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NTL Softens 1Gb Broadband Cap?

Posted: 16th May, 2003 By: MarkJ
NTLs boss Barclay Knapp appears to have softened his operator’s stance toward the much criticised 1Gb per day broadband cable modem bandwidth usage cap:

In a conference call earlier this week NTL boss Barclay Knapp was asked whether the cableco had seen an improvement in its network performance following the introduction of the cap in February.

"I think significantly it was a guideline. We used it to contact customers who were doing a lot of filesharing and peer to peer in the busy periods and we politely asked them to not do that and we have seen a shift in usage and that's done two things. It has improved the overall level of service and it's actually reduced the capital spending going forward."

Crucially he then says: "We don't see the need now to impose a rigid cap in the sense that we don't turn anybody 'off' and we haven't raised prices on anybody."


In other words the cap is staying, yet they don't intend to enforce it with military precision. More @ The Register.
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