ntl to uncap its 1Mbps and 2Mbps services

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2490
http://tinyurl.com/a7gko

"It would appear that ntl are to drop the usage allowances from its 1Mbps
and 2Mbps products in January 2006, making those services unlimited again.
We assume no change to the cap on the 10Mbps product which is 75GB per
month."

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Decker <(E-Mail Removed)> opined very noisily:
> http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2490
> http://tinyurl.com/a7gko
>
> "It would appear that ntl are to drop the usage allowances from its
> 1Mbps and 2Mbps products in January 2006, making those services
> unlimited again. We assume no change to the cap on the 10Mbps product
> which is 75GB per month."

First positive outcome of the NTL / TW amalgamation ?
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Yddap
Remove guts to reply

The NTL/Telewest 'amalgamation' hasnt even been finalised yet and when it
will be, the only inital impact will be ntl signing up customers in telewest
areas.

Its more a case of bulldog is offering 8mb uncapped for £14.99 or something
silly like that.

"Yddap" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:QPdof.9099$(E-Mail Removed) k...
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Decker <(E-Mail Removed)> opined very noisily:
>> http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2490
>> http://tinyurl.com/a7gko
>>
>> "It would appear that ntl are to drop the usage allowances from its
>> 1Mbps and 2Mbps products in January 2006, making those services
>> unlimited again. We assume no change to the cap on the 10Mbps product
>> which is 75GB per month."
>
> First positive outcome of the NTL / TW amalgamation ?
> --
>
> Yddap
> Remove guts to reply
>

If the 1Mb and 2Mb connections are uncapped what is the point of paying a
higher price for the 10Mb with 75GB cap?

Dan

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:38:53 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband , "Daniel"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If the 1Mb and 2Mb connections are uncapped what is the point of paying a
>higher price for the 10Mb with 75GB cap?

Er... You want faster downloads?

75GB is a ... of a lot of data per month. Heck, your hard disk is
probably only 200GB.

On 2005-12-16 00:12:30 +0000, Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:38:53 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband , "Daniel"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> If the 1Mb and 2Mb connections are uncapped what is the point of paying
>> a higher price for the 10Mb with 75GB cap?
>
> Er... You want faster downloads?
> 75GB is a ... of a lot of data per month. Heck, your hard disk is
> probably only 200GB.
>
> Linux Distros mate!

I'm on NTL 10mb for home and ADSL 1mb for business, most I've ever done
on the ADSL was 13gb, no idea in NTL cos they don't even have a way of
metering yet so far as I know. I reckon I possibly do 20gb or so thanks
to uknova!

Agree about the disks, if I pulled down 75gb a mo I'd need a new fw
disk every few months, especially cos I'm too lazy to put stuff on
DVDR....

Steve

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 2005-12-16 00:12:30 +0000, Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)>
> said:
>
>> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:38:53 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband , "Daniel"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> If the 1Mb and 2Mb connections are uncapped what is the point of paying
>>> a higher price for the 10Mb with 75GB cap?
>>
>> Er... You want faster downloads?
>> 75GB is a ... of a lot of data per month. Heck, your hard disk is
>> probably only 200GB.
>>
>> Linux Distros mate!
>
> I'm on NTL 10mb for home and ADSL 1mb for business, most I've ever done on
> the ADSL was 13gb, no idea in NTL cos they don't even have a way of
> metering yet so far as I know.

That's a rumour that developed because the techies dont always act on the
information. They havent developed a customer control panel to monitor usage
but if you max it right out you'll be red flagged and forced onto unlimitted
512k (£17.99/mo).

> I reckon I possibly do 20gb or so thanks to uknova!
>
> Agree about the disks, if I pulled down 75gb a mo I'd need a new fw disk
> every few months, especially cos I'm too lazy to put stuff on DVDR....
>
> Steve
>

On 16 Dec 2005 10:20, Steve <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> most I've ever done on the ADSL was 13gb,

Then me downloading around 6 GB on Monday (perhaps one of the higher levels on
one day) would perhaps shock you. No, not using peer-to-peer, and not even on
usenet binaries, just streaming audio and video services... not storing at all

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:04:28 +0000, in uk.telecom.broadband , Peter M
<us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 16 Dec 2005 10:20, Steve <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> most I've ever done on the ADSL was 13gb,
>
>Then me downloading around 6 GB on Monday (perhaps one of the higher levels on
>one day) would perhaps shock you. No, not using peer-to-peer, and not even on
>usenet binaries, just streaming audio and video services... not storing at all

You need to get out more. Seriously.

Steve wrote:

> On 2005-12-16 00:12:30 +0000, Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)>
> said:
>
>> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:38:53 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband , "Daniel"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> If the 1Mb and 2Mb connections are uncapped what is the point of paying
>>> a higher price for the 10Mb with 75GB cap?
>>
>> Er... You want faster downloads?
>> 75GB is a ... of a lot of data per month. Heck, your hard disk is
>> probably only 200GB.
>>
>> Linux Distros mate!
>
> I'm on NTL 10mb for home and ADSL 1mb for business, most I've ever done
> on the ADSL was 13gb, no idea in NTL cos they don't even have a way of
> metering yet so far as I know. I reckon I possibly do 20gb or so thanks
> to uknova!
>
> Agree about the disks, if I pulled down 75gb a mo I'd need a new fw
> disk every few months, especially cos I'm too lazy to put stuff on
> DVDR....
>
> Steve


Thats assuming there is an obsessive need to keep
copies of everything. Some 10,000+ internet radio
stations, podcasts, videocasts and soon internet TV stations
don't fit that.

Just keeping up with liveCDs will keep you battened down
hundreds available free
http://www.livecdlist.com
A number of these are 2-3 Gbyte and no doubt
others will follow. Burning to CD/DVD is not a requirement
on many of these to evaluatate! Also a new release could become
available before you had a chance to evaluate existing release!