit last month, but it looks like i'm going over mine this month probably 45 to 50 gig

wonder if I'll get the letter telling me I'm getting downgraded

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:45 pm **Post subject:**

dont u get a choice first then abut either staying in the limit or getting downgraded?

i installed net meter 3 or 4 days ago and hit my limit sometime between 3am and 10:20 am GMT :lol:

theNomad · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:28 am **Post subject:**

just made this comment at NTL's cableforum

"So at last after months of bollocks about the cap and upping me from 750k to 1.5mb when I didnt ask for it,theyre now going back 512k uncapped,well i'm happy with it,I currently pay ?24.99 for 1.5mb i'd sooner lose a touch of speed (I never noticed much of an improvement anyway) and pay ?7 less and not worry what I use.

cheers NTL for the months of wasted time (and probably 1000s of people leaving over this issue) for bringing things right back to how we started.I'll still get more than what the 10mb people are going too for my ?17.99.Shame its overpriced when put next to other companys speed per cost,but at least now I dont have to have my TV/Phone/Net packages over 2-3 different companys."

screw it not ideal but better than having ntl's foot up my arse if theyre gonna kick me or not,I had a feeling with paying for the full tv/phone/net package they wouldnt kick me for fear of losing accounts.

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