BT UK's new Infinity range of 'up to' 40Mbps next generation fibre optic ( FTTC ) broadband packages, which are set to go live on Monday, will impose the same tough Traffic Management restrictions on P2P (file sharing) usage and heavy users as its existing ( ADSL and ADSL2+ ) services.

The news from The Register is by no means unexpected and we're still awaiting a reply from BT to several other Fair Usage Policy (FUP) and general service questions. BT's P2P restrictions usually come into effect between 4pm - 12midnight during the week, plus 9am - 12midnight at the weekend.

In addition BT will continue to target and throttle what it perceives as the top 1% of heavy users on its broadband service (they claim to target less than 1% but no specifics are offered). It's worth pointing out that Virgin Media has not applied any restrictions to its comparable 50Mbps service, though that is expect to change when or if it becomes more popular.

BT itself has in the recent past received some flak for perhaps being a bit too strict with its limits, especially concerning use of services such as the BBC's iPlayer . It won't help that the more expensive Infinity Option 2 package is once again being promoted with "unlimited" terminology for its usage allowance.