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NTL fair usage, what do you reckon it is???

  • 22-08-2008 1:53am
    #1
    cramp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭


    I have been with Magnet for nearly 2 years on a 5mb line, Magnet really dont care what u download, as on average i download from 160gb to 230gb a month!
    This costs 28euro a month!
    Ntl are now offering me the 10/20mb speeds with UNLIMETED D/loads, but the small print includes the "fair usage" policy...

    Anyways what do u guys reckon NTLs fair usage is...

    You have to sign up to a 12 month contract, i would hate to find that 200gb with NTL was NOT fair Usage....


    cramp


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  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Nobody really knows as the whole point of the "fair use" crap is to not officially tell you what the cap is. There was quite a bit of discussion on the subject in this thread:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055355957

    I'm in the group of people that are guessing it's around the 150 - 200GB a month mark but that's purely a guess. For all we know, it could be much higher or even lower than that. I've only had the speed increase for less than a month so I haven't downloaded any huge amounts that would cause a reaction from UPC to have any indication what fair use is...


  • #3
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    i downloaded about 600gb last month and never heard anything from them.


  • #4
    cramp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭cramp


    Ahh nice one RoyalMarineComm , if you post any warnings that that would be cool...

    I have someone who works in NTL who is going ask "off the record" so to speak, i will post any comments i hear back here..

    thnks guys!!

    cramp


  • #5
    Keedowah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭Keedowah


    RoyalMarineComm do you dl torrents? I have the 20mb package and find that they are throttling my dl's. Do you use Rapidshare or something like that?


  • #6
    cramp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭cramp


    With torrents u are sharing, which iam sure that u know,
    So i big step up in speed (like the 20mb package u are on) wont make any difference, coz u are sharing with 10s/100s/1000s people..

    You would need to Direct download with something like Rapid share / newsgroups..

    i hear that RS has throttled its speed and has a daily download allowance now, even for Premium account holders..

    maybe i can be corrected here...


    cramp


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  • #7
    cramp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭cramp


    I have had some info from someone in NTL ,
    Seemingly they are saying that 500gb is the amount , after 500gb they will fone/contact u regarding overusage,

    cramp


  • #8
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    cramp wrote: »
    I have had some info from someone in NTL ,
    Seemingly they are saying that 500gb is the amount , after 500gb they will fone/contact u regarding overusage

    Wow, that's some upgrade from the 40GB limit they had when we were on the 6Mbps package - nice one :D

    Keedowah, I'm DLing torrents off private trackers and can get speeds of up to 2.2MB/s which is in line with a 20Mbps connection - are you sure they are throttling and it's not something on the tracker's end? Or maybe it has to do with the usage levels? I wouldn't go past 100GB in most cases anyway and was at around 50-60GB when they had the 40GB cap.


  • #9
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Keedowah wrote: »
    RoyalMarineComm do you dl torrents? I have the 20mb package and find that they are throttling my dl's. Do you use Rapidshare or something like that?

    rapidshare and private torrents.
    rapidshare downloads, i get about 2.4mb/s download and about 180kb/s upload.
    with torrents i get about 1.1 - 1.2mb/s download and 100kb/s upload.
    cramp wrote: »
    With torrents u are sharing, which iam sure that u know,
    So i big step up in speed (like the 20mb package u are on) wont make any difference, coz u are sharing with 10s/100s/1000s people..

    You would need to Direct download with something like Rapid share / newsgroups..

    i hear that RS has throttled its speed and has a daily download allowance now, even for Premium account holders..

    maybe i can be corrected here...


    cramp

    rapidshare dont throttle downloads or uploads for premium user's. only free user's are limited to 50kbs. but they can download more than 1 file per 90mins now.
    you only recieve 5gb a day download limit with rapidshare. but since i upload quite a lot, i earn rapidshare points and every 10,000 points, i can extend my acc or create a new one. so ive got about 4 now. so i get 20gb a day limit.


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