According to the BBC “NTL’s terms and conditions now limit downloading to a level consistent with ‘normal use’.
It notes the one gigabyte limit is equivalent to “200 music tracks, 650 short videos, 10,000 pictures or around 100 large software programmes downloaded per day” (one could add “or 1.5 pirated movies or about four large game demos”).
I suspect some form of limit on downloading is inevitable but 1Gb might be a little strict. I would be interested to know what my average consumption is…
It’ll be interesting to see whether there is widespread protest or widespread punishments -the ntl statement says “ntl will only be contacting the small percentage of customers whose use of the service PERSISTENTLY exceeds normal levels, thereby potentially reducing the overall product performance for THE VAST MAJORITY OF other customers”.
[Later] Subsequently, they qualified this further – they will only prosecute people who exceed the limit three times in a two week period.
