ntl has informed us that the 1Mb and 2Mb broadband speed tiers will go unlimited from January 2006 with no change in the price. This means ntl broadband internet subscribers on these speed tiers, can from January 2006, surf the internet and download as much as they like.
All ntl broadband subscribers are currently under a usage restriction that forbids excessive usage. Customers who ignore the restrictions and continue to go over the usage allowance, face having their broadband speed lowered to 512K, ntl wrote to us back in October and informed us that they were beginning to take action on persistant heavy users. You can read that news article here.
When the ntl broadband usage limits kicked off back in February 2003, the usage allowance was 1GB per day – ntl later changed the wording from 1GB ‘per day’, to 30GB ‘per month’ to change the customer perception that they were allowed to download more than 1GB in any one day as long as customers didn’t download more than 1GB everyday.
ntl’s New 10Mb service will still have a usage restriction of 75GB per month (Going unlimited from June 2006)
ntl are also offering a free internet security tool called Netguard, for all their broadband customers, worth £40. Go to www.ntlworld.com/netguard for more information.
Broadband Plus is also being provided at no extra cost for 2MB and 10MB speed tier customers. 1MB customers pay nothing for the first month, then just £3.99 per month (£4.99 per month from June 2006 for 1MB Customers)
ntl tell us that they will be informing their existing broadband customers by e-mail and bill messaging during this month and January 2006.
Source: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...mited-jan-2006
NTL: www.ntl.co.uk
Telewest: www.telewest.co.uk
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I guess they're doing this to meet customer demand since NTL: Telewest customers get unlimited downloads, its only fair NTL: customers also get unlimited downloads ...
i would rather pay the same price for a 512 unmetered account than a 1-2 meg metered account anywaysAll ntl broadband subscribers are currently under a usage restriction that forbids excessive usage. Customers who ignore the restrictions and continue to go over the usage allowance, face having their broadband speed lowered to 512K, ntl wrote to us back in October and informed us that they were beginning to take action on persistant heavy users. You can read that news article here.
then again around here TW roadrunner is burning up almost 8 megabit and i have never seen any caps.
DILLIGAF
I wonder if they'll extend that to Ireland. I'm currently on their 3meg a/c with 40gb cap.
I liike SBCglobal DSL.. 3meg download and no cap.. I constantly download 20 or more gigs a day 7days a week. And upload around 400-700 megs.
OptOnline is weird, unlimited downloading but uploading is sort of weird. The capping system is arbitrary.
They're increasing the speed to 15/2 for free soon, or I can spend a little extra and get 30/2 unmetered (with port 80 unblocked so i can host on my connections, but 2mbit up isnt that much, i wish it was 30/5... or 30/30)
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All NTL 3Meg customers in UK are being upgraded to 10Meg for free this month, are they doing this in Ireland?Originally Posted by zarquon
Also 1Meg & 2Meg customers are being upgraded to 10Meg for free next year too ...
Wow, a cap these days?
Most American providers have no cap, or it's unrealistically high.
With all the free media you can get these days, and the abundance of bandwidth the only excuse for a cap is greediness.
<-- /me gets 4mbps, no cap on monthly d/l or u/l, from adelphia.
Most companies in the UK place caps on their services.
Telewest, AOL, Be are the more well known companies who offer truly unlimited broadband and now NTL.
Be offer 24Meg broadband unlimited, very cheap too
telewest offer 4, 8 & 10 Meg unlimited to, they are cheap aswell
aol is kinda shit compared to the other unlimited services though ...
Im glad im an NTL customer, im not able to get Telewest or Be in my area ...
Sounds like a bargain? What's the monthly rate on that? Cable internet service alone is about $60/month here. The 4mbps package is the only service offered in my area.
Verizon DSL starts at $20/month though... not available in my area, but a good deal nonetheless. Speed is only around 128 or 256k...
Telewest are the cheapest in my eyes:
2MB: £14.99 per month
4MB: £25.00 per month (First 3 months £19.99)
10MB: £35.00 per month
NTL:
1MB: £17.99 per month (Soon to be 10MB)
2MB: £24.99 per month (Soon to be 10MB)
10MB: £37.99 per month (Soon to change to £34.99 in Jan 2006)
I'd rather be with Telewest, but only NTL cover my area ... shame!
very good thread..
was excited when i een this thread as
ive been with NTL Broadband for nearly 4yrs now
i was always on the 1mb service n req d/loaded/uploaded well more than a gig a day-- anyhow;s
around 3months ago got a letter blah blah blah were monitering u n that anyhow;s i caried on..
then say 2months ago my connection went tottally dead..
basically sent an engineer round 2 my house.. he installed a different modem.. basically
since then ive been on the 512 n using BTorrent(dont matter which client!)
after say n hr or so my connection totally dies
i have to turn pc off/wait 1min the boot back up
basically its a massive inconvenience n if this is true
how can i go about getting NTL to put me back on 1mb service(no wot i mean!!)(on record i'll be down as a heavy user!!)
wot exactly is the best thing to say on the phone-- if need be!!
Thanks all
Dan, your BT problem, which NTL: Modem do you use?
See here for details: www.morpheusforum.com/showthread.php?t=1542
vampmon its a little dark ble one... looking at backnow..
ntl250
mac 00 0E 9B FA 83 0E
mc 00 0E 9B FA 83 OE
model no EO8C007
this any good..
nowt else on it no brand name or anything..
thx hope helps
I read somewhere that the NT: 250 modems sort the problem out that people were having with BitTorrent & P2P though some of the guys over at NTL are trying to figure what the problem is exactly.
Edit out the mac, mc and model number from that post though Dan ...
thx very much 4 info vampmon..
i have to say the issue with connection dying is not as bad as it was a month ago
much appreciated
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