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The days of unlimited surfing are over.
Posted by: AndyJenkins on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 07:30 AM
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NTL has revealed that its finally planning to meter its nearly 1.5 million customers from next year, introducing monthly caps of 5, 30 and 40GB on the ISPs 1, 2 and 3Mbit products respectively, according to the CableForum web site, following an announcement at a conference by NTLs top dog, Simon Duffy.
| "The usage caps will be as you mention they are much more generous than Wanadoo’s. I think the market needs to accept that the days of unlimited usage for all are over. The vast majority of users will not be impacted by the limits, but the small number who regularly use GB by the ton drive our costs up significantly and, since we are not a charity, we need to recover them somehow. It doesn't seem fair to ask the majority of moderate users to subsidise the small number of heavy users and usage caps are the best way to ensure fair treatment for all." |
| Simon Duffy, Chief Executive of ntl |
There's no word as of yet as to if or when Telewest's Blueyonder are to join suit and introduce caps on its 256k, 750k 1.5Mbit or 3Mbit offerings.
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